Registration has opened for the upcoming annual meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission in Denver, Colorado. It will be held May 15-17, 2016.
The Council of State Regulatory Officials including state and provincial regulators will deliver their traditional reports including production, upcoming regulations and other regulatory challenges.
The Energy Resources, Research and Technology committee will discuss creation of an on-going review process for assessing regulatory challenges that emerging oil and gas technologies may present for states. The Environment and Safety committee will delve into a gathering pipeline study, produced water and storage facilities. This committee discussion could explore an area that’s become the focus of efforts by the State of Oklahoma to control wsatewater disposal wells and their cause of earthquakes in the state. A bill in the legislature would give explicit authority to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to control those wells.
The Public Lands committee will review topics related to the Endangered Species Act, land transfers between the federal and state governments and puruse the States First Initiative with other committees.
The annual business meeting of the IOGCC will be held at the Denver Marriott City Center Hotel.
