Compliance

Shippers are protesting a compliance filing of Kern River Gas Transmission that they say would force shippers within the same class whose contracts are expiring to unanimously agree to renew for the same term, or face costlier rates.

Shippers are protesting a compliance filing of Kern River Gas Transmission that would force shippers within the same class whose contracts are expiring to unanimously agree to renew for the same term, or face costlier rates.

Six major producers in the Marcellus Shale say they expect to recycle or inject all of their wastewater by the end of the year, according to information released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a complaint against Range Resources Corp. to compel its compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) order last month that claims at least two water wells in Parker County, TX, “have been significantly impacted by…methane contamination” from its oil and gas operations in the Barnett Shale.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday visited three Gulf of Mexico drilling rigs — two active and one idle — to receive updates on industry compliance with new inspection requirements and safety specifications for blowout preventers (BOPs) and well construction.

If New York City were to fall out of compliance with its filtration avoidance agreement as a result of chemicals in the runoff from drilling or other development now being contemplated in the Catskills/Delaware watershed, it could be forced to spend $6-10 billion for a water filtration plant, according to a report from the city’s Independent Budget Office (IBO).

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has settled charges against Alvin Perez, a former New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) compliance department clerk, for disclosing nonpublic information to Nymex floor brokers.

Over the objections of shippers, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last Thursday approved a compliance filing for a series of proposed natural gas interchangeability specifications proposed by Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL).

Over the objections of shippers, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday approved a compliance filing for a series of proposed natural gas interchangeability specifications proposed by Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL).