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Fracking is a non-technical term for Hydraulic Fracturing. Fracking or Hydraulic Fracturing is a method for retrieving, otherwise inaccessible, natural gas and petroleum by injecting pressurized fluid and chemicals into underground rock causing fissures. The fissures widen and expand allowing petroleum and gas to escape and flow to areas where it can be retrieved. less -

Energy Could be an Issue in Pennsylvania - If the Republicans Can Run a Campaign

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/29/2022

Pennsylvania is rapidly becoming the ultimate battleground state in American politics. Famously described by Democratic political operative James Carville as “Philadelphia in the East, Pittsburgh in the West, and Alabama in...more

Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Forces A Rethink Of American Energy Policies

Flaster Greenberg PC on 3/14/2022

Shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday, February 23, President Biden reinstated the sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that he had waived only last year. Depending on what side of the political divide you...more

As Ukraine Tensions Soar, America's Greatest Weapon Remains Trapped Underground

Flaster Greenberg PC on 1/31/2022

Last week, President Joe Biden warned Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky that a Russian invasion of Ukraine might be imminent. While Zelensky does not seem to share that assessment, full scale war in Eastern Europe seems...more

NESE: Governor Cuomo Will Decide – And NYC Will Face The Consequences

Flaster Greenberg PC on 5/1/2019

While little noticed outside of the energy industry, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is about to make one of the seminal decisions of his tenure. Before May 16, 2019, Governor Cuomo must decide whether to allow the New York...more

Marcellus Shale: Pre-Election Update

Flaster Greenberg PC on 11/6/2018

Just a day before one of the most consequential elections in a generation, there are fewer major races and ballot initiatives pertaining to shale and hydraulic fracturing than in recent years....more

A Conference, A City & A Tragedy

Flaster Greenberg PC on 11/2/2018

Before the end of each day at last week’s Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh, first MSC President Dave Spigelmyer and then WVONGA President Anne Blankenship warned the attendees to take off their conference badges once...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - October 2018

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/5/2018

China's Provinces are Secretly Building Coal Plants in Defiance of the National Government - "CoalSwarm, a global network of researchers tracking fossil-fuel infrastructure, analyzed satellite imagery as of July 2018, and...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2018 #3

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/30/2018

Judge Boots the Global Warming Cases of San Francisco and Oakland Against Oil Companies - "In a 16-page order, U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted the motions to dismiss from the five targeted companies - Chevron,...more

Paradigm Shift: Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale Development and Energy Abundance

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/22/2015

As is commonly held by energy sector experts, the game-changing development of the shales and the resurgence of natural gas as a virtually new, huge, versatile, long-term fuel, with a shrinking environmental footprint, is...more

Are Oil and Gas Producers Protecting the Environment?

Gray Reed on 7/2/2014

In their search for Utopia, some opponents of oil and gas drilling ignore innovation … What’s harmful now will forever be that way....more

Department of Energy Report Indicates Fracking Has Not Contaminated Drinking Water in Western Pennsylvania

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 8/7/2013

A recent study by the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) indicates that chemical-laced fluids used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have not contaminated the drinking water at a test...more

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