We Are Producers
LA Time Gets It Wrong – Again – on Sumps Issue
February 27, 2015
Thursday, the Los Angeles Times published an article about a number of sumps – or ponds – that exist in oil production regions in the lower San Joaquin Valley. It’s an important issue but certainly not the scandal portrayed in the Time’s inaccurate report.
WSPA President Catherine Reheis-Boyd Responds To Petroleum Reduction Legislation
February 10, 2015
The Western States Petroleum Association is strongly opposed to legislative or regulatory mandates designed to force a 50 percent reduction in the amount of gasoline and diesel California consumers and businesses use by 2030. Legislative mandates to force reductions in gasoline use are not climate change policies. They are attacks on an important industry in California designed to create conflict and controversy.
WSPA President Comments on Report Detailing Environmental Impact of Well Stimulation Operations in California
January 14, 2015
While we are pleased with the state's process on implementing Senate Bill 4, it is important to note the draft EIR contemplates hypothetical development scenarios and provides a high level review. To date, well stimulation in California has never been associated with any known adverse environmental impacts.
