Texas keeps getting hotter and drier, and aquifer water levels keep declining as homeowners, farmers and oil and gas drillers keep pumping water for their various uses. However, one water watcher told NGI’s Shale Daily he does not expect curtailments on water use for drilling/hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Eagle Ford Shale.
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New York Publishes Draft Fracking Permit Rules
The preliminary draft permit rules for hydraulic fracturing operations, which would impose additional regulations on natural gas drillers operating in New York’s Marcellus Shale, were published Friday in their entirety by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
July 11, 2011
Federal Agencies to Collaborate on Air Quality
Three federal agencies say they will cooperate on air quality issues for onshore oil and gas projects drilled on public lands and will create a new agency to implement collaborative plans by late September.
July 8, 2011
Sierra Club: Pennsylvania Parks Drilling Violates Federal Law
The Sierra Club alleges in a letter to the National Park Service (NPS) that Pennsylvania is violating federal law by allowing natural gas drilling on protected state park and forest land.
July 8, 2011
Engelder: Shale Profitability Not Immediate
The economics of shale gas development are fundamentally different than conventional resources, requiring a longer time line to reach profitability, according to Terry Engelder, the Pennsylvania State University geosciences professor who helped prove the value of the Marcellus Shale.
July 7, 2011
Michigan Issues New Hydrofrack Rules
Michigan regulators on Wednesday announced a new series of regulations that will impact the future operations of oil and gas drillers using hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) to stimulate production.
May 31, 2011
Pennsylvania Legislator Proposes Stiff Marcellus Fees
Revenue raised through a proposed impact fee that would cost Marcellus Shale drillers a minimum $10,000 per well annually is needed to help close a project $4.2 billion budget gap in Pennsylvania, according to state Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson).
May 2, 2011
Pennsylvania Legislator Proposes Stiff Marcellus Impact Fee
Revenue raised through a proposed impact fee that would cost Marcellus Shale drillers a minimum $10,000 per well annually is needed to help close a project $4.2 billion budget gap in Pennsylvania, according to state Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson).
April 29, 2011
Halliburton Estimates 3,500 Uncompleted Wells in U.S. Onshore
Demand for oilfield services from North America’s unconventional resource drillers continues unabated and Halliburton Co. could complete contracts “in any terms we wanted to dictate at this point in time,” CEO Dave Lesar said Monday.
April 19, 2011
New York Fracking Study, Moratorium Could Go Beyond July 1
The deadline for New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to complete work on a supplemental generic environmental impact statement (SGEIS) on hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) may not be as rigid as some observers previously believed.
April 4, 2011
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