The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will continue to exempt wastes from oil and natural gas operations from the law governing hazardous wastes after concluding that state programs to manage them were sufficient and spills were rare.
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Enviros Sue EPA, Seek Tougher Regulations For Oil, NatGas Waste Disposal
A group of environmental and community organizations filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday seeking stricter federal regulations for the disposal of waste from oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
Enviros Sue EPA, Seek Tougher Regulations For Oil, NatGas Waste Disposal
A group of environmental and community organizations filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday seeking stricter federal regulations for the disposal of waste from oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
West Virginia County Passes First State Ban on Oil/Gas Waste Injection Wells
A county commission in southern West Virginia, more than 100 miles away from active unconventional drilling in the Marcellus and Utica shales, has unanimously passed the state’s first ordinance banning the injection and storage of oil and gas drilling wastes.
New Oilfield Waste Disposal Rules Eyed in North Dakota
New rules for the handling of waste that could impact oil and natural gas well sites are being examined by the North Dakota Department of Health (DOH) and should be effective in the latter half of 2015.
Firm Seeks to Soak Up Methane Emissions, Profits
An Irvine, CA-based company is touting a licensing agreement with a Dresser-Rand Group unit that makes small turbines as opening the door for smaller, decentralized power generation using otherwise unusable waste gas.
Appalachian Drilling Waste Remains A Growing Concern
Landfills in West Virginia will stop accepting drilling sludge after the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) discovered that a site in Harrison County recently accepted the material after it was rejected at another dump across the state line in Pennsylvania.

Four-Company GTL Joint Venture Unveiled
Four diverse companies announced Monday they will pursue a series of gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects starting in Oklahoma…
West Virginia Bill Would Allow Landfills to Take More Drilling Waste
During a special session called by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, the West Virginia legislature on Friday overwhelmingly passed a bill that will allow seven landfills in the northern part of state to increase their tonnage limits and accept more drill cuttings and waste from horizontal well sites.
West Virginia Bill Would Allow Landfills to Take Drilling Waste
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will likely call a special session of the state legislature to introduce a bill regulating the disposal of drill cuttings and associated drilling waste into commercial landfills, after lawmakers failed to passed the measure before adjourning on Saturday.