Mississippi - Oil & Gas

摘要

County Ordinance Requiring Oil Field Safety Fencing Not Preempted by State Oil and Gas Conservation Statutes As reported in Vol. XXIX, No. 2 (2012) of this Newsletter, in response to an accident involving the death of two teenage males who had climbed at night to the top of an oil storage tank that exploded, the Forrest County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance requiring oil and gas facilities to construct continuous perimeter fencing at least five feet high, topped with strands of barbed wire, with locking gates and warning signs.