DEFRA cites Ministerial indecision for failure to meet Climate Change Act deadline on introduction of mandatory carbon reporting
A last minute report by the Department of Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) laid before Parliament explains why no regulations on carbon reporting by UK companies have been made before the 6 April 2012 deadline imposed by section 85 of the Climate Change Act.In June last year we reported on the consultation by DEFRA on the introduction of mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions r…
Update: Shale gas fracturing in the UK
A panel of experts from GFRAC Technologies, Keele University and the British Geological Survey were commissioned by DECC to examine the possible relationship between hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” operations carried out by Cuadrilla Resources Limited near Blackpool and a number of earthquakes which occurred in the local area in April and May 2011. The report which was publi…
AIPN 2012 Model International Joint Operating Agreement
The Association of International Petroleum Lawyers (AIPN) has released the 2012 version of the Model International Joint Operating Agreement (the “2012 JOA”). First published in 1990, the model contract has become one of the most widely used in the international upstream oil and gas industry. Work began on the 2012 JOA in 2008, overseen by a drafting committee of 180 industry r…
The FITs consultation and the struggle to stay single
The Feed-in Tariffs scheme: DECC consultation The February consultation from DECC on the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme closes for comment on 26 April 2011. The introductory language in the consultation again talks of strict fiscal discipline but also recognises the contribution small scale, local, low carbon projects can make to the overall delivery of the UK Renewable Energy R…
Joint DECC and Ofgem offshore transmission co-ordination project: Conclusions report published 1 March 2012
Offshore co-ordination of grid infrastructure is officially a “good thing” and, in the words of Charles Hendry, “we’d be crazy not to do it”. This conclusions report, published on 1 March 2012, is the formal output of a joint DECC and Ofgem project looking at this issue for over a year. The report identifies the barriers to greater co-ordination of the offshore grid and highlig…
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