Chevron Corp. said that tests of the recycled oil field wastewater it sells to farmers in Kern County meets water quality standards, and does not contain contaminants an advocacy group claimed it found. After treating it, Chevron provides 21 million … Continue reading
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Regulations on hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas well stimulation techniques were issued in final form July 1 by DOGGR as required by Senate Bill 4. The agency also certified a statewide Environmental Impact Report on well stimulation. The … Continue reading
Unable to deliver crude to refineries because of a broken pipeline on the Santa Barbara coast, Exxon Mobil Corp. temporarily shut down production on three offshore oil platforms. Company spokesman Richard Keil said the halt to production was the only … Continue reading
U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl issued a temporary halt on new federal rules on hydraulic fracturing on public lands. The stay, which expires July 22, had been requested by energy industry groups and several states. The rules, which had been … Continue reading
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has posted feedback letters submitted by members of the public following workshops held in April on proposed regulation of oil and natural gas methane. The feedback letters are available online. … Continue reading
Mark Nechodom, the director of the California Department of Conservation, which oversees the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), resigned Thursday in a one-paragraph letter to Resource Secretary John Laird which did not give a reason for his … Continue reading