EPA to Seek More Data on Emissions –
Industry to Study Proposal
By John M. Broder
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding the oil and gas sector and facilities that inject carbon dioxide into the ground to the greenhouse gas sources that are required to report their annual emissions to the government.
The agency already requires 31 industries, representing 85 percent of the annual production of climate-altering gases in the country, to track and report emissions. The new rule, if accepted after a public comment period, would also try to track emissions of methane and fluorinated gases, which have a much more powerful impact on the atmosphere than carbon dioxide does.
Methane is the primary gas that escapes in oil and gas drilling, and some petroleum drillers inject carbon dioxide into wells to enhance oil and gas recovery. The E.P.A. wants to know how much carbon dioxide is used in such operations and how much escapes into the atmosphere.
The American Petroleum Institute said it would study the proposal to determine the sites it covers. The new rule, if adopted, would require the additional industries to begin collecting emissions data next January and submit their first reports in 2012.
Environmental advocates said the rule would shed light on how much oil industry practices were contributing to the warming of the planet.
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