Angela Neville

February 22, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Gregory G. Jones was recently determined to have violated U.S. securities law by U.S. District Judge John McBryde for allegedly bilking his investors in relation to two securities offerings, one involving an oil and gas exploration venture and the other a fracking water filtration business deal.

By Angela Neville

3 minute read

February 22, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

According to the complaint filed in federal court in Oklahoma by the Sierra Club, three companies' practice of injecting liquid oil and gas waste into deep ground wells alledgedly contributed to an increase of more than 5,800 earthquakes in Oklahoma in 2015, up from an annual average high of 167 from 1977 to 2009.

By Angela Neville

3 minute read

February 22, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Valero Energy, the San Antonio-based energy company, recently sued the EPA in a legal challenge to the federal agency's efforts to expand the use of ethanol and other biofuels to power the nation's transportation system.

By Angela Neville

3 minute read

February 12, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Michael Lennon Jr., a partner in Mayer Brown's litigation and dispute resolution and international arbitration practices, was one of the speakers at the webinar titled "International Arbitration in the Energy Sector: Joint Operating Agreement Disputes."

By Angela Neville

4 minute read

February 10, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Terra Energy Partners, the Houston-based independent oil and natural gas company, is to acquire WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, WPX Energy's subsidiary, for $910 million in cash.

By Angela Neville

3 minute read

February 09, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

U.S. Magistrate Judge David Horan recently dealt with a fierce dispute over a fee sharing among attorneys who represented a plaintiff in a personal injury case in Dallas that concluded with a substantial settlement with Fluor Intercontinental.

By Angela Neville

4 minute read

February 08, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, the U.S. Department of Interior is proposing a new rule to enhance the safety of offshore drilling, but it is running into fierce resistance from a coalition of industry groups -- including the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the American Petroleum Institute and the International Association of Drilling Contractors.

By Angela Neville

3 minute read

February 08, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. Senate's proposed energy bill, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, seeks to expedite the governmental approval process related to exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG).

By Angela Neville

4 minute read

February 05, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Currently, San Antonio-based Howard Energy Partners is working on two cross-border pipeline projects that will connect Texas refineries with Mexico.

By Angela Neville

3 minute read

February 02, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

The Texas Supreme Court recently dismissed the Fourth Court of Appeals' ruling and instead held that interpretation of the will concerning conveyence of oil and gas royalties was governed by an analytical approach that required consideration of all of the language in the will and the context in which the will was executed.

By Angela Neville

6 minute read