Abstract
The Trump Administration has withdrawn an EPA request that oil and natural gas companies provide information on their methane emissions from field operations. The Obama Administration had sent the data request to some 15,000 oil and gas companies late last year. It asked for basic information on the numbers and types of equipment used at onshore drilling and production facilities as well as more detailed information on methane emission sources and control devices. Earlier in 2016, EPA issued methane control regulations for new oil and gas facilities but did not address existing facilities. The data collection rule was an attempt by the Obama EPA to learn more about oil and gas operations in preparation for emissions regulations at operating facilities. Oil and gas operations are the largest industrial source of methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide, according to EPA. The U.S. is experiencing an oil
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