Monday, August 18, 2025

Haynes and Boone Snags Energy Litigation Pros

Craig Stahl and Jeffrey Kuehnle have joined the Houston office of energy powerhouse Haynes and Boone, LLP as partners in the firm’s Litigation and Energy Practice Groups. Stahl has decades of experience handling oil and gas litigation, including serving as lead counsel for oil and gas producers in multidistrict litigation and class actions with multimillions of dollars at stake. He

Industry Continues to See Improvements While Recovering from Harvey

The negative effects brought on by Hurricane Harvey are beginning to subside as oil and gas operations continue to return to pre-storm conditions. According to IHS, the port of Corpus Christi is open with no restrictions since Occidental loaded a crude tanker in the port over the weekend. Corpus Christi is a major exporting port for crude from both the

Norway Reports Record Interest in North Sea Licensing

Applications 20% higher than previous record While U.S. unconventional activity certainly dominates the news in recent years, other oil and gas activities have not stopped. The North Sea, which has seen activity for nearly 40 years, is still popular based on the results of Norway’s recent licensing round. The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced today record interest in

Keystone XL Pipeline Oil & Gas 360

Keystone XL: TransCanada Extends Open Season

TransCanada (ticker: TRP) has extended the Keystone System Open Season to October 26, 2017 due to the historic flooding and catastrophic impacts to Houston and parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast, the company said in a press release. The Open Season, which was launched on July 27, 2017, is to solicit additional binding commitments from interested parties for transportation of

Exclusive Video Interview with CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust President and CEO David Schulte

CorEnergy: a REIT investment for oil and gas infrastructure – diversification in asset class, management teams, geography – as a non-operator of the assets, CorEnergy’s portfolio represents infrastructure investment in upstream, midstream and downstream, onshore and offshore At its recent 2017 The Oil & Gas Conference®, EnerCom’s Oil & Gas 360® conducted an exclusive video interview with CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust

Western Australia halts hydraulic fracturing, to probe risks

From Reuters Western Australia state (WA) will ban onshore hydraulic fracturing while it looks into the risks associated with the drilling technique, its environment minister said on Tuesday, making it the fifth Australian state to restrict the process. The state of Victoria has banned hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, as well as shale and coal-seam gas exploration, while the Northern Territory,

France plans to end oil and gas production by 2040

From Reuters France plans to pass legislation this year to phase out all oil and gas exploration and production on its mainland and overseas territories by 2040, becoming the first country to do so, according to a draft bill presented on Wednesday. President Emmanuel Macron wants to make France carbon neutral by 2050 and plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions