Operators Say Supreme Court Must Hear Offshore Fracking Dispute Under Federal Law

Mealey's (May 17, 2023, 9:18 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Petroleum Institute (API) and its affiliates on May 16 filed a reply brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that it should hear their case pertaining to alleged violations of federal law with regard to offshore hydraulic fracturing because a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision “drastically expanded the meaning of ‘final agency action’” under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)....