Challenge

An American Petroleum Institute (API) official did not rule out the possibility that the group would challenge in court the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rules to reduce air pollution from oil and natural gas drilling operations if its recommended improvements to the rule are ignored.

A coalition of about 36 industry groups Monday urged a federal appeals court in Atlanta to reject a challenge to the the federal offshore permitting process that it contends could potentially halt all oil and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

FERC Thursday rejected a major interstate gas pipeline group’s challenge to a prior ruling addressing the crediting of reservation charges during service outages.

FERC Thursday rejected a major pipeline group’s challenge to a prior ruling addressing the crediting of reservation charges during service outages.

In a challenge that could have repercussions in small towns across Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale, Range Resources on Tuesday filed an appeal of South Fayette Township’s ban on drilling in conservation areas and all residential zones, including suburban communities and rural farmland.

Regulators must take a harder line when it comes to natural gas drilling’s effects on Texas’ environment, and the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), “long the oil and gas industry’s lapdog, must become a watchdog,” as activity in the Eagle Ford Shale increases, according to a report released Thursday by Earthworks’ Texas Oil & Gas Accountability Project (OGAP).

A deposition of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) witness is expected to take place Tuesday as Range Resources Corp. pursues its challenge to an EPA emergency order charging water contamination on several fronts, including a petition last week to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

European imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) hit a new record in November, and the United Kingdom is on track to challenge Spain as the globe’s third largest importer of LNG, according to analysts. Cargoes are largely staying away from the shale gas-soaked U.S. market.

European imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) hit a new record in November, and the United Kingdom is on track to challenge Spain as the globe’s third largest importer of LNG, according to analysts. Cargoes are largely staying away from the shale gas-soaked U.S. market.