I Wonder If Anybody Noticed -- I Doubt It -- December 15, 2014

The AP is reporting:

North Dakota’s oil industry is coming in even lower than the targets set by new rules that require reducing the amount of natural gas burned off as a byproduct of oil production, the state’s top energy regulator said Friday.

Regulators endorsed a policy in July that sets goals to reduce flaring in incremental steps through 2020. The new rules allow regulators to set production limits on oil companies if the targets are not met.

The change requires flaring rates to be reduced to 26 percent by Oct. 1 and 10 percent within six years as infrastructure catches up with oil development.

State Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms said North Dakota’s natural gas flaring rate was 22 percent for October.

But we know that Alma Clooney wore a really nice hat to her wedding. All is right with the world.