George O. Wilkinson, Jr
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Articles
The Big Squeeze? Proposed 2023-2028 Oil and Gas Leasing Program on the Outer Continental Shelf is Reduced to 11 Proposed Lease Sales; Further Reductions May Be Forthcoming
USA - July 21 2022 On July 1, 2022,1 the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) released its Proposed Program for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (“DOI”)…
PHMSA Suggests Operators Should Be Prepared to Operate Sophisticated Pipelines Manually
USA - May 13 2022 Should hazardous liquids pipelines be prepared to operate “manually” in the event of a future cyberattack? An almost million dollar fine proposed by…
PFAS in EPA’s Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2022-2026
USA - April 20 2022 On March 28, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its Final Strategic Plan (“Strategic Plan”) setting forth the agency’s…
What You Need to Know: EPA Releases New Proposed Rule For Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Worst Case Discharge Planning
USA - April 7 2022 EPA has just released a proposed rule that would require facilities near "navigable water" that store listed hazardous substances above a threshold…
Audrey E. Doane, Matthew Dobbins, George C. Hopkins, Margaret E. Peloso, Corinne Snow
Not Digging a Deeper Hole: How to Handle an OSHA Investigation
USA - March 21 2022 The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against an oilfield company, its Vice President, and one of its contractors in connection with…
