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For regulatory affairs, EHS, legal, land and pipeline teams at upstream, midstream and downstream companies. Federal Index reads the federal agencies that regulate oil and gas, keeps each document’s status and dates, and routes items to the team that owns them.
Rules, proposed rules and notices from these agencies are read through the Federal Register, with rulemaking dockets from Regulations.gov and amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations from eCFR:
Federal Index also reads state legislation in every state, including Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming and Louisiana, and the county governments on the published county list.
Scope to confirm before you rely on it
The binding definition is the Coverage Commitment. Every source is on the Source Register.
Real Federal Register documents, reviewed for Example Basin Energy, a fictional company: an upstream oil and gas producer with gathering pipelines in Texas, New Mexico and North Dakota, production on onshore federal leases, a crude oil and refined-products terminal, and a non-operated interest in a Gulf of America offshore lease. The documents are real; the suggested reviewers and review decisions are an illustration. One item is recorded as not applicable, with the reason, because a review that only ever says yes is not a review.
Example review
Needs review — applicability not determined
Suggested reviewer: Pipeline integrity · Engineering
Confirms that an updated steel pipe standard, incorporated by reference in the pipeline safety regulations, takes effect on January 1, 2027; the example company operates gathering and crude oil pipelines.
Example review
Needs review — applicability not determined
Suggested reviewer: EHS director · Environmental counsel
Proposes to reconsider parts of the 2024 air standards for gasoline distribution facilities and bulk gasoline terminals; the example company operates a refined-products terminal.
Example review
For awareness
Suggested reviewer: Pipeline integrity · Compliance
Withdraws a direct final rule on hazardous liquid integrity-management guidance published in April 2026. An example reviewer records that the April rule will not take effect, so nothing changes for the example company’s crude oil lines.
Example review
Reviewed — not applicable
Suggested reviewer: Regulatory affairs
Concerns production sites in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The example company holds no Alaska leases, so an example reviewer records it as not applicable, with this reason.
See all 8 items in the example workspace
Proposed rules with their comment periods, and final rules with their effective dates, from the agencies that regulate your operations.
Air, water, pipeline and workplace-safety rules routed to the people responsible for the sites they reach.
The document, its citation and its status, linked to the official record, so review starts from the source.
Leasing, royalty and fee changes on federal lands, kept separate from operational rules.
Name your states and counties in the free coverage check. If it fits, request access: a person reviews your footprint against the published coverage and replies in writing with a scoped proposal. Organizations in other industries are welcome; oil and gas is the first program with a worked example.
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Document metadata from the Federal Register API, retrieved . Agency names are used to describe the sources read; Federal Index is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.
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