Topic
methane emissions
105 published works
Mineral Law
EPA Issues Expansive, Costly New Source Performance Standards for Oil and Gas Sector
By Mike Mills, Shannon Morrissey, Allison Smith
Widely anticipated on both sides of the aisle, on May 12, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released final regulations to curb emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
U.S. EPA Issues Draft Information Request on Methane Emissions
By Ryan Elliott
On the same day that U.S. EPA finalized amendments to the New Source Performance Standards for the oil and gas industry (click here for our blog post on the final…
Capital Thinking
Prospects for Energy Bill Before Summer Recess; House to Scrutinize Methane Emissions; Senate Hears Challenges for Oil and Gas; EPA Looking At Fuel and NAAQs
Legislative Action Senate Energy Policy Modernization Act Last week the Senate voted to pass S. 2012 the Energy Modernization Act of 2016 with a strong, almost unheard of bi-partisan vote…
Louisiana Law Blog
EPA Poised to Begin Collecting Methane Data from Existing Oil & Gas Facilities
By Kean Miller
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in March that it is in the process of developing new regulations to curb methane emissions from existing oil and gas facilities. The EPA…
PipelineLaw
BLM Proposes Sweeping Rules to Curb Methane Emissions
Consistent with President Obama’s “Climate Action Plan,” the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently released proposed rules intended to significantly curb emissions from new and existing oil and gas production wells…
Mineral Law
BLM Proposes “Commonsense” Rule to Limit Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas Operations
By Shannon Morrissey, Mike Mills, Eric Skanchy
On Friday, January 22, 2016 the federal Department of the Interior’s (“DOI”) Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) issued a proposed rule on reducing waste and methane emissions in oil and…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Energy Insights: An Update from the Third Quarter of 2015
By Joshua L. Ditelberg and Robert S. Winner In this edition of Seyfarth Shaw’s Energy Insights Newsletter our Energy and Clean Technologies team covers important developments in Q3 2015 for…
frESH
US EPA Proposes New Standards for Methane and VOC Emissions for Unregulated Equipment in Oil and Natural Gas Source Category
As part of the Obama administration’s recent aggressive pursuit of greenhouse gas emissions reductions under President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, EPA is proposing to amend new source performance standards (NSPS)…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Proposed Rule for Methane and VOC Controls in Oil and Gas Industry
By Patrick D. Joyce and Craig B. Simonsen The U.S. EPA announced earlier this week a proposed rule to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) from…
PipelineLaw
New Research Indicates Decreased Methane Emissions from Distribution Pipelines
Regulators and researchers alike have long been trying to accurately estimate leakage rates from natural gas infrastructure, in order to understand the potential effects of such emissions on climate and…