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Oil & Gas Category Archives: Oil & Gas
Recent emission event prompts Tiki Island residents to sue Marathon
GALVESTON – Tiki Island locals Russell Craig Hudeck and Renea Diamond are pursuing legal action against Marathon Petroleum Co. LP over “an eleven-hour long” emission event earlier this month. According to a lawsuit filed June 14 in Galveston County District … Read More
Deepwater Horizon settlement sees struggles, including problems with Coon opt outs
By Amanda Robert NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — Motley Rice founding member Joseph Rice is no stranger to complex litigation settlements. He once served as lead private counsel for 26 jurisdictions, including several state attorneys general, and helped negotiate the … Read More
Ninth Court affirms eminent domain powers of TransCanada Keystone Pipeline
A Texas appeals court has ruled that a Beaumont judge did not err when he granted a foreign company’s petition to condemn land for the construction of a crude oil pipeline. TransCanada is constructing the Keystone Pipeline to carry crude from Alberta, … Read More
Texas AG files lawsuit against BP for oil spill damages
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a lawsuit on Friday against BP America and other defendants for their contributions to the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon offshore oil spill. The enforcement action against BP America, Anadarko, Halliburton, … Read More
TransCanada Keystone pipeline settles eminent domain case
An appeal centered on a foreign company’s petition to condemn land in Jefferson County for the construction of a crude oil pipeline has been dismissed. TransCanada Keystone Pipeline is seeking to build a pipeline to carry crude from Alberta, Canada, … Read More
Hood files suit against BP over 2010 spill
By NATHAN BASS JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed suit in state and federal courts Friday seeking to recover damages from BP that resulted from the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster. Hood Former Mississippi Attorney … Read More
Houston’s Parker Drilling settles Nigerian influence lawsuit
By STEPHANIE OSTROWSKI WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Charges made under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act have been settled by Parker Drilling Co. for an $11.76 million penalty. Parker Drilling, of Houston, allegedly knew if it authorized a payment to an intermediary … Read More
Keystone Pipeline will deliver much more than oil, supporters argue
Lovers of both crawfish and oil pipelines braved a heavy downpour on April 18 to demonstrate their support for the Keystone Pipeline at the downtown Beaumont Events Centre. For the past few years, TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, no stranger to Southeast … Read More
More than 400 local residents sue BP over late 2011 toxic leak
GALVESTON – Two Houston attorneys filed a lawsuit against BP Products North America Inc. on behalf of 474 area residents who claim they were exposed to a leak at the petrochemical company’s former Texas City facility more than a year … Read More
Texas oil and gas company claims it lost hundreds of thousands in failed drilling agreement
A Texas oil and gas corporation claims a drilling company owes it hundreds of thousands of dollars after failing to uphold its promise to drill three wells on a 22-acre parcel of land. Conquistador Petroleum filed a lawsuit April 5 … Read More