On December 30, 2015, the Official Gazette of the Rio de Janeiro published Law # 7,183/2015 providing for the State VAT (ICMS) levy on the E&P activities within the State.

With produced water volumes on the rise as a result of the growth in oil and natural gas production and various areas of the country experiencing water scarcity, states and stakeholders are increasingly looking for ways to reuse, ...

Months after the EPA first contacted oil and gas companies demanding detailed information regarding methane releases, it has announced that the companies are "no longer required to respond."

On April 17, 2023, the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an alert warning U.S. persons about possible evasion of the price cap on Russian Federation origin crude oil...

On March 14, 2014, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of an oil and gas exploration company, applying the doctrine of estoppel by deed to prevent a landowner from partially repudiating an existing oil and gas lease.

The latest edition of Oil and Gas Activity in Canada, Stikeman Elliott's legal guide to the oil and gas industry in Canada, is now available.

On April 28, the UAE made a dramatic announcement: it was leaving OPEC—the powerful oil producers' cartel it had belonged to for nearly 60 years—along with the broader OPEC+ group, effective May 1.

The Competition Commission has referred a complaint investigation to the Competition Tribunal regarding alleged cartel conduct by six oil companies.

Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released on August 22, show a slight reduction in the number of fatal work injuries in 2012 compared with 2011.

Despite recent efforts to repeal the U.S. ban on crude oil exports, the restrictions remain firmly in place.

Highlighting an allegedly corrupt, "oil-for-repression" relationship between Venezuela and Cuba, OFAC designated two companies involved in the transport of oil from Venezuela to Cuba pursuant to Executive Order 13850.

Gabon's Minister of Oil and Hydrocarbons has just unveiled a new offshore licensing round covering 12 shallow-water and 23 deep-water blocks.

On December 2, 2012, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto and Mexico's primary political parties entered into the "Pacto por México" (in English, the "Pact for Mexico"), which, among other things, called for reformation of Mexico's energy legal framework.

Following issues with the analytical method on which the national allocation plan was based, the Government recently decided to terminate the UK Oil in Produced Water Trading Scheme.

This February, two consumers brought a class action against Ken's Foods Inc. in the Central District of California over packaging claims regarding the use of olive oil in some of its salad dressings.

After months of delay, the U.S. Department of the Interior auctioned off 1.7 million acres for offshore oil and gas leases during Lease Sale 261 on Dec. 20, 2023.

On 18 September, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff announced the long-awaited approval of the 11th licensing round for oil and gas concessions.

In the bustle of activity leading up to the winter recess, the U.S. Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act on December 13, 2007. The bill was signed into law by President Bush on December 19, 2007.

The world faces huge energy challenges in the coming years.

In our October 2016 alert, we described the potential for development of Mexican shale oil & gas. Perhaps we were a bit too optimistic on the timing of the bidding rounds ...