Andrew Weissman, the
Energy Business Watch editor-in-chief and publisher who for more than 30 years as an attorney and leading analyst has played a key role in transforming federal and state energy and environmental policy, has moved to Haynes and Boone, LLP.
Serving as the firm’s senior energy advisor out of its Washington, D.C. office, Weissman’s unparalleled research will enable the firm to get out in front of rapid and radical changes in the energy sector, offering clients comprehensive services at the nexus of law and economics, said
Buddy Clark, head of the energy practice. >>
Chris Wolfe, a partner in the Haynes and Boone, LLP
Energy Practice Group, talks about the ever-increasing innovation in the oil field services space. >>
The $31 million bankruptcy sale of smart-grid technology firm Beacon Power Corp. to private equity investors, approved by regulators on Friday, is a surprise success story for the much-criticized U.S. Department of Energy loan program following the black eye it suffered with the failure of Solyndra LLC, experts said. >>
Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner
Sashe Dimitroff has been invited by the Qatar University College of Law to instruct international energy lawyers and executives on the available commercial and litigation options when catastrophic events disrupt oilfield projects. >>
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ratcheted up its scrutiny of hydraulic fracturing by signaling its intent to require companies to disclose information regarding chemical substances and mixtures. >>
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. >>
Before seizing upon a deal that appears too good to be true, buyers should consider that the transaction may be challenged years later as a fraudulent transfer, leaving the bargain buyer without the assets and nothing but an unsecured claim against an insolvent seller. >>
This Note discusses the advantages and disadvantages of hydraulic fracturing, certain federal, state and local regulations to which hydraulic fracturing is subject and the future of hydraulic fracturing. >>
As the controversy surrounding hydraulic fracturing (hydro-fracking) and natural gas drilling ensues, a New York court upheld a town’s zoning ordinance banning natural gas drilling. >>
New technologies have transformed the oil and gas industry and led to a revival of oil and gas production in the Western Hemisphere. From western Canada to Brazil, these new technologies are being applied to unlock petroleum sources that were previously uneconomical: shale gas and shale oil (also called “tight oil”) in the U.S, oil sands in Canada, and deep-water oil in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. >>
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act" or the "Act") attempts to sort through the energy trading and hedging market to protect "commercial end users" from new regulatory burdens intended for trading firms and financial institutions. >>