The petroleum sector covers the petroleum refining industry which includes the production of petroleum products through distillation and fraction of crude oil, redistillation of unfinished derivations, cracking or other processes.

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Laws and Regulations

• Air:
  • Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
  • National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP):
    • Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing Major Sources & Area Sources
    • Benzene Waste Operations
    • Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching,& Battery Stacks
    • Coke Ovens (Charging, Top Side, and Door Leaks)
    • Gasoline Dispensing and Distribution (Area and Major Sources)
    • Industrial Cooling Towers
    • Organic Liquids Distribution (non-gasoline)
    • Petroleum Refineries
    • Petroleum Refineries (Catalytic Cracking, Catalytic Reforming, Sulfur Plant Units, Associated Bypass Lines)
    • Site Remediation
• Emergencies:
  • Discharge of Oil Regulation Overview: also known as the "sheen rule." Framework for determining whether an oil spill to inland and coastal waters and/or their adjoining shorelines should be reported to the federal government.
  • Oil Pollution Act Overview
  • Oil Program: Laws and Regulations
  • SPCC Rule: Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure
• Water:
  • Effluent Guidelines for Oil and Gas Extraction (Synthetic-Based Drilling Fluids)
  • Petroleum Refining Effluent Guidelines

Compliance

• Combustion Portal Exit: compliance assistance center.

Enforcement

• National Enforcement Initiatives: Assuring Energy Extraction Activities Comply with Environmental Laws
• Petroleum Refinery National Initiative Case Results

Related Technical Information

• AP 42 - Chapter 5: Petroleum Industry: emission factors and process information for air pollution source categories.