BLM Extends Compliance Deadlines for Gas Measurement and Leak Detection Rules by One Year
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The Bureau of Land Management has finalized a one-year delay on two requirements from a 2024 rule about oil and gas production on federal and Indian lands. Operators will now have until next year to install gas measuring devices and set up leak detection and repair programs.
Why it matters: This extension is mostly administrative. It gives oil and gas operators a temporary reprieve from installing meters and running leak detection programs while the BLM figures out how to rewrite those rules. The agency does not expect the delay to meaningfully change royalty collections or gas leakage on federal lands.
Who it affects
- Oil and gas operators on federal and Indian mineral leases
This action was published by the Bureau of Land Management in the Federal Register; you should read the full final rule before relying on it for compliance or legal purposes.
Agency: Interior Department, Land Management Bureau
Source: Federal Register — read the official document