Water

A trio of environmental groups in California on Thursday filed a complaint in state Superior Court seeking to have declared illegal new state interim rules governing oil/gas operators' use of wastewater injection wells (see Daily GPI, April 24).

A trio of environmental groups in California on Thursday filed a complaint in state Superior Court seeking to have declared illegal new state interim rules governing oil/gas operators’ use of wastewater injection wells (see Daily GPI, April 24).

As the U.S. House of Representatives was considering an appropriations bill rider to block the administration’s proposed rule broadening waterways oversight under the Clean Water Act (CWA), a bipartisan group of senators Thursday offered legislation to send the rule back to the drawing board.

As the U.S. House of Representatives was considering an appropriations bill rider to block the administration’s proposed rule broadening waterways oversight under the Clean Water Act (CWA), a bipartisan group of senators Thursday offered legislation to send the rule back to the drawing board.

As California's four-year-old drought worsens and draws increasing government restrictions, the state's oil production, ranked third nationally, may provide some measure of relief, particularly for the multi-billion-dollar agriculture industry.

California oil/natural gas regulators on Thursday adopted interim rules for the state's underground injection program. They are effective immediately while permanent rules are expected to begin a review process in May.

As California’s four-year-old drought worsens and draws increasing government restrictions, the state’s oil production, ranked third nationally, may provide some measure of relief, particularly for the multi-billion-dollar agriculture industry.

California oil/natural gas regulators on Thursday adopted interim rules for the state’s underground injection program. They are effective immediately while permanent rules are expected to begin a review process in May.

Seismologists at Southern Methodist University said Tuesday that high volumes of wastewater injection combined with saltwater extraction…