California oil patch regulators on Friday denied 21 hydraulic fracturing (fracking) permits requested by Aera Energy, a unit of Shell Oil Co. and ExxonMobil. The decision to deny the well stimulation treatment (WST) permits by the California Geologic Engineering Management (CalGEM) division coincided with a draft released to ban fracking beginning in 2024. Since Gov.…
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California Doubling Down on Decarbonizing as Fossil Fuel Output Declines
California’s chief regulatory agency for oil and natural gas development has been renamed going into the new year, with a focus on public health, safety and environmental issues within the energy sector.
January 3, 2020