Flaring

Texas has asked a federal district court for permission to join three states and two industry groups in a lawsuit against the Department of Interior (DOI) over a final rule to reduce venting and flaring from oil and gas operations on public and tribal lands.

The Ohio Oil and Gas Association (OOGA) is urging U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) to support the repeal of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) rules governing flaring and venting of associated natural gas on public and tribal lands. OOGA said the rule would have a “disastrous impact” on local legacy producers that operate wells on or near public land in southeast Ohio. There are currently more than 2,000 wells in the state that could be targeted by the rule, which was approved during the Obama administration. Many of the wells are older and have low production, the trade group said. OOGA estimates that conventional producers could pay up to $50,000 per well to retrofit them with emissions control equipment as required. The final rule was to be implemented in stages, but the House voted for a resolution to repeal it in February. The Senate must take similar action and President Trump must approve it before the rule is repealed.

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives invoked the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal three rules enacted during the Obama administration, including the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) rules governing flaring and venting of associated natural gas on public and tribal lands.

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives invoked the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal three rules enacted during the Obama administration, including the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) rules governing flaring and venting of associated natural gas on public and tribal lands.

Three days after two industry groups had done the same, Montana and Wyoming filed a separate lawsuit last week against the Interior Department (DOI) over a final rule to reduce venting and flaring from oil and gas operations on public and tribal lands.

A group of more than 200 veterans, including two retired major generals, urged the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to require oil and gas companies leasing on public land to capture or eliminate methane gas emissions.

House Republicans and state regulators sparred with Democrats and the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at a hearing Wednesday to discuss proposed rules governing flaring and venting of associated natural gas on public and tribal lands, with both sides in open disagreement over whether the BLM has the authority to enact such rules.

House Republicans and state regulators sparred with Democrats and the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at a hearing Wednesday to discuss proposed rules governing flaring and venting of associated natural gas on public and tribal lands, with both sides in open disagreement over whether the BLM has the authority to enact such rules.

The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed rules governing flaring and venting of associated natural gas on public and tribal lands could cut production in parts of the Bakken by 20% and cause tens of millions of dollars in lost tax and royalty revenues, according to comments given Thursday to the federal agency by the North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC).