MEXICO CITY – Haynes and Boone, LLP represented Tarahumara Pipeline, S.de R.L. de C.V, a subsidiary of Grupo Fermaca, which has recently been selected as the winning bid in a public auction by the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to build and operate the natural gas pipeline for the northern region of Mexico in the state of Chihuahua. The pipeline will be 380 kilometers in length and cost more than US $440 million to build. >>
Texas could see a repeat of the threat of rolling blackouts next summer, according to a report released Thursday by the state's grid operator, given the expected increased demand for power coupled with the number of power plants that will be unavailable to run. >>
HOUSTON – Haynes and Boone, LLP has advised US Infrastructure Holdings, LLC in the acquisition of the Wildcat Sabine Gathering System situated in the Bossier-Haynesville Shale. >>
Law360, New York (October 06, 2011, 3:15 PM ET) -- Haynes and Boone LLP said Wednesday it had bolstered its energy-related transactions practice in Houston with the addition of a partner from Seyfarth Shaw LLP. >>
HOUSTON –
Anthony F. Newton, an experienced corporate transactional attorney with a background in private middle-market energy-related transactions, has moved as a partner to Haynes and Boone, LLP as part of an expansion of the firm’s corporate and energy practices. >>
HOUSTON – Haynes and Boone, LLP energy attorneys have published an update to their comprehensive and highly regarded “American Law and Jurisprudence on Fracking,” a white paper that examines the legal, environmental and regulatory climate in active shale play states. >>
Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are making the rounds with specious arguments these days. >>
Newsflash: Texas is in a drought, reservoirs are near all-time lows, and average temperatures are on the rise. >>
EPA recently made an announcement of interest to those in the oil field services sector as well as in the energy sector itself. On November 23, the agency announced that it was granting in part a petition by Earthjustice to initiate rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), relating to chemical substances and mixtures used in oil and gas exploration or production. >>
HOUSTON – For decades, companies drilling for oil and gas had law and history on their side. Drilling was a noisy, dusty and intrusive business, but it was heard and seen primarily by passing motorists on the United States’ sprawling prairies. >>
With oil and gas drilling comes the rumbling. First, trucks and equipment arrive to build well pad sites, then fluid used in hydraulic fracturing is hauled away. These sights, sounds and smells have the potential for disrupting residential life - especially as drilling approaches cities and towns. >>
One-rule-for-all is what the shale gas industry could face concerning a federal regulation limiting a gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracing. >>
Texas is the wind energy capital of the U.S., with more than 10 GW of installed wind capacity. Following the implementation of the Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) process, additional transmission capacity will be available to support another 8 GW of generation. All of this has been beneficial to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), with wind generation driving down the cost of electricity. >>