Dr. Steven Bohlen, supervisor of the state Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), has resigned after 17 months running the agency. Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Kenneth A. Harris, executive officer of the Central Coast Regional Water Quality … Continue reading
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Federal regulators have ordered Plains Pipeline, LP, to remove the crude oil remaining in an idle pipeline that runs from the Santa Barbara coast to Kern County, and to take other corrective action following a failure in the system on … Continue reading
After a day-long hearing, the Kern County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance implementing a new land use approval process for oil and gas exploration, extraction, operation and production activities, and also accepted an accompanying environmental impact report. Environmental groups … Continue reading
California Resources Corporation (NYSE:CRC) announced a net loss of $86 million or $0.22 per share for the third quarter of 2015, compared with a profit of $188 million or $0.48 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2014. Revenues … Continue reading
Most natural gas processing plants will have to start reporting on toxic chemicals they release under regulations the Environmental Protection Agency plans to enact. The rulemaking process, which is expected to take up to two years to complete, will affect … Continue reading
PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG), the parent company of Pacific Gas & Electric Co., reported net income of $307 million or $0.63 per common share for the third fiscal quarter of 2015, on revenues of $4.55 billion. This compares to income … Continue reading