Oil & Gas Groups Seek Compliance Deadline Extension For Methane Rule

Oil and gas groups are bolstering their pitch for EPA to significantly delay the deadline for complying with the agency’s forthcoming methane standards for new equipment in the sector, citing an industry survey finding supply chain constraints for a range of equipment needed to achieve the requirements. The pitch builds on more general comments submitted in February on EPA’s supplemental proposal, in which the American Petroleum Institute (API) flagged supply chain challenges as one of numerous concerns with the plan,...