US to finalise oil rules before Obama leaves office

摘要

Regulators in the US are on an ambitious schedule to tighten oil and gas sector regulation during President Barack Obama’s final year in office. Their goal is to finalise rules that would limit gas flaring, curb methane leaks and tighten wastewater-treatment standards before a new administration enters the White House on 20 January 2017. Issuing the rules before then would make it harder for a Republican administration to block them from taking effect.