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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 -

Consejo de Estado declara la legalidad de las normas que regulan el fracking en Colombia

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/11/2022

El 7 de julio de 2022 la Sala Plena de la Sección Tercera del Consejo de Estado de Colombia, expidió la sentencia de única instancia, con ponencia del Consejero José Roberto Sáchica (la Sentencia), por medio de la cual...more

ANH modifica la segunda ronda de CEPI para pilotos de fracking en Colombia

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/18/2021

La Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) en Colombia, el pasado 26 de febrero de 2021, expidió el Acuerdo No. 4 de 2021 (el Acuerdo), a través del cual modificó el Acuerdo 06 de 2020, modificando así los criterios de la...more

ANH regula selección de contratistas y asuntos contractuales de PPII de 'fracking' en Colombia

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/22/2020

Por considerarlo de su interés, Holland & Knight Colombia S.A.S. le informa que la Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH), a través del Acuerdo 006 de septiembre de 2020 (Acuerdo), adoptó el reglamento de selección de...more

Draft Law aims to prohibit exploration and exploitation of unconventional deposits

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/17/2020

El pasado 10 de agosto 36 congresistas de diferentes partidos políticos, la Alianza Colombia Libre de Fracking y otras organizaciones (que vienen interviniendo en los procesos que se adelantan en el Consejo de Estado contra...more

Minminas expide lineamientos técnicos proyectos piloto en yacimientos no convencionales

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/17/2020

El pasado 7 de julio el Ministerio de Minas y Energía (MME) expidió la Resolución 40185 de 2020 "por la cual se establecen lineamientos técnicos para el desarrollo de Proyectos Pilotos de Investigación Integral (PPII) en...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - December 2018

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/8/2018

The 'Trump Effect' is Slowing International Progress on Climate Change, Think Tank Warns - "The report from the Institute of International and European Affairs ("IIEA") considered the impact President Donald Trump was...more

Petroleum Licenses in the UK: Contract or Regulation?

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/26/2017

Under the Petroleum Act 1998, the Secretary of State is authorized to grant licenses for the exploitation and production of hydrocarbons. The legal characteristic of such licenses has been an open question. If petroleum...more

The Tale of the Shale: U.S. Remained the World’s Top Producer of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hydrocarbons in 2015

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 5/26/2016

“U.S. petroleum and natural gas production first surpassed Russia in 2012, and the United States has been the world’s top producer of natural gas since 2011 and the world’s top producer of petroleum hydrocarbons since 2013.”...more

OSHA Issues Hazard Alert on Tank Gauging

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 3/5/2016

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have issued a new hazard alert for health and safety risks to workers who manually gauge or sample...more

Lipsky Revisited – Details and Debate

Gray Reed on 5/12/2015

Lipsky was not Range’s lessor, therefor I know nothing about the case. Surely, this person lives in my house, where I enjoy a long history of knowing nothing about anything. (Memo to self: check progress on subpoena for kids’...more

The Myth of the Regulatory Gap: BLM’s Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Rule Compared to Existing State Law

BakerHostetler on 11/20/2014

For the better part of the last decade, oil and natural gas production from domestic wells has increased steadily. Technical advancements in identifying promising sources of oil and gas and extracting hydrocarbons from...more

A Focus on Energy: M&A Trends in the Energy Sector

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/11/2014

Houston-based Latham & Watkins partner Robin Fredrickson talks about M&A trends in the energy sector....more

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