Items Tagged with 'Chevron'

Early on the morning of Sept. 24, 2022, three six-trailer lines of self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) groaned into motion for a one-mile journey across Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.’s Baytown, Texas, ethylene plant.

Majority decision overturning 40-years of legal precedent in court deference to federal agency expertise in rulemaking leaves many unanswered questions. 

In overturning 1984 Chevron case precedent, the high court said federal agencies can no longer interpret US law 

Federal agency rulemaking, particularly in environmental and workplace safety areas, is at core of conservative-backed legal challenge.

At the start of its 2023-2024 session on Oct. 2, the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet set a date to hear arguments in a major case that could reevaluate the authority federal agencies have to interpret ambiguous language in U.S. law in rulemaking.

Justices could move to reduce power of U.S. agencies such as EPA and SEC to interpret rules under unclear federal laws based on 40-year-old high court precedent, but they opt not to intervene in the latest climate-change damage litigation against energy companies.

Updates on projects and companies in the Texas & Louisiana region.

In May, Wood Group entered a new one-year contract with Chevron Australia to provide subsea integration and flow assurance front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the Jansz-lo compression project offshore of Western Australia.