Regulations

Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) has approved the state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) sweeping overhaul of environmental regulations for the oil and natural gas industry, bringing the rules one step closer to being finalized after more than four years and much controversy.

A state Commonwealth Court judge has denied the Pennsylvania Independent Petroleum Producers Association’s (PIPP) lawsuit to stop a package of new oil and natural gas regulations, writing in an opinion that the rules have not yet become law and therefore don’t warrant any action from the court.

A state Commonwealth Court judge has denied the Pennsylvania Independent Petroleum Producers Association’s (PIPP) lawsuit to stop a package of new oil and natural gas regulations, writing in an opinion that the rules have not yet become law and therefore don’t warrant any action from the court.

California oil and natural gas regulators want to firm up what they consider to be weak requirements for idle wells and are supporting proposed legislation to get the job done.

The Pennsylvania House and Senate energy committees this week voted against the state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) overhaul of regulations for the oil and natural gas industries.

California oil and natural gas regulators want to firm up what they consider to be weak requirements for idle wells and are supporting proposed legislation to get the job done.

The Pennsylvania House and Senate energy committees this week voted against the state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) overhaul of regulations for the oil and natural gas industries.

Streamlined rules that update federal oversight of oil, natural gas and sulfur leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) are to take effect at the end of May, the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said.

A trade group representing Pennsylvania’s legacy oil and natural gas producers has filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to stop a package of new regulations that it claims would put many of its members out of business.