The Energy Law

MARCH 26, 2007

United States Senators have introduced three new bills that may impact offshore drilling: Senators Byron Dorgan, D.-N.D., and Larry Crais, R-Idaho, have introduced the Security and Fuel Efficiency Energy Act 2007, S. 875. The legislation would allow offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico to as close as 45 miles off the coast of Florida. The bill, currently before the Senate Finance Committee, would also allow an inventory off the coast of Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia

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The Energy Law

MARCH 26, 2007

At its April 11 lease sale, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources will offer four offshore tracts, one in the Grand Isle area and three in the Main Pass area. The Department will also offer 17 tracts in waters that the state designates as inland. Six tracts are in the Chandeluer Sound area, two will cover portions of the Chandeleur Sound, and nine will be offered in the Main Pass area.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 26, 2007

In 2002, Jupiter Energy Corporation ("Jupiter") applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") for a determination that two of its pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico were not for the primary purpose of transporting gas — a purpose within the FERC’s regulatory jurisdiction — but were instead for the primary purpose of gathering gas — a purpose beyond the FERC’s regulatory jurisdiction.

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