OIL AND GAS
API issues standards for larger-sized gathering lines
An oil and gas industry group has issued new guidelines for large gathering lines, which carry natural gas from well sites to processing facilities.
Mike Soraghan
Reporter
Mike writes enterprise and investigative stories, primarily on oil and gas drilling. Before coming to Energywire, he covered congressional leadership for The Hill newspaper and served as a Washington correspondent for The Denver Post. He has received awards from the National Press Club, the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists. He was a Kiplinger Fellow in 2014 and participated in NICAR Bootcamp in 2013. He is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors and a committee chairman and former board member at the National Press Club.
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