Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish · ¶44

This suit implicates Chevron's wartime efforts to produce and supply avgas' essential feedstock, so it is closely connected to Chevron's wartime avgas refning for the military. Much of the crude oil that Chevron produced in the Delta Duck Club field was ultimately used for its own avgas refning. And, as the Fifth Circuit assumed and no party disputes, this suit will challenge Chevron's actions that allowed it to increase its production of crude oil in the Delta Duck Club field during wartime. See 103 F. 4th, at 337. The par- ish's report alleged that Chevron's use of the coastal zone had been illegally commenced because of its reliance on vertical- drilling methods, canals, and earthen pits. See ibid. But, using vertical-drilling methods “maximize[d] production” of crude oil. App. 19. Using canals instead of building roads saved “time, materials and manpower,” resulting in more “timely…

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