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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Scott Prestidge scott.prestidge@coga.org DENVER — Colorado’s oil and natural gas industry has been a consistent contributor to Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) rulemakings, it has reduced and continues to reduce statewide emissions, and it has a lengthy history in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting. The following statement can be attributed to Dan Haley, President & CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA). “SB 181 requires multiple AQCC rulemakings to reduce GHGs and ozone forming emissions from Colorado’s oil and natural gas industry. Last December, the AQCC took a sizable first step and held a rulemaking to begin those efforts. That included the establishment of new emission inventory reporting requirements for upstream, midstream, and pipeline transmission operations for oil and natural gas companies. “The oil and gas industry has followed inventory reporting requirements at the federal level for many years, reporting to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As the state implements its inventory programs for all economic sectors through Regulation 22, we urge them to use the existing data to fill in any gaps. For example, 70 percent of natural gas liquid sales are not combusted in Colorado or in the given year they were produced, so production inventories can be significantly different than emission inventories. “It’s important to note that continuous emission monitoring is not ready for prime time, as many of those technologies are still being developed. There are several monitoring and measurement tools that do exist that can provide important snapshot data, but those measurements must go to laboratories and be analyzed, which takes time. Measurements matter, and it’s more important to get them right than to get them fast. There is not currently a one-size fits all approach to emissions monitoring, and more research and development is needed before rules can be effectively imposed and implemented. “Building out a rock-solid 2005 emissions baseline will be critical for CDPHE, as well as the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) as it develops its greenhouse gas roadmap. We understand these agencies want to move forward quickly, but you can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been. This is an important point and should not be underestimated or dismissed. If you are going to model cuts and project cuts and build out policies to achieve those cuts, you better make sure your methodologies are accurate and based off the correct data points. The inventory rules developed today, as well as the future development of a sound 2005 baseline, are critical steps for guiding any future greenhouse gas policies or decision-making.” About COGA Founded in 1984, the Colorado Oil & Gas Association’s (COGA) mission is to be the unified political and regulatory voice for the oil and natural gas industry in Colorado, and to support our members through advocacy, partnerships, education and stakeholder engagement.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Scott Prestidge scott.prestidge@coga.org
DENVER — Colorado’s oil and natural gas industry has been a consistent contributor to Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) rulemakings, it has reduced and continues to reduce statewide emissions, and it has a lengthy history in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting. The following statement can be attributed to Dan Haley, President & CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA). “SB 181 requires multiple AQCC rulemakings to reduce GHGs and ozone forming emissions from Colorado’s oil and natural gas industry. Last December, the AQCC took a sizable first step and held a rulemaking to begin those efforts. That included the establishment of new emission inventory reporting requirements for upstream, midstream, and pipeline transmission operations for oil and natural gas companies. “The oil and gas industry has followed inventory reporting requirements at the federal level for many years, reporting to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As the state implements its inventory programs for all economic sectors through Regulation 22, we urge them to use the existing data to fill in any gaps. For example, 70 percent of natural gas liquid sales are not combusted in Colorado or in the given year they were produced, so production inventories can be significantly different than emission inventories. “It’s important to note that continuous emission monitoring is not ready for prime time, as many of those technologies are still being developed. There are several monitoring and measurement tools that do exist that can provide important snapshot data, but those measurements must go to laboratories and be analyzed, which takes time. Measurements matter, and it’s more important to get them right than to get them fast. There is not currently a one-size fits all approach to emissions monitoring, and more research and development is needed before rules can be effectively imposed and implemented. “Building out a rock-solid 2005 emissions baseline will be critical for CDPHE, as well as the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) as it develops its greenhouse gas roadmap. We understand these agencies want to move forward quickly, but you can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been. This is an important point and should not be underestimated or dismissed. If you are going to model cuts and project cuts and build out policies to achieve those cuts, you better make sure your methodologies are accurate and based off the correct data points. The inventory rules developed today, as well as the future development of a sound 2005 baseline, are critical steps for guiding any future greenhouse gas policies or decision-making.”
About COGA Founded in 1984, the Colorado Oil & Gas Association’s (COGA) mission is to be the unified political and regulatory voice for the oil and natural gas industry in Colorado, and to support our members through advocacy, partnerships, education and stakeholder engagement.