Blowout preventers (BOP) were an initial offshore equipment focus following the 2010 Macondo deepwater oil well blowout. Lately, however, the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has paid growing attention to bolts. Source: News

US Department of the Interior reporting guidance to oil and gas operators may hinder the US Bureau of Land Management’s ability to account for methane emissions on onshore federal leases, the Government Accountability Office warned. Source: News

Energy independence can be perilous in a country plagued by misunderstanding of the concept. In pursuit of energy independence, a country faces two hazards. One is the wasted expenditure of public money. The other is nonchalance when the goal seems within reach. Source: News

With forms for the 2016 edition of OGJ’s annual Worldwide Refining Survey now making their way onto desks of this year’s respondents, there couldn’t be a better time to pull back the curtain to offer readers and operators alike a peek at what life will be looking like for the downstream technical editor over the […]

Scooting ever leftward, the Democratic Party overworks an annoying habit of liberalism in the environmental section of its campaign platform. Source: News

The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to move the point of obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard to the owner of hydrocarbons at the rack, the same point at which excise taxes are collected. Source: News