Colorado Pipeline Leaks Regulations
Requires producers to inspect and repair leaks every month.
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EPA Report, Improvements Needed in EPA Efforts to Address Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Distribution Pipelines
Recommends that the EPA work with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, develop a strategy to address the financial and policy barriers, establish performance goals, track distribution sector emissions, and more.
XTO Energy Methane Emissions Initiative
Includes phasing out high-bleed pneumatic devices, leak detection and repair, a training program, improved facility designs and research funding.
Consumers Energy Methane Reduction Plan
Aims to reduce the company’s methane emissions 80% by accelerating the replacement of aging pipe, rehabilitating or retiring outdated infrastructure, and adopting new technologies and operational practices.
The Environmental Partnership
API’s voluntary methane reduction program comprised of companies in the U.S. oil and natural gas industry committed to reducing methane emissions from their operations.
Ohio’s Fugitive Emissions Regulations
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 Regulation of Oil and Gas Sector Methane Emissions
Wyoming updated its standards in 2019 to require oil and gas companies to check new facilities regularly for emissions of smog and methane.
North Dakota Regulation of Oil and Gas Sector Methane Emissions
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 Regulations on Oil and Gas Sector Methane Emissions
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.
Colorado SB 181
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.