The American Petroleum Institute in a March 20 letter to President Donald Trump requested that the administration temporarily waive “non-essential compliance obligations” and provide timely guidance to “critical infrastructure personnel” as the oil and natural gas industry responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
“The oil and natural gas industry, like other critical infrastructure sectors, is working tirelessly to ensure there is no interruption in our supply chains as a result of this pandemic,” API President Michael Sommers wrote in the letter. “[T]he oil and natural gas industry needs to maintain safe and reliable operations, taking into consideration that there may be limited personnel capacity to manage the full scope of the current regulatory requirements.”
