regulations

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says the increase is needed to keep pace with inflation.

Regulators told some injection well operators close to the epicenter of a magnitude 4.0 earthquake that they will have to shut down their operations indefinitely.

The funding aims to support 22 projects to advance technologies to monitor, measure, and mitigate methane emissions across the US natural gas supply chain.

Proposed methane regulations for the oil and gas industry are in the works in the United States and the European Union. This brief summarizes the next steps for methane rules on both sides of the Atlantic.

BPX Energy, BP’s US onshore upstream business, has expanded MiQ certification to 100% of BP’s US onshore facilities in Texas and Louisiana.

The increase comes as federal agencies change fines to reflect inflation.

The Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will publish a proposed rule to update regulations for clean energy development on the US Outer Continental Shelf.

California soon will have the largest oil drilling setbacks in the US. Experts say other states can learn from this move.

Proposed energy projects needing US federal permits will come under increased scrutiny related to the scope and magnitude of potential emissions.

In a 12-0 vote, the Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance that will immediately ban new oil extraction and shut down existing operations within 20 years. The historic decision comes after years of complaints by residents about how pollution from nearby drilling has caused them health issues.