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How the Oil & Gas Industry is Helping Reduce Emissions

Energy Transfer

According to just-released data from the Environmental Protection Agency, methane emissions across all major oil and gas basins in the U.S. Our Dual-Drive natural gas compression system, in use since 2001, features patented technology that involves both a natural gas engine and an electric motor. In fact, the No.

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1/4 Century: What Was the Oil and Gas Industry Like in the Early 2000s? Part 2

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Merged with Texaco in 2001, solidifying its position as one of the worlds energy giants. Permian Basin Pioneer: Projects here used CO injection to produce an extra 1 million barrels annually by 2005. By 2005, ExxonMobil produced over 4.1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) globally. Production in the U.S.

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EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Issue Draft Guidance on Waters Protected by Clean Water Act

The Energy Law Blog

159 (2001) (SWANCC) and Rapanos v. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) released new proposed guidance on how the agencies will identify waters protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA) in light of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. United States, 547 U.S. 715 (2006).