In 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implemented policies that will reduce methane pollution from
new oil and gas facilities that are developed.
«There's a lot more opportunity with large - scale projects at
these new oil and gas facilities that are being built.»
Not exact matches
But the administration has now taken a similar tack on a number of other controversial projects, staying silent rather than approving or blocking them, including a major proposed propane storage project in the Finger Lakes, the construction of
new liquefied natural
gas storage areas across the state
and a crude -
oil heating
facility at the Port of Albany.
I stumbled on an announcement from Park Systems for a webinar designed for the
oil and gas industry after my June 8, 2015 post featuring Abakan
and its
new Alberta (Canada)- based cladding
facility designed for
oil and gas pipes in particular.
The 4 - 1/2 year competition is being co-sponsored by NRG, an energy company,
and COSIA (Canada's
Oil Sands Innovation Alliance)
and will separate the
new technologies for testing at either a coal power plant or a natural
gas facility.
The coalition will also encourage the EPA to limit climate change - causing carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants under the Clean Power Plan, push for federal controls on methane emissions from the
oil and natural
gas industry,
and work on controlling emissions from large - scale industry
facilities, said the
New York attorney general's office in a statement.
Using advocacy
and litigation to secure strong national limits on emissions from
new, modified
and existing power plants,
oil refineries, cement kilns,
and oil and gas production
facilities.
The newly proposed rules would, among other actions, prohibit venting (intentional emitting), require quarterly leak inspections of
new and existing
facilities,
and include measures to prevent worsening local air quality caused by
oil and gas activity.
¶ Responding to falling
oil industry revenues, the government of Algeria unveiled a suite of
new programs meant to improve the country's financial situation, including a solar PV
facility build = out,
and energy efficiency programs,
and incentives to convert their vehicles to run on liquefied petroleum
gas rather than petrol / gasoline or diesel.
Current official inventories of methane emissions, a potent greenhouse
gas released from landfills, livestock ranches
and oil and gas facilities, may be underestimated both nationally
and in California by a factor of about 1.5, according to
new research from Berkeley Lab
and others.
The National Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires the United States Department of Energy (DOE), Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), in cooperation with the Departments of Commerce
and Defense, to designate
new right - of - way corridors on federal lands for electricity transmission
and distribution
facilities,
and oil,
gas,
and hydrogen pipelines.
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oil and gas arena, our lawyers work with regulated
and unregulated clients to develop innovative business solutions to ongoing challenges in regulation, including certification of
new LNG
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