Marcella Burke

February 11, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

As interest in Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) increases, companies should prepare to take the appropriate legal steps to acquire storage rights through easements, surface use agreements, or otherwise; apply for permits; and trouble shoot NGO opposition.

By Marcella Burke, Granta Nakayama, Michael R. Leslie, and Elizabeth Holden

7 minute read

December 23, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

This is arguably the most significant TCEQ rulemaking in two decades and would impact a wide variety of industrial companies that have catastrophic events at their facilities.

By Suzanne Wilson, Brian Stansbury, Joe Eisert, Arlene Hennessey, Marcella Burke, Jim Vines and Cynthia Stroman

4 minute read

December 03, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Energy plays a major role in the Infrastructure Act by addressing environmental concerns through the promotion of new and cleaner sources of energy. One key area addressed in the bill is the development of carbon capture, utilization and sequestration ("CCUS").

By Scott Greer, Marcella Burke, Jim Bowe, Tom Spulak and Tyler Brown

5 minute read

December 01, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

If finalized in its current form, the rule will upend the current state of play for methane control and enforcement in the oil patch.

By Marcella Burke, Ilana Saltzbart, Suzanne Wilson, I. Cason Hewgley and Elizabeth Holden

5 minute read

June 02, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Companies such as Eco Wave Power are already driving technology innovation, including developing software to monitor wave power generation in real time, which should help enable rapid commercialization.

By Marcella Burke and Evelina Petraviciute

7 minute read

January 19, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

If the Biden administration fulfills some of its campaign promise related to energy policy it will likely need to rely on aggressive interpretations of existing law, which will undoubtedly result in significant litigation.

By Marcella Burke, Nikesh Jindal & Ashley Parrish

5 minute read

September 16, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

On July 16, President Donald Trump's Council on Environmental Quality ("CEQ") published the long-awaited final rule revising the implementing…

By Marcella Burke, Nikesh Jindal and I. Cason Hewgley IV

10 minute read

May 06, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Energy transition is poised to usher in one of the greatest structural changes the energy sector has ever witnessed. Before COVID-19, diversification…

By Marcella Burke and Simon Maynard

6 minute read

January 21, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that its two-question Doiron test for determining whether oilfield services contracts are maritime contracts also applies when evaluating the maritime-contract status of contracts for any other type of services.

By Andrew Stakelum and Marcella Burke

8 minute read