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Alternatives to Pipelines

Since pipeline development has lagged behind the shale and tar sands oil production booms, industry has increasingly turned to trains, trucks and barges to transport oil to refineries and markets.

Aboveground tank in San Juan County, NM

Alternatives to Pits

More environmentally friendly alternatives to using pits include closed containment systems (tanks) and closed-loop drilling systems.

Aquifer Gas Storage

Aquifers account for about 4% of gas storage capacity nationwide, with most in the Midwest. Aquifers are permeable rock formations …

Flare from a smokestack

Attempts to Close Loopholes for Polluters

Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and Matt Cartwright (D-PA) have introduced H.R.1154, the Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects (BREATHE) …

A closed tank system – that needs improving

Best Practices Overview

There are better, cleaner, more efficient ways to extract and produce oil and gas. In some cases these “best” practices …

QEP Energy Tanks

BLM Master Leasing Plan

A “master leasing plan” (MLP) is a new approach from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to managing oil and …