On Wednesday, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the stay the United States District Court of Wyoming had placed on a Bureau of Land Management rule regulating hydraulic fracturing.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register this week that will broaden federal oversight of rail transportation of liquid petroleum oil.
Union Pacific is urging the United States District Court for the Central District of California to allow the company to receive an appeal of District Court Judge James Selna’s order ruling that congressional land grants to the railroad were provided only to further railroad purposes, not to grant easements for pipelines or to collect rent for the easement usage.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has denied Reliance Petroleum Corp.’s motion to dismiss third-party claims Texas Brine Co. filed against the oil company.
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