{"id":18540,"date":"2018-02-05T23:11:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T23:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=18540"},"modified":"2018-02-06T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T15:56:07","slug":"exxonmobil-publicly-acknowledges-need-oil-gas-methane-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/exxonmobil-publicly-acknowledges-need-oil-gas-methane-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"ExxonMobil reconoce p\u00fablicamente la necesidad de regulaciones de metano de petr\u00f3leo y gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoy dia, <a href=\"http:\/\/corporate.exxonmobil.com\/en\/energy\/natural-gas\/operations\/xto-energy\">Filial de gas natural de ExxonMobil XTO\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/energyfactor.exxonmobil.com\/perspectives\/methane-regulation-stay-pragmatic\/\">reconocido p\u00fablicamente<\/a>\u00a0la necesidad de una regulaci\u00f3n gubernamental de las emisiones de metano del petr\u00f3leo y el gas. El anuncio reconoce que las medidas voluntarias por s\u00ed solas no son suficientes para controlar este peligroso contaminante clim\u00e1tico. A principios del a\u00f1o pasado, el Instituto Americano del Petr\u00f3leo, cuyos miembros incluyen una amplia franja de la industria, anunci\u00f3\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Latest-Energy-News\/World-News\/API-Announces-Voluntary-Methane-Reduction-Program.html\">un programa de medidas voluntarias<\/a>\u00a0para ayudar a descarrilar las reglas obligatorias de emisiones de metano adoptadas el a\u00f1o pasado por la administraci\u00f3n Obama. En el anuncio de hoy, ExxonMobil respald\u00f3 la necesidad de regulaciones gubernamentales para garantizar que\u00a0<u>todos<\/u>\u00a0Se requerir\u00e1 que las compa\u00f1\u00edas de petr\u00f3leo y gas aborden las emisiones de metano y reduzcan los impactos clim\u00e1ticos de la industria.<\/p>\n<p>En el anuncio de hoy, ExxonMobil se comprometi\u00f3 a adoptar la mayor\u00eda de los requisitos contenidos en las regulaciones de la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental y la Oficina de Administraci\u00f3n de Tierras adoptadas en 2017, y que han sido o est\u00e1n en proceso de ser suspendidos por la administraci\u00f3n Trump. La regla BLM, que previene el desperdicio de metano y la contaminaci\u00f3n en tierras federales, est\u00e1 bajo la amenaza inminente de una nueva regla administrativa que rescindir\u00eda o debilitar\u00eda sustancialmente la regla existente.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl Western Environmental Law Center pide a ExxonMobil que le comunique en\u00e9rgicamente a la administraci\u00f3n que eliminar las normas federales sobre el metano no es de inter\u00e9s p\u00fablico ni de la industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas\u201d, dijo Thomas Singer. \u201cPara que este gran representante de la industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas tenga \u00e9xito con su apoyo a estas reglas que ahora est\u00e1n siendo atacadas, debe mostrarle a la administraci\u00f3n Trump lo que est\u00e1 escrito en la pared. ExxonMobil tambi\u00e9n debe estar preparado para apoyar a los estados que buscan establecer o fortalecer los controles sobre las regulaciones del metano del petr\u00f3leo y el gas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El oto\u00f1o pasado, ExxonMobil anunci\u00f3 varios\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.exxonmobil.com\/press-release\/exxonmobil-expands-methane-emissions-reduction-program\">medidas voluntarias<\/a>\u00a0se necesitar\u00eda para reducir las emisiones de metano, pero el compromiso inclu\u00eda solo algunas de las medidas de control de emisiones de metano incluidas en las regulaciones federales. Posteriormente, la compa\u00f1\u00eda se uni\u00f3 a otros ocho importantes productores de petr\u00f3leo y gas para adoptar\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ccacoalition.org\/en\/resources\/reducing-methane-emissions-across-natural-gas-value-chain-guiding-principles\">principios rectores\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0por reducir las emisiones de metano de sus operaciones y alentar a otras compa\u00f1\u00edas de petr\u00f3leo y gas a seguir su ejemplo. En ese momento, la compa\u00f1\u00eda dijo que \u201cDado que el gas natural se compone principalmente de metano, un potente gas de efecto invernadero, su papel en la transici\u00f3n hacia un futuro con bajas emisiones de carbono se ver\u00e1 influido por la medida en que se reduzcan las emisiones de metano\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El anuncio de hoy aumenta las apuestas para que la industria y la Administraci\u00f3n reconozcan el peligro para el clima y para la licencia social de la industria para operar, al ignorar la contaminaci\u00f3n por metano mientras se promueve la producci\u00f3n y el uso del gas natural.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fondo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La regla de residuos de metano de BLM, finalizada en 2016, actualiza regulaciones anticuadas de 30 a\u00f1os. Requiere que las empresas reparen equipos defectuosos y con fugas y reduzcan el desperdicio de gas natural en tierras p\u00fablicas. Seg\u00fan la Oficina de Responsabilidad del Gobierno de EE. UU., entre 2009 y 2015 se desperdici\u00f3 y se filtr\u00f3 innecesariamente suficiente gas natural para abastecer a m\u00e1s de 6 millones de hogares durante un a\u00f1o. La regla de desechos actualizada requiere que las empresas realicen la detecci\u00f3n y reparaci\u00f3n de fugas con tecnolog\u00edas asequibles y listas para usar, y restringe la ventilaci\u00f3n de metano (liberar gas a la atm\u00f3sfera deliberadamente) y la quema (quemar el gas no utilizado en la boca del pozo). La decisi\u00f3n de la administraci\u00f3n Trump de retrasar la implementaci\u00f3n de la regla de desperdicio de BLM permitir\u00eda que la industria evite estas medidas de reducci\u00f3n de desperdicio de sentido com\u00fan y contin\u00fae desperdiciando innecesariamente nuestros recursos de propiedad p\u00fablica mientras la administraci\u00f3n intenta descubrir c\u00f3mo eliminar la regla por completo como un regalo. a sus benefactores del petr\u00f3leo y el gas. Los desechos de metano no solo defraudan a los contribuyentes, sino que tambi\u00e9n da\u00f1an la salud p\u00fablica y contribuyen significativamente a las emisiones clim\u00e1ticas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Desperdiciar:<\/strong>\u00a0Seg\u00fan Interior, en 2014, las empresas de petr\u00f3leo y gas desperdiciaron m\u00e1s del 4 por ciento del gas natural que produc\u00edan en tierras federales, gas suficiente para abastecer de gas a casi 1,5 millones de hogares durante un a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Salud p\u00fablica:<\/strong>\u00a0El metano liberado por la industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas viene empaquetado con otros contaminantes t\u00f3xicos (benceno, tolueno, etilbenceno, xileno) y compuestos org\u00e1nicos vol\u00e1tiles que forman smog y da\u00f1an a las comunidades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Climatizado:<\/strong>\u00a0El metano es un gas de efecto invernadero 87 veces m\u00e1s potente que el di\u00f3xido de carbono durante el tiempo que permanece en la atm\u00f3sfera.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Contribuyentes:<\/strong>\u00a0La regla de desechos de metano de BLM, si se deja en su lugar, ganar\u00eda a los contribuyentes alrededor de\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/westernvaluesproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Up-In-Flames.pdf\">$800 millones en regal\u00edas sobre recursos de metano de propiedad p\u00fablica durante la pr\u00f3xima d\u00e9cada<\/a>. Desde 1980, las disposiciones laxas han dado lugar a que BLM apruebe las solicitudes de la industria para ventilar y quemar gas natural y evitar el pago de regal\u00edas. La Oficina de Responsabilidad del Gobierno de EE. UU. estima que las regal\u00edas perdidas ascienden a casi $23 millones anuales bajo el r\u00e9gimen anticuado.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contactos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Singer, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 505-231-1070, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;t&#x6f;:&#115;&#x69;&#110;&#x67;e&#x72;&#64;&#119;&#x65;&#115;&#x74;e&#x72;n&#108;&#x61;&#119;&#x2e;o&#x72;g\">cantante@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, ExxonMobil natural gas subsidiary XTO\u00a0publicly acknowledged\u00a0the need for government regulation of oil and gas methane emissions. The announcement recognizes that voluntary measures alone are not enough to control this dangerous climate pollutant. 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