Emissions From Oil and Gas Facilities Are Regulated to Protect Health

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) sets air quality standards WELL below levels that would cause a health concern.  There are allowable emissions from oil and natural gas facilities (just like there are for cars and other industries).   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also regulates emissions from “new sources” and these rules were recently revised.

In December 2013, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy stated, “natural gas has been a game changer with our ability to really move forward with pollution reductions that have been very hard to get our arms around for many decades.”

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AUSTIN - Texas’ production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) achieved new record highs for the month of September after achieving record highs just one month earlier in August, according to the Texas Oil & Gas Association’s (TXOGA) monthly energy economic analysis prepared by TXOGA Chief Economist Dean Foreman, Ph.D. Further, as crude and NGL production has climbed, in-state refiners have processed record amounts.

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