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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... more +
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 -
Hogan Lovells

Projects and Energy Weekly Snippets

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Weekly projects and energy updates in South Africa Eskom urged to be less secretive with its operating data Eskom came under criticism at the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) subcommittee hearings for attempting to keep some...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

UK Shale: Fracking is Given the Green Light

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Recent developments in fracking in the UK - On 23 May 2016, the North Yorkshire County Council voted in favour of an application by Third Energy to extract shale gas from an existing onshore gas well in northeast England...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

New Study Calls Into Question Some Of Harvard Report’s Conclusions Related To The Use Of Fracfocus.Org By State Regulators

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A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Energy Policy calls into question some of the conclusions reached by Harvard Law School researchers regarding the utility of FracFocus.org as a regulatory tool....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 44

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Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 44 of our State Regulatory Roundup, including updates in California, Louisiana, and Maryland. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to provide...more

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