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Environmental

Mar. 24, 2017

Oil industry wins injunction stopping injection regulation

The oil industry got a major victory for well injection techniques when a Kern County Superior Court judge blocked a state regulation that was scheduled to take effect and impose large fines on producers.

By Joshua Sebold
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The oil industry got a major victory for well injection techniques when a Kern County Superior Court judge blocked a state regulation that was scheduled to take effect and impose large fines on producers.

The plaintiffs, Western States Petroleum Association and California Independent Petroleum Association, argued that their members were timely in filing applications for ...

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