Santos’ (ASX:STO) appeal to restart drilling at its Barossa gas development offshore Australia that is planned to backfill the Darwin LNG export terminal has been dismissed adding further uncertainty and delays for the project.
SSE and the Scottish Government have both revealed they plan to appeal against a legal ruling on a planned 67-turbine windfarm.
The move comes after a judge said the government’s decision to approve Stronelairg windfarm was “defective”.
A review had originally been sought by the John Muir Trust.
BP has challenged a federal judge’s ruling that the company’s exploration unit acted with gross negligence in causing the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a decision that exposed the UK-based energy company to as much as $18 billion in fines under US law.
This is BP’s first appeal of US District Judge Carl Barbier’s September decision that the company was 67% responsible for causing the worst offshore spill in US history.
The judge determined rig-owner Transocean Ltd. (RIG) was 30 percent liable and cement-services provider Halliburton 3% responsible for the disaster, which killed 11 workers.
Dart Energy has won an appeal after a local authority in Wales rejected a planning application for a coal bed methane exploration well.
The planning application had been turned down by Wrexham County Borough Council in March this year, despite approval from the authority’s planning officer.