Oil & gas compliance and recordkeeping

Oil & Gas

Storage tank and vapor control system guidelines

Guidelines for design, operation, and maintenance of vapor control systems at oil and gas facilities.

Oil & gas operating and maintenance plans

Forms and guidance for O&M plans for equipment at oil & gas facilities.

Midstream Steering Committee

Each oil and gas midstream segment owner or operator must participate in this program to reduce GHG emissisons from midstream fuel combustion equipment.  (Reg. 22, Part B, Section III)

Regulation No. 7

Approved Instrument Monitoring Method (AIMM)
Part D, Section I.F.3: Storage Tank Control Strategy 
Part D, Section I.H.6: Glycol dehydrators
Part D, Section II: Alternative Emissions Control Devices
Part D, Section II.B.2.h: ECD Performance Testing
Part D, Section II.C: Storage Tank Emissions Management (STEM)
Part D, Section II.E.4.f.: Alternative inspection frequency
Part D, Section II.G: Well Liquid Unloading, Downhole Well Maintenance, and Well Plugging Activities
Part DSection IV: Natural Gas Transmission and Storage Segment
Part DSection V: Oil and Natural Gas Annual Emissions Inventory Reporting
Part D, Section VI: Oil and Natural Gas Pre-Production and Early Production Operations

 

Part E, Section I.D.5.b - Large Engines
Part D, Section III.C.4 - Pneumatics Reporting

 

Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR)

Guidance

  • PS Memo 14-04 LDAR and open-ended valves and line requirements.
  • March 2021 LDAR Training slides.

LDAR Annual Reports

Visible Emissions Observations

NSPS OOOO

Regulatory Updates Guidance

2021 Revisions to Regulation No. 7 and Regulation No. 22

2020 Revisions to Regulation No. 7

2017 Revisions to Regulation No. 7

2014 Changes to Regulation Nos. 3, 6, and 7

Optical Gas Imaging Infrared (IR) Camera Inspection Program

IR camera inpection pilot project assessment (July 2016)
Two-year project using optical gas imaging infrared cameras to identify and address sources of emission leaks and venting. 

IR camera inspection program updated assessment (March 2019)

Noble Energy consent decree

Settlement between Noble Energy, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, effective June 2, 2015.


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