Venable LLP
Client SatisfactionWashington DC-based Venable LLP‘s robust energy practice continues to provide comprehensive regulatory and litigation advice on a range of oil and gas related matters, including crude oil, petroleum product, and NGL pipeline cases before the FERC. Practice head Richard Powers is noted for his deep experience in administrative, judicial, and transactional matters in the oil and gas industry. Steven Adducci is another key contact, routinely advising on regulatory and litigation matters in crude oil and petroleum products before FERC and state regulatory commissions, while Matthew Field is recognized for his expertise in complex proceedings including challenging the rates of a major refined petroleum products pipeline in the US. Also of note is Gregory Wagner, whose broad practice ranges from litigation to regulatory advice, including on natural gas infrastructure development.
Key clients
- Airlines 4 America
- American Airlines, Inc.
- BP Products North America, Inc.
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.
- HollyFrontier Refining & Marketing LLC
- Husky Marketing & Supply Company
- Husky US Marketing LLC
- Metroplex Energy, Inc.
- Monroe Energy LLC
- National Propane Gas Association
- Orlando Fuel Facilities LLC
- Phillips 66 Company
- Southwest Airlines Co.
- Spark Energy
- Trafigura Trading LLC
- TransMontaigne Partners LLC
- United Airlines, Inc.
- Valero Marketing and Supply Company
- Valero Renewable Fuels LLC
Work highlights
- Represented a coalition of pipeline shippers, including American Airlines, Inc., BP Products North America Inc., Epsilon Trading, LLC, Metroplex Energy, Inc., Phillips 66 Company, Southwest Airlines Co., TCPU, Inc., Trafigura Trading LLC, Valero Marketing and Supply Company, United Aviation Fuels Corporation, and another major petroleum products refiner in a challenge brought against the transportation rates of the nation’s largest petroleum product pipeline – Colonial Pipeline Company.
- Represented Airlines for America (A4A), the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA), Valero Marketing and Supply Companand Chevron Products Company in a challenge to FERC’s proposed 2021-2026 rate index level.
- Represented Husky Marketing & Supply Company and BP Products North America Inc. in a challenge to an application by West Texas Gulf Pipe Line Company LLC to charge market-based rates for transportation of crude oil from the Permian Region of West Texas to points in the Gulf Coast and East Texas.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Powers