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EPA Releases Final Rule Requiring Oil and Gas Sources to Report Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

The Energy Law

Under the final rule, facilities are required to begin collecting emissions data on January 1, 2011, and the first annual report is due by March 31, 2012. One of the more controversial requirements in the proposed rule, the “basin-level” definition of an onshore production facility, remains largely unchanged in the final rule.

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Unlocking the power of data for sustainable water management with AWS

AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

The Permian Basin , one of the most productive oil fields in the U.S., million gallons per well in 2011 to about 11 million gallons per well in 2016. Similarly, hydraulic fracturing in the oil and gas sector requires significant water volumes. illustrates this trend: water use for fracking there increased from approximately 1.2

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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. have fallen 44 percent since 2011. Methane emissions have also plunged. This has occurred even as our country continues to produce more crude oil than any other nation ever has.

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EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Issue Draft Guidance on Waters Protected by Clean Water Act

The Energy Law

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 27, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. 24479, 24479 (May 2, 2011). Public comment on the proposed guidance must be received on or before July 1, 2011. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001) (SWANCC) and Rapanos v.