ArticleMoving The Goalposts For Alberta's Oil & Gas IndustryIt should not come as a surprise to anyone that Alberta's oil & gas industry does not function well during times of uncertainty.CanadaEnergy and Natural ResourcesBurnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
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ArticleThings Are Looking Up: Good, Old Fashioned Optimism And The ASBI have been told by many folks that I am an optimist. I believe in good, old fashioned hope that things are looking up.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesFox Rothschild LLP
ArticleOFAC Issues General License 46 Targeting Venezuelan Oil SectorOn January 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued Venezuela-related General License 46 ("GL 46"), "Authorizing Certain Activities Involving Venezuelan-Origin Oil". United StatesInternational LawHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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ArticleOil And Gas Industry Concerned About EPA's Proposed Methane Emissions RulesOn August 18, 2015, the EPA released proposed rules aimed at reducing methane and other volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in the oil and natural gas industry. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
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