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EU Methane Regulation: A problem for the LNG industry?

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On 15 July 2024, “Regulation (EU) 2024/1787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942” (the “EU Methane...more

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The State AG Report – 7.18.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Gasoline Trading Firms to Pay $50 Million to Settle...more

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The Federal Republic of Nigeria v P&ID – Renewed scrutiny of IA

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On 23 October 2023, the English Commercial Court published its much-anticipated judgment in The Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process & Industrial Developments Limited [2023] EWHC 2638 (Comm). The Court found in favour of the...more

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Bitcoin Mining & ESG: Why Digital Transformation Can Enhance Visibility, Transparency

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The past few months have seen headlines that reinforce the creativity and innovation within the energy industry—all in the name of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)....more

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Supply Chain Visibility: Harnessing Logistics To Drive Value – Part 2

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This is the second and final installment of a two-part series that explores the specific advantages of supply chain transparency through tracing and tracking logistics movements. A business’ success hinges on...more

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Supply Chain Visibility: Harnessing Logistics To Drive Value – Part 1

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This is the first installment of a two-part series discussing how COVID-19 has disproportionally affected supply chain logistics and how tracking and tracing should be used to improve resiliency....more

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2021 Energy and Chemicals Antitrust Report

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Antitrust activity increased significantly in 2021. This past year brought numerous changes in merger and non-merger enforcement policies and priorities that signal increased scrutiny in industry transactions. The “Biden...more

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Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise Launches Human Rights Complaints Process

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On March 15, 2021, the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) launched its complaints process, enabling the receipt of complaints respecting human rights abuses arising from the operations abroad of Canadian...more

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Bringing Goodwill & Asset Impairment Testing into Focus

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Find out why adequetely addressing year-end goodwill and long-lived asset impairment testing procedures improves financial audits, reviews and allows for greater transparency. Market equity prices and indices continued to...more

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Greater Transparency Would Benefit Users of Type Curves

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Unconventional reservoirs present challenging problems for reservoir engineers tasked with predicting the future performance of undrilled and recently completed wells. In conventional reservoirs, there are many analytical...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Qatar and ExxonMobil are teaming up on a $10 billion natural gas investment plan in Texas and America’s growing status as an LNG exporting power....more

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Marcellus Shale Update: 2018, The Year in Review

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2018 began with the United States producing immense amounts of oil and natural gas; pipeline companies struggling to build out the national pipeline system but not being transparent about how they are doing it; Europe, led by...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - August 2018

EPA Chief Looks to Distinguish Himself from Pruitt in Agency-Wide Memo - "The new head of the EPA sent a staff-wide memo laying out steps the agency is taking to increase transparency, a move that's seen as an effort to...more

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Updates to Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act Guidance

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After reviewing the reports submitted under the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA) and consulting with stakeholders, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) recently updated its implementation tools that assist...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - April 2018 #4

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Focus - Supreme Court moves closer to taking Martins Beach case - THE MERCURY NEWS - Apr 24 In the first sign that the U.S. Supreme Court might hear an appeal regarding a private property owner’s attempt to block the...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - March 2018 #4

Trump Prepared to Hit China with $60 Billion in Annual Tariffs - "President Trump is preparing to impose a package of $60 billion in annual tariffs against Chinese products, following through on a longtime threat that he...more

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Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - April 2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: an effort by Twitter to enjoin U.S. Government demands for...more

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French Legal and Regulatory Update – December 2016

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The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e-newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for December 2016. ...more

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SEC Adopts Payment Disclosure Rules for Companies Engaged in Resource Extraction

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted new rules which require “resource extraction issuers” to disclose annually the type and amount of payments that they (or their subsidiaries or entities under...more

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SEC Adopts Payment Disclosure Rules for Resource Extraction Issuers

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On June 27, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and amendments to Form SD (Specialized Disclosure Report) (See SEC...more

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Securities and Exchange Commission Issues New Rule on Extractive Industry Transparency

On June 27, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a new rule requiring extractive sector companies (oil, gas, and mining) to disclose the payments that they make to governments for the commercial development...more

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SEC Adopts Resource Extraction Rules

Responding to a court order, the SEC adopted rules to require resource extraction issuers to disclose payments made to governments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals. The rules, mandated by the...more

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SEC Extractive Industry Transparency Requirements Move Forward

On December 11, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a new proposed rule to implement a key provision of the Dodd-Frank Act that targets corruption and increases transparency requirements for payments...more

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Administration Announces New Mitigation Policies

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This afternoon, the Administration issued two policies intended to encourage private investment in natural resource conservation and to facilitate application of the mitigation hierarchy—avoiding, minimizing and compensating...more

McDermott Will & Emery

International News: Focus on Private Equity

Our Focus on Private Equity provides a global perspective on some of the challenges being faced by PE firms and how these can be successfully addressed. It also examines some of the many opportunities available, e.g., by...more

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