Legislature fixing ‘glitch’ in gas drilling codeBill would remove oil spill contingency plan requirement for gas wells in Alaska, inadvertently added as part of HB 531 last year Kristen Nelson Petroleum News Editor-in-Chief
The Alaska House Special Committee on Oil and Gas heard and moved a bill March 15 to fix a glitch created by legislation last year which narrowed — to coalbed methane wells only — an existing law exempting natural gas wells from oil spill discharge and contingency plans.
House Bill 197, by House Oi....
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