State regulators release underground gas storage issues report

A multistate group of oil and gas regulators released a 130-page report about underground natural gas storage that aims to be a resource and address risk management, state permitting, well drilling and construction, well integrity, reservoir integrity, monitoring, emergency response planning, and other issues. Source: News

Morgan named AFPM senior vice-president

Derrick Morgan is joining the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) as senior vice-president, federal and regulatory affairs, where he will oversee government relations, regulatory affairs, and petrochemical departments. Source: News

Lundin completes Gohta appraisal well in Barents Sea

Lundin Norway AS, a wholly owned unit of Lundin Petroleum AB, Stockholm, has completed drilling its Gohta appraisal well 7120/1-5 in PL492 in the southern Barents Sea. Source: News

Jordan refiner lets contract for facility upgrade

Jordan Petroleum Refinery Co. Ltd. (JPRC), the sole refining company of Jordan, has let a contract to Honeywell UOP to facilitate a $1.6-billion expansion of its refinery at Zarqa, 35 km east of Amman. Source: News

Repealing BLM's methane rule leads action list, WEA says

Western Energy Alliance Pres. Kathleen Sgamma called on the US Senate to repeal the US Bureau of Land Management’s methane emissions limits before time runs out under the Congressional Review Act. Source: News

Watching Government: What WEA found in its call-up

Western Energy Alliance Pres. Kathleen Sgamma quickly agreed that WEA’s members were more warmly received than previously in some offices during their 2017 Washington call-up. But the situation began to improve before the Trump administration arrived, she quickly added. Source: News