regulations

The Texas Railroad Commission has designated a new swath of the Permian as a Seismic Response Area after a series of earthquakes linked to water-disposal wells rattled the area.

Regulatory uncertainty continues to hamper Canadian provinces in competition for hydrocarbon investment.

Selling reservoirs’ empty pore space may become a new, big business.

Pennsylvania regulators have released a long-awaited final draft of rules to cut releases of methane from the state’s existing oil and natural gas well sites, but they will still not require companies to find and fix leaks at tens of thousands of low-producing wells.

After an oilfield tank battery explosion killed a 14-year-old girl, Louisiana regulators have put new rules in place for the storage tanks and are launching a campaign to identify all of them statewide.

Proposed US West Coast LNG terminal had long been a source of dispute between nearby property owners, indigenous peoples.

The auction was held as the result of a US district court order issued in June that overruled the Biden administration's attempt to suspend lease sales.

The US president announced a step toward prohibiting oil and gas development outside the boundaries of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

The US Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management said it will analyze the climate impacts of proposed oil and gas lease sales that have been scheduled for early 2022 and seek public feedback.