The Ohio legislature passed a bill that qualifies natural gas as green energy and allows state agencies to lease land to develop oil and gas. The post Ohio legislature passes bill to allow state agencies to lease land to develop oil and gas appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale
Read More...The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it is strengthening its proposed standards to cut methane emissions last Friday at COP27 in Egypt. The post EPA proposes stronger standards to cut methane emissions appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter.
Read More...A Pennsylvania House committee recently rejected an oil and gas emissions regulation, jeopardizing over half a billion dollars in federal highway funds. The post Pa. House rejection of oil and gas regulations puts funding for roads at risk appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter.
Read More...germany … …[Editor’s Note: The Colonial Pipeline shutdown illustrates just how critical pipelines really are to everyday life as we know it. Even fractivists need gas!] On May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45 percent of petroleum products consumed on the East Coast, was cyber-attacked. The pipeline transports gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The EPA has enacted regulations that now ensure real, honest to goodness, cost benefit analysis will be done in clean air rulemaking. Benefit cost analysis has been a preceding feature of more and more governmental action in recent years, but it’s been a mess as the EPA, not
Read More...Just weeks after Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed Senate Bill 790, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is pushing to strengthen regulations specific to the state’s conventional oil and gas industry, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The new proposals contain requirements to reduce disruptions to protected public resources near well sites and ensure that damaged drinking water
Read More...The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) recently approved stricter rules for oil and gas drilling within the state, according to OilPrice.com. The new guidelines included extending the setbacks for oil wells from homes and schools to 2,000 feet, four times the current buffer, and banning routine flaring as of January 15, 2021. The COGCC
Read More...The American Petroleum Institute has pledged to use “every tool at its disposal” including legal action if U.S. President-elect Joe Biden tries to restrict development of oil and gas drilling on federal lands, chief executive Mike Sommers said in an interview with Reuters on Monday. Biden has stated he supports a ban on new gas
Read More...Two lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration because of the new rules permitting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be transported by railroad, according to Kallanish Energy. Both suits contend that such LNG shipments by rail pose an unacceptable safety threat to communities. One suit was filed by attorney generals from California, Delaware, Illinois,
Read More...Earlier this week the Trump administration announced plans to roll back protections for endangered species, according to Seeking Alpha. The move could expand oil and gas drilling and other development in the United States, as the plan includes allowing economic factors to be weighed in before adding an animal to the list. The revisions won’t
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … DRBC water dependence claims have ranged from 15 to 22 million people over the years but the real number was always much lower and the DRBC has admitted it. When the Delaware River Basin Commission was formed in 1961, the legislators creating it said this about dependence on
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