Kentucky has enacted general legislation prohibiting the waste of coal seam methane, including its “unnecessary or excessive loss” through venting or flaring. It includes an exception for active coal mines.
Gas rate recovery is not linked to actual leakage each year, but rather fixed every three years to reflect historical averages.
Examines the current frameworks for recovery of lost and unaccounted-for gas in each U.S. jurisdiction, and recommends changes to those frameworks to encourage improved management of pipeline leaks.
Requires producers to inspect and repair leaks every month.
Require operators to test and monitor for any fugitive emissions taking place at a well site on a quarterly basis, develop a leak detection and repair program, and make first attempt at repair within 5 days of detecting it.
Wyoming updated its standards in 2019 to require oil and gas companies to check new facilities regularly for emissions of smog and methane.
Bans the venting of natural gas and requires that vented gas be burned through a flare with the estimated volume flared reported to the director of the oil and gas division at the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources.
Colorado tightened its rules in 2019 and 2020 to ban venting and flaring, and to require semiannual leak detection, tank controls, and performance standards for transmission.
Requires that the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission revisit its existing rules and consider stricter requirements with respect to leak detection and repair, pipeline inspection, emissions from “pneumatic tools” like gas-driven pumps, and more.
Designed to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas production, processing, storage, and transmission compressor stations.