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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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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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