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Story summary
- EPA draft would loosen leak-inspection and equipment-upgrade rules for more than 700,000 low-producing “stripper” wells.
- These wells produce 6% of U.S. oil and gas but emit about half of sector methane.
- EPA estimates the rollback would save companies $42 billion through 2050.
- Aaron Szabo, a former Hilcorp lobbyist, was appointed to lead EPA’s effort to undo methane rules.
