The California Department of Conservation (DOC) is requesting that oil and natural gas operators voluntarily disclose where they are using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for their drilling operations and what chemicals are being used in the process. Meanwhile, the state legislature has reintroduced a proposal to require the drilling information, which already has been enacted by several states across the country and is being voluntarily disclosed by many of the biggest operators in the shale business (see Shale Daily, March 30).
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SRBC Approves Water Withdrawal Permits, Some for Second Time
Despite a handful of protesters, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) on Thursday voted to approve 42 water withdrawal permit applications, including most that it had approved at a disrupted meeting in December.
March 19, 2012
All Stakeholders in Pavillion Water Well Testing Fracas to Join in Retest
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), community representatives and Indian tribes will collaborate on the retesting of two water wells near hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations near Pavillion, WY, which were the subject of a controversial EPA report last December (see Shale Daily, Dec. 21, 2011).
March 12, 2012
SRBC Schedules Public Hearing, Will Reconsider Water Permits
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) said Monday it would hold a public hearing in February as it reconsiders about 20 water withdrawal permits it approved for Marcellus Shale gas drillers during a raucous meeting in December.
January 26, 2012
No Pennsylvania Impact Fee This Year
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted unanimously against House Bill 1950 on Tuesday, its last day in session for the year, setting the stage for ongoing debates about the matter when lawmakers return from their recess in January.
December 21, 2011
INGAA: House Vote on Pipe Safety Bill Imminent
The House of Representatives could vote out pipeline safety legislation “as early as next week,” said an official with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America said Friday.
December 5, 2011
INGAA Says House Vote on Pipe Safety Bill Imminent
The House of Representatives could vote out pipeline safety legislation “as early as next week,” an official with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) said Friday.
December 5, 2011
Drilling Impact Fee Clears Pennsylvania House, 107-76
After three days of deliberations, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed an impact fee on oil and gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale by a 107-76 vote.
November 18, 2011
USGS Estimates 84 Tcf of Undiscovered Recoverable Marcellus Gas
Approximately 84 Tcf of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas and 3.4 billion bbl of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas liquids (NGL) are contained in the Marcellus Shale, according to a new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
August 24, 2011
Maryland Governor Names Marcellus Study Panel
Representatives of the natural gas industry, environmental organizations and state government are among those that Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Tuesday named to the state’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission.
July 22, 2011
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