Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s oil and gas pipeline regulatory group offers decades of experience advising clients on FERC regulation of natural gas pipelines, oil pipelines, storage, and LNG facilities. The team assists pipelines, shippers, and other stakeholders in navigating regulatory challenges while integrating expertise in emerging carbon markets to support natural gas producers, utilities, and refiners in compliance with evolving regulations. The practice is co-led by Houston-based William Garner, Washington D.C.-based Kenneth Minesinger and New York-based Iskender Catto. Washington D.C.-based Howard Nelson brings over 30 years of regulatory and litigation experience, advising on LNG and pipeline regulation, transportation, and storage. Orange County-based Thomas Brill has notable experience guiding clients through industry shifts driven by carbon emissions regulations.
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Key clients
- The State of Alaska and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation
- LS Power
- Petro Star Inc.
- NGL Energy Partners LP
- Pilot Travel Centers LLC
- Gulfstream LNG
- Blue Bird
- Gunvor
- Sheetz, Inc.
- Apex Oil Company, Inc.
Work highlights
- Filed complaints at FERC against the largest refined petroleum products pipeline in the U.S. (Colonial Pipeline) on behalf of various clients including NGL Energy Partners LP, Gunvor, Pilot, Sheetz, Inc., Apex Oil Company, and FutureFuels Chemical Co. in FERC Docket No. OR18-7, et al.
- Representation of the State of Alaska and Alaska Gasline Development in a broad range of regulatory, litigation, corporate and other issues relating to the State’s and AGDC’s efforts to construct a major LNG export project. The Alaska LNG Project, a $39 billion natural gas project, includes an export terminal, a natural gas treatment plant, and an 800-mile natural gas pipeline connecting the gas treatment plant on the Alaska North Slope to the LNG terminal.
- Representation of LS Power in a petition for declaratory order before the FERC (Docket No. RP23-809) to eliminate uncertainty created by ANR Pipeline Company’s failure to provide LS Power with natural gas transportation service during Winter Storm Elliott.
Lawyers
Practice head
William Garner; Kenneth Minesinger; Iskender Catto
Other key lawyers
Howard Nelson; Thomas Brill