California Oil, Gas Producer to Pay Fine In First Greenhouse Gas Enforcement Action

摘要

A California oil and natural gas production company will pay $34,000 in penalties to resolve the Environmental Protection Agency's first greenhouse gas permitting violation, the agency said Dec. 10. Vintage Production California LLC, a subsidiary of OXY USA Inc., self-reported the prevention of significant deterioration permitting violation at its Kern Front Oil Field located near Bakersfield, Calif., to EPA. The company failed to obtain the necessary prevention of significant deterioration permit for its greenhouse gas emissions after it constructed three steam generators at the oil field in late 2011.