On October 22, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised Subpart W to add new industry segments for Reporting Year 2016.  This change became effective January 1, 2016.  This revision adds the emissions from the onshore petroleum and natural gas gathering and boosting segment.

The EPA is not changing the definition of natural gas processing; however, the new gathering and boosting source category will fill a data gap currently in Subpart W and minimize confusion over other segments. The gathering and boosting segment covers equipment not previously reported under the production or processing segments. To read more, click below: