An article in the March 2017 issue of The PIOGA Press, co-authored by Babst Calland Attorneys Dave White and Esther Soria Mignanelli, addresses the impacts of the recent amendments to the Pennsylvania Mechanics’ Lien Law (Act No. 142) and related newl(…)
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has drafted, for public comment, rules concerning well site construction. The current draft requires submission of an application along with a set of detailed drawings, a sediment and erosion control plan, a d(…)
As a service to its clients and prospective clients, the law firm of Babst Calland will provide a complimentary “year in review” breakfast seminar which will cover an overview of 2013’s significant developments (both statutory and case-law) in the are(…)
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC has applied with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for authorization to construct and operate the Leidy Southeast Project which would entail the installation of approximately 30 miles of new 42-inch p(…)
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and MarkWest Utica EMG LLC have announced plans to construct a new natural gas processing plant and pipeline to transport liquids from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia to the Gulf Coast region for processing. Bab(…)
According to a recent article in the Tulsa Business and Legal News, Williams’ board of directors has approved the development of a natural gas liquids pipeline which will primarily connect supply from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations to the de(…)
Rockford Corporation, a subsidiary of Primoris Services Corporation, has announced awards of five pipeline construction projects valuing approximately $92 million. Four of the five projects will be located in Pennsylvania and/or West Virginia. All o(…)
In Elk River Pipeline LLC v. Equitable Gathering LLC, S.D. W.Va. (2013), the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia determined that West Virginia law governed a dispute between two parties to a construction contract de(…)
Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP recently announced that they would be forming a joint venture to develop a pipeline that would transport natural gas liquids (NGLs) from the Marcellus and Utica to petrochemical and export facilities on the(…)