Steven Bohlen
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 Control Board, to replace Bohlen. Harris has 25 years of experience with the State Water Board. He holds bachelor’s degrees in earth science and water science and a master’s degree in hydrology, and is a licensed professional geologist.
pipeline that runs from the Santa Barbara coast to Kern County, and to take other corrective action following a failure in the system on May 19 that spilled 2,500 barrels of heavy crude on the coastline.
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.
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.
under regulations the Environmental Protection Agency plans to enact.
income of $307 million or $0.63 per common share for the third fiscal quarter of 2015, on revenues of $4.55 billion.