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Stoel Rives LLP

North Dakota’s UIC Class VI Primacy Wait is Almost Over

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is poised to approve North Dakota’s application for primary enforcement authority over the underground injection of CO2 for geologic sequestration in that state. Nearly four...more

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Frack 2.0: Refracing Could Enable a Second Wave of Production Growth in the Bakken and Eagle Ford

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Operators will likely refrac more oil and gas wells this year and further accelerate such activity in 2016. The reason is simple: substantial bang for CAPEX bucks. A recent study by engineers from SPE and Baker Hughes...more

Gray Reed

Truth and Illusion in the Fracking Debate

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Gas Flaring - According to Earthworks, gas flaring in the Bakken and Eagle Ford Shale is out of control and tons of greenhouse gases are being fired into the atmosphere; therefore, we should ban fracking. According to...more

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North Dakota Orders Limits on Gas Flaring

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On July 1, 2014 the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) imposed new rules that will significantly limit the flaring of natural gas at all existing and future wells. Order 24665 will allow wells completed in the...more

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Are Oil and Gas Producers Protecting the Environment?

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

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