Tag: Methane
Republicans ax disclosure, emissions rules on energy
Senate to vote on repealing methane emissions next By Lisa Lambert and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans on Friday repealed a securities disclosure rule aimed at curbing corruption at energy and mining companies and voted to ax emissions limits on drilling operations, part of a push to remove Obama-era regulations on […]
California to hold public meetings on limiting natural gas in Aliso Canyon facility
2015 methane leak at Aliso Canyon facility forced evacuation of thousands By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES, Jan 17 (Reuters) – California regulators on Tuesday took a step toward reopening the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility after a major methane leak in 2015 forced the evacuation of thousands of nearby residents, but new injections will […]
Obama Admin sides with activists on methane rule putting small producers out of business
EPA admitted that its methane emissions estimates “greatly increase” as a result of its new methodology By Katie Brown, PhD, EnergyInDepth The Obama administration has released its final Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) for oil and gas production, and as we’ve noted before, it is officially going through with its plan to eliminate an exemption for […]
EPA’S new ozone rule inadequate to properly address emissions – API
“EPA should get the science right, before requiring states to proceed.” WASHINGTON – EPA’s new ozone regulation, the Exceptional Events Rule, does not correctly attribute ozone precursor emissions that are not man-made, and could hamper states’ abilities to meet air quality standards, according to API Senior Director of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs Howard J. Feldman. […]
Hearing highlights how costly methane regulations yield little benefit
Natural gas reduced carbon emissions and harmful pollutants, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and fine particulate matter By Seth Whitehead, EnergyInDepth The consensus was nearly unanimous at Thursday’s House Science Committeee Environment Subcommittee hearing – appropriately titled “A Solution in Search of a Problem” – that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) methane regulations would place enormous costs on oil and […]
EPA methane regs inconsistent with US emission reduction success – API
US-based oil and natural gas companies invested an estimated $217.5 billion in GHG reduction technologies WASHINGTON – The dramatic resurgence of the United States as an energy superpower has provided tremendous economic and environmental benefits, API Upstream Director Erik Milito testified during a House Committee hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s methane regulations. “Thanks to industry efforts over […]
New Pennsylvania data show methane emissions dropping, air quality “continues to Improve”
DEP’s data show that methane emissions are decreasing as natural gas production soars By Jake Green, Energy In Depth The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has just released data from its 2014 air emissions inventory of the natural gas industry. While there was “a slight (1%) increase in reported methane emissions” from 2013 to 2014, methane […]
Four Corners study uses satellites to show methane ‘hotspots’ – NASA
Industry cautions that some methane hotspots caused by non-oil and gas activities, such as landfills and natural seeps A new NASA study of methane emissions in the Four Corners region of the United States finds that just 10 per cent of the methane sources are contributing half of the emissions. Industry calls the study a “good start” but […]
Southern California natural gas inventories nearly flat after Aliso Canyon leak
SoCalGas estimated 4.62 Bcf leaked over the span of 112 days, an amount equivalent to 84,200 metric tons of methane During the summer, when storage operators are typically injecting natural gas into storage facilities to build up inventories before the winter months, natural gas inventories in Southern California have remained nearly flat, according to the […]
Rwanda harnesses lake “demons” to power the economy
Rwanda Lake Kivu part of plan to boost access to electricity to more people By Clement Uwiringiyimana LAKE KIVU, Rwanda, July 1 (Reuters) – Rwandans blame the “demons” of Lake Kivu for the deaths of fisherman and others who have occasionally disappeared on one of Africa’s great expanses of water in the heart of the […]
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