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Why Sustainability Matters
Today, sustainability is non-negotiable. More than any other industry, energy and utility executives around the globe have adopted a laser focus on reducing their carbon footprint to create sustainability-related operational changes. Unfortunately, these changes are...
What Are You Doing to Meet Your Air Quality Compliance Goals?
Air quality compliance can be a daunting task. After all, there are endless air quality requirements to stay up to date with. Whether it’s maintaining requirements at the federal level or maintaining state-specific rules, having a set of processes in place that make...
The Key to Resilience in a Changing Energy Industry
Training your employees is critical and necessary. It provides employees with the necessary skills to perform their job. Whether it's keeping up with industry standards, bringing on new hires, and even learning the office layout, training has a clear value appeal....
The Importance of Baseline Water Sampling
Baseline water sampling is one of the most important actions taken during oil and gas exploration. Given that oil and gas exploration and production can have severe environmental impacts, ensuring that the communities in which businesses are operating remain safe is a...
10 ESG terms you need to know in 2022
Described by some as the watershed year, 2021 became the year of environmental, social, and governance (ESG). We saw record money pouring into ESG-focused funds and investors flexing their muscle to challenge companies' ESG commitments. As highlighted in our post What...
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EPA’s Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
EPA’s Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, 40 CFR Part 98, requires reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from certain industries in the U. S. The rule does not require control of GHG emissions. Under the rule, Subpart W applies to the petroleum and natural gas industry segment.
Overview of Proposed New Source Performance Standards
Overview of Proposed New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subparts OOOOa, OOOOb, and OOOOc
Notice C-141 Process Updates
The New Mexico Oil Conservation Division (OCD) released a notice as to updates to Form C-141. Attached to this email is that notice, including additional attachments and figures totaling 111 pages. According to the notice, the Form C-141 is being updated to include the addition of 16 new incident statuses and a completely digitized version of the C-141. This release is the first phase of several, but is claimed by OCD to likely include the biggest change to current operations. Additional phases will focus on refinement and include new submission pipelines for C-141 applications.
This is a replacement of the document previously posted on the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) website titled “Procedures for Implementation of the Spill Rule” released September 6, 2019. The 2019 document is no longer valid.