Canada’s youngest shale play, the Duvernay geological formation, is emerging as “extremely competitive” on the North American scale of drilling targets, a Calgary industry conference heard Wednesday.
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Fires Crimp Alberta Oil Patch Activity
About 200,000 b/d of northern Alberta oil production remained temporarily halted Thursday as tinder-dry forests continue to fuel wildfires ignited by lightning.
May 28, 2015
Fires Crimp Alberta Oil Patch Activity
About 200,000 b/d of northern Alberta oil production remained temporarily halted Thursday as tinder-dry forests continue to fuel wildfires ignited by lightning.
May 28, 2015
SRBC Limits Scope of Multi-Year Study to Water Quantity
Officials with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) announced Wednesday that the agency had started a multi-year effort to study water quantity, but rebuffed calls for it to be expanded to a comprehensive environmental study that could include the impacts of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the basin.
May 10, 2013
New York DEC to File 90-Day Extension to Finalize Frack Rules
In an effort to avoid having to restart the process from square one, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will file for a 90-day extension on Thursday to finalize rules governing high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF).
November 29, 2012
Voters in Mansfield, OH, Approve ‘Environmental Bill of Rights’
Supporters of an “environmental bill of rights” charter amendment in Mansfield, OH, prevailed at the polls on Tuesday, but opponents of the measure fear it could be used beyond its intended purpose — to possibly block wastewater injection wells — and applied to other types of business.
November 9, 2012
E&P ‘Apathy’ Seen Eroding Onshore Activity Levels
The North America oilfield services market “eroded more than we thought” in 3Q2012, but the spending decline could turn in January, said the research team at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH).
October 8, 2012
Ohio Water District Mulls Temporary Sales to Operators
Support is growing for the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) — a state government entity that controls an 8,000-square mile watershed covering about one-fifth of the state — to sell water for natural gas drilling in the Marcellus and Utica shales, albeit on a temporary basis.
August 6, 2012
Support Growing for Ohio Water District to Sell to Operators
Support is growing for the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) — a state government entity that controls an 8,000-square mile watershed covering about one-fifth of the state — to sell water for natural gas drilling in the Marcellus and Utica shales, albeit on a temporary basis.
August 6, 2012
Senate Democrats Schedule ‘Show Vote’ on Oil, Gas Tax Breaks
As gasoline prices flirt with the $4/gallon level, the Senate majority is preparing to square off with Republicans over stripping major producers’ oil and natural gas subsidies.
March 26, 2012
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