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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 -

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

New Federal Methane Reduction Regulations for the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector

Bennett Jones LLP on 6/1/2017

The government of Canada has released its proposal for the first federal regulations on greenhouse gas emissions applicable specifically to the upstream oil and gas sector, titled Regulations Respecting Reduction in the...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

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - July 2015 #2

Allen Matkins on 7/13/2015

Environmental and Policy Focus - California Approves Drought Curb on Sacramento River Flows - Sacramento Bee - Jul 8: California regulators gave final approval on Tuesday to a controversial drought plan to restrict the...more

Water Board Signs Off on New Fracking Requirements

Stoel Rives LLP on 7/9/2015

Yesterday, July 7, the State Water Resources Control Board (“Water Board”) adopted new requirements (“Model Criteria”) for groundwater monitoring in areas where oil and gas stimulation activities occur, such as hydraulic...more

Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium Lifted in North Carolina

BakerHostetler on 3/31/2015

Last week, North Carolina became the 34th state to allow hydraulic fracturing. Years in the making, new rules developed by the state’s Mining and Energy Commission after receiving over 200,000 public comments went into effect...more

SB 4 Well Stimulation Treatment Permanent Regulations Finalized

Stoel Rives LLP on 1/8/2015

On December 30, 2014, the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) approved the Final Permanent Well Stimulation Treatment Regulations (“Permanent Regulations”). The regulations go into effect on July 1, 2015, and the...more

Illinois Releases New Draft of Hydraulic Fracturing Rules

BakerHostetler on 9/4/2014

Last Friday, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) released its highly anticipated revised hydraulic fracturing rules. The IDNR had taken the past year to “re-tool” its oil and gas regulations, and took into...more

Leaked EPA Draft Offers Insight into Upcoming Shale Wastewater Regulations

BakerHostetler on 8/1/2014

The rapid expansion of shale drilling in recent years has brought with it an increase in the wastewater that is generated during the fracking process. One fracking well can produce over one million gallons of wastewater in a...more

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