Regulations

California regulators set new emergency requirements for natural gas and oil storage operations in the state — including requirements for testing, inspections and monitoring of all wells — in response to an emergency declaration by Gov. Jerry Brown over the Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon storage well leak earlier this year.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said Wednesday it has sent a package of new rules for oil and natural gas producers to the state’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) for a long-awaited review, with the possibility of enactment this summer.

After nearly a year under the direction of a new administration, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) job hasn’t gotten any easier.

Oil and natural gas operators in California face stepped up oversight in the months ahead as the Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) undergoes an extensive reorganization, the head of DOGGR told NGI’s Shale Daily on Tuesday.

A committee created earlier this year to advise the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on its regulation of the state’s conventional oil and gas drillers said it won’t support a package of rules for the industry that are expected to be implemented next year.

Deep divisions and a litany of concerns were laid bare at a hearing in rural Washington County, PA, on Wednesday, where roughly 200 people attended to hear about the state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) latest revisions to a proposed package of oil and gas regulations.

Deep divisions and a litany of concerns were laid bare at a hearing in rural Washington County, PA, on Wednesday, where roughly 200 people attended to hear about the state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) latest revisions to a proposed package of oil and gas regulations.

The U.S. Coast Guard has published a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on a plan to overhaul its regulations for deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) import/export terminals that would streamline facility licensing, ease the process and clarify cooperating agency requirements.

The U.S. Coast Guard has published anotice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on a plan to overhaul its regulations for deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) import/export terminals that would streamline facility licensing, ease the process and clarify cooperating agency requirements.