October 26, 2022
The Fifth Circuit stood behind a panel's September ruling refusing to let Phillips 66 Co. and a Shell unit evade paying fees to use a waterway on the Texas-Louisiana border amid an ongoing $1.2 billion improvement project.
September 15, 2022
Phillips 66 Co. and a unit of Shell can't get out of paying fees to use a waterway on the Texas-Louisiana border while it is undergoing a $1.2 billion improvement project, a Fifth Circuit panel affirmed.
August 03, 2022
A Fifth Circuit panel on Wednesday questioned how much progress must be made on an estimated $1.2 billion waterway improvement project in a Gulf of Mexico shipping channel before the agency that oversees it can collect harbor fees from companies including Phillips 66 and a unit of Shell.
July 19, 2022
Phillips 66 Co. and Shell PLC told the Fifth Circuit they shouldn't be on the hook to help finance a $1.2 billion unfinished port improvement project on the Texas-Louisiana border in order to use the waterway.
July 07, 2022
Statewide and national port authority advocates and Texas port authorities this week asked the Fifth Circuit not to revive a lawsuit by oil companies protesting fees for infrastructure improvements along waterways used to ship oil and gas.
June 28, 2022
The Texas agency in charge of a key shipping channel off the Gulf of Mexico told the Fifth Circuit it shouldn't give credence to a brazen attempt by Shell and Phillips 66 to dodge their share of fees intended to pay for a $1.2 billion waterway improvement project.