VNF Partner Kyle Danish joined Brett Snyder (Blank Rome LLP), Vanessa L. Allen Sutherland (Phillips 66), and Elizabeth Zembruski (John & Hengerer LLP) at the 2026 Energy Bar Association Annual Meeting and Conference to tackle one of the most pressing issues in energy today: permitting reform.

On their panel, “Unleashing Energy Infrastructure: Natural Gas and Oil Permitting Policy and Reform,” they explored the rapidly evolving permitting landscape for U.S. energy infrastructure—highlighting key developments in federal approvals for natural gas pipelines and LNG projects, shifts in environmental and water permitting, emerging legislative activity, and broader market pressures shaping what comes next.