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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 -

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2018 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/14/2018

As Storm Looms, 4th Circuit Reverses Ruling Against Dominion on Coal Ash Pollution at Chesapeake Site - "Water pollution from a coal ash landfill and settling ponds at a closed power plant in Chesapeake is not a violation of...more

Trump Administration Rolls Back Climate Change Initiatives

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/30/2018

As expected, the Trump administration has been actively engaged in efforts to reverse the federal government’s regulatory direction with respect to climate change. In 2017, President Donald Trump announced plans to withdraw...more

What’s New in the Methane Debate?

Gray Reed on 10/3/2017

Occasionally we visit issues larger than one-off courthouse decisions. Here are a few selected stories on the extent to which fracking contributes to rising levels of methane and, maybe, to climate change. There are...more

Energy Technology Connections Newsletter - Your Law Firm Link to Industry News: March 2017

Mintz on 4/1/2017

Our March edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights and features a list of upcoming energy industry events throughout the nation. If you enjoy learning about new technology as much as we...more

Congressional Energy Roundup

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 9/13/2016

Fracking Insider Readers: Below, please find this week’s Congressional activity on oil and gas issues: - House: - “H.R. 5780, the Utah Public Lands Initiative Act.” Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on...more

EPA Doubles Down with Expansive New Methane Regulation

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/17/2016

The Obama administration took two major steps in implementing its comprehensive climate change strategy this month, setting first-ever methane emissions standards for new, reconstructed and modified sources and simultaneously...more

EPA Doubles Down on Methane Regulation for Oil and Gas Industry

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/16/2016

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a packet of measures targeting methane emissions from operations of the oil and gas industry on May 12, 2016. These measures include three final regulations affecting...more

New Final EPA Methane Emission Standards for the Oil and Gas Standard are Stricter Than Proposed

Stinson LLP on 5/16/2016

The Obama administration today issued its highly anticipated limits on methane emissions from oil and gas wells that are even tougher than those it proposed last year. It is estimated that the costs to comply will be at least...more

Air Quality Regulation of Oil and Gas Development: Hydraulic Fracturing Leads to Evolving and New State and Federal Standards, and...

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner on 1/20/2016

I. Introduction - Over the past several years, oil and gas production and related midstream activities in the several regions of the United States - - including Texas, the Intermountain West, North Dakota, and...more

Energy Insights: An Update from the Third Quarter of 2015

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/19/2015

In this edition of Seyfarth Shaw’s Energy Insights Newsletter our Energy and Clean Technologies team covers important developments in Q3 2015 for the energy industry including 1) the latest initiatives from the Environmental...more

EPA Publishes Regulatory Proposals that Would Further Curb Methane and VOC Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector

K&L Gates LLP on 9/21/2015

On August 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed a suite of regulatory actions aimed at reducing methane and volatile organic compound (“VOC”) emissions from the oil and gas sector....more

Energy & Environment Update - August 2015 #3

Mintz - ML Strategies on 9/2/2015

Energy and Climate Debate - Congress returns from the August recess after the Labor Day holiday next week, and the in the meantime, energy and environment issues continue to play a significant role on the national and...more

U.S. EPA Proposes Methane Limits for Oil and Gas Industry

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/25/2015

On August 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rules to limit emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas (GHG), from certain new and modified facilities in the oil and natural gas industry. The...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - August 2015 #3

Allen Matkins on 8/24/2015

Environmental and Policy Focus: Clean Water Act rule faces challenges from both sides - Courthouse News Service - Aug 18: A widely publicized new rule clarifying the definition of ’waters of the United States’ under the...more

EPA Launches Proposed Measures to Cut Methane and VOC Emissions from Oil & Gas Industry: Agency Clarifies Permitting Requirements...

Stinson LLP on 8/24/2015

Draft New Source Performance Standards to Reduce Methane and VOC Emissions - The oil and gas sector is the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest target regarding the reduction of GHG emissions. The White House...more

EPA’s Estimate of the “Social Cost of Methane” Used to Justify New Source Performance Standards for the Oil and Natural Gas...

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 8/20/2015

On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued proposed New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) under the Clean Air Act covering methane and volatile organic compound (“VOC”) emissions...more

EPA Hits Oil and Gas Industry With a Flurry of Proposed Methane Regulations

Bracewell LLP on 8/19/2015

EPA took major steps on August 18, 2015 to curtail methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by simultaneously releasing four new proposed rules. These actions are part of the Obama Administration’s larger climate...more

EPA Proposal Limits Methane, Other Emissions in Oil, Natural Gas Sector

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/19/2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released proposed regulations that would set performance standards for emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from new and modified sources in the...more

BakerHostetler's Shale Oil and Gas Industry 2014 Year in Review and 2015 Look Forward

BakerHostetler on 3/2/2015

Once again, shale oil and gas production dominated energy headlines in 2014, with a number of key economic, political, and legal developments making news across the country. Bolstered by technologies like hydraulic...more

2015 Oil and Gas Regulatory Outlook

Morgan Lewis on 1/15/2015

The U.S. government recently announced plans for a number of regulatory initiatives in 2015 that will affect the oil and gas industry. Planned Federal Regulations Target the Oil and Gas Industry Twice per year, the U.S....more

Texas Supreme Court to Hear Defamation Case Involving Fracking Claims

BakerHostetler on 8/28/2014

On August 21, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments in an ongoing dispute between a homeowner and Texas-based oil driller Range Resources Corp. The case is not a typical homeowner vs. oil driller...more

Study Suggests EPA Underestimated Natural Gas Methane Emissions, But Not for Fracking, and EPA Releases Study Examining Fracking...

Stoel Rives LLP on 4/18/2014

In several recent studies on methane emissions relating to the natural gas industry, scientists concluded that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) underestimated the quantity of methane the industry releases to the...more

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