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An oil and gas company violated the Clean Air Act at 22 Utah facilities. Here’s what it has to do now.

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An oil and gas company that has been polluting the Uinta Basin’s air quality must pay a hefty fine and make big changes to its operations.

An oil and gas company violated the Clean Air Act at 22 Utah facilities. Here’s what it has to do now.

In the meantime, its parent — Denver-based Ovintiv Inc. — is considering a possible sale of its operations in the basin, which could fetch as much as $2 billion, The EPA estimates that the changes that Ovintiv USA will implement will reduce over 2,000 tons of volatile organic compounds. VOCs contribute to ground-level ozone, or smog, and can worsen respiratory conditions like asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia.

“This settlement represents an important step toward improving air quality in Utah,” said a spokesperson for the state Department of Environmental Quality. “We look forward to investing this funding back into the Uinta Basin on projects that will provide additional air quality benefits.” The company has 139 well pads for oil and gas production in Utah. According to the settlement agreement, inspectors from the EPA and the Utah Division of Air Quality inspected Ovintiv production sites in the Uinta Basin in 2018 and 2019.

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