In August of 2020, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards issued an executive order establishing emission reduction goals of reaching net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, putting the state in line with pledges made under the Paris Agreement, and by the federal government, 25 other states, and hundreds of companies in the private sector.
Taylor Energy Company Agrees to Pay Over $43 Million and Transfer $432 Million Decommissioning Trust Fund to the United States for Longest Running Oil Spill in U.S. History
By Lauren Guichard Hoskin on
On December 22, 2021, Taylor Energy Company LLC (“Taylor Energy”), a Louisiana based oil and gas company, and the United States Department of Justice reached a settlement concerning Taylor Energy’s role in the longest running oil spill in United States history. The oil spill began in September 2004 when Hurricane Ivan crossed the northeastern Gulf…
BOEM to Issue a Call to Further Assess Commercial Interest in Wind Energy Leasing in the Gulf
By Richard McConnell on
Posted in Energy, Renewable Energy
On October 28, 2021, the Department of Interior announced three major milestones to advance commercial offshore wind energy development, one of those impacting the Gulf of Mexico.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) will publish a Call for Information and Nominations (“Call”) on November 1, 2021 in the Federal Register. The Call will allow…
BOEM Announces Proposal to Sell 73 Million Acres of Gulf of Mexico Leases
By Tod Everage on
With less than one week on the job, newly-confirmed Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke announced that BOEM will offer 73,000,000 acres of lease space located in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration. Proposed Lease Sale 249 is currently scheduled for August 16, 2017, and will include all unleased areas of federal…
Obama Administration Announces Onerous Regulations on Emissions For All New and Existing OCS Oil and Gas Facilities
By Chauvin Kean on
Posted in Admiralty and Maritime, Louisiana In General
On March 17, 2016, the Obama Administration announced through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) its newly proposed air quality emission regulations for offshore oil and gas activities. According to BOEM, the primary benefit of this rule is “to ensure that offshore facilities and operations are in compliance with the air quality objectives and…