Rulemaking

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on Thursday issued initial guidance for implementing Senate Bill 181 enacted earlier this year, which requires regulators to revamp some oil and gas rules.

The Trump administration has outlined its plans in federal court to ultimately rescind or revise a rule promulgated by the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) governing flaring and venting of associated natural gas on public and tribal lands.

The Trump administration has outlined its plans in federal court to ultimately rescind or revise a rule promulgated by the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) governing flaring and venting of associated natural gas on public and tribal lands.

Despite President Trump’s claim that his executive order (EO) will revive the nation’s coal industry, experts say otherwise — predicting coal will continue to lose ground to natural gas for power generation, and that a lengthy legal battle looms over plans to reevaluate or scuttle the Clean Power Plan (CPP).

A manufacturers’ trade association has filed out of time to comment and intervene in the next U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) liquefied natural gas (LNG) export license case, arguing that recent export approvals show a need for “more particularized and informative standards” in evaluating applications.

A rulemaking designed to strengthen environmental protection performance standards governing the natural gas industry has been given a cautionary green light by Pennsylvania regulators, with the final outcome to be determined following an extended public comment period.

While other stakeholders have been critical of California’s preliminary draft hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rules, two energy attorneys with the firm of K&L Gates consider the rules’ proposed protections for trade secrets to be adequate for shielding exploration and production (E&P) operators’ proprietary information tied to fracking.

A coalition of landowners in Wayne County, PA says it has “run out of patience” with the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), and is urging the organization to either enact natural gas regulations or step aside and let the states do so.

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) agreed Thursday to a request by New York that any water withdrawal applications for natural gas development in the state be postponed until the Empire State completes its environmental review of hydraulic fracturing (fracking).