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As the energy industry continues to grow and change with new technologies, markets and resources, the Speaking Energy blog provides readers with key updates and insights. 

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Dec 22, 2022

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP, its first opinion and order on an initial decision in a Natural Gas Act (NGA) section 4 general rate case proceeding in nearly a decade. The last NGA section 4 general rate case to be fully litigated was El Paso Natural Gas Co. in 2013,  a decision that derived rates based on a test period from 2010 and 2011. The natural gas industry has changed significantly since that time. 

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Speaking Energy

July 18, 2022

We are pleased to share a recording of Akin Gump’s mid-year energy briefing that recently took place, along with the presentation materials.

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Speaking Energy

Apr 30, 2021

(Houston) – Akin Gump is pleased to announce it has released its “2020 Energy Year in Review,” which examines the current state of the global energy market and highlights the energy matters with which the firm was involved last year across the following areas:

  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Transactions
  • Capital Markets
  • Financing
  • Project Development
  • Financial Restructuring
  • Energy Litigation.
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Speaking Energy

Feb 1, 2021

In the dynamic world of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading, one of the hottest new products is the carbon-neutral transaction. Designed to make oil and LNG more competitive environmentally with renewable energy in response to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) pressures, climate change and the decarbonization megatrend, carbon-neutral oil and carbon-neutral LNG provide for the offset of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with a defined set of oil or LNG activities. A carbon-neutral oil or LNG transaction is effected through terms in the underlying transaction documents that govern the sourcing, purchase and retirement of carbon credits as offset units (COUs).1

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