(Oil Price) – The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing on Monday arguments by ExxonMobil, backed by the Trump Administration, about the scope of a law allowing American companies to claim damages for seized assets in Cuba. U.S. supermajor Exxon is seeking compensation upwards of $1 billion for assets seized by the Cuban government in 1960. At the time of the confiscation of
(Oil Price)– Shell has challenged an arbitration ruling against it in the long-running dispute with Venture Global over contracted LNG supply, alleging the U.S. LNG exporter withheld information to Shell and the arbitration court. Shell has challenged the arbitration decision at the New York Supreme Court, the supermajor told Reuters on Tuesday. Shell has sued Venture Global for selling LNG on the
(CNBC) – Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to continue enforcing for now a new rule that set more stringent standards on emissions of mercury and other toxic metals from coal-fired power plants. The court declined a request for emergency relief sought by nearly a dozen states and the energy sector, which had argued the EPA’s new standards
