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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 -

Who Won and Who Didn’t: The 2021 Texas Legislature and Energy

Gray Reed on 9/9/2021

Most bills filed in each legislative session fail. For the most part we are thankful for that. But today we summarize a few that survived while you weren’t paying attention. ...more

2019 Connecticut Environmental Legislative Update, “Beaujolais Nouveau” Edition

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 6/10/2019

Welcome to our Environmental Legislative Updates. Throughout Connecticut’s legislative session, these updates highlight developments concerning environmental law and policy. ...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

Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 45

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 10/6/2015

Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 45 of our State Regulatory Roundup, including updates in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to provide...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

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, June 2015

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 6/17/2015

EPA Denies Petition To Ban Triclosan: On May 13, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a petition submitted in January 2010 by Food & Water Watch and Beyond Pesticides seeking to ban triclosan, an...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

Development Of Brackish Groundwater For Hydraulic Fracturing Operations: Regulatory And Policy Issues

Jackson Walker on 2/19/2015

A. The Brackish Groundwater Resource Opportunity. According to the Texas Water Development Board (“TWDB”), more than 2.7 billion acre-feet of brackish groundwater exists within the State of Texas. Texas has numerous...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

Senators Critique Proposed Federal Rules for Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands

Stoel Rives LLP on 10/3/2014

On September 30, 2014, a block of twelve Democratic U.S. Senators presented a letter to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”), urging stricter fracking regulations. The Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”),...more

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