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
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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
California’s State Senate approved SB778, which would ban new offshore oil drilling in an area of the Santa Barbara Channel known as Tranquillon Ridge. The measure now goes to the Assembly. The legislation, labeled the Coastal Protection Act, was introduced … Continue reading
Dennis Luna, Managing Partner of Luna & Glushon and Editor-in-Chief of the California Oil & Gas Report, was the opening speaker at a Cap-and-Trade Forum held June 3. The topic of the forum, presented by the BizFed Institute and held at … Continue reading