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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 -
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Energy Technology Connections Newsletter: Your Law Firm Link to Industry News - December 2015

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A Note from the Editors - Our December edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. First, we feature...more

Burr & Forman

EPA Further Delays Hydraulic Fracturing Study as Controversy Builds

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EPA’s current estimate of the completion time for a draft of its study of the risks posed by hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to drinking water is now projected by the agency to be developed in early 2015. This is based on...more

King & Spalding

Studies Identify Flawed Well Construction (not Fracturing) as Source of Gas Contamination: More Questions Posed for Further...

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For the past several years, the rapid growth of oil and natural gas production from shale and other unconventional sources has prompted vocal and often sensationalized concerns regarding the potential for migration of gas...more

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ODNR Confirms Hydraulic Fracturing in Ohio Has Not Contaminated Groundwater; Plans to Propose Rules Authorizing Impoundments

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A recent article published in the Akron Beacon Journal indicates that of the 183 water-well complaints received by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) between 2010 and mid-October 2013, “only six water supplies...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Department of Energy Report Indicates Fracking Has Not Contaminated Drinking Water in Western Pennsylvania

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A recent study by the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) indicates that chemical-laced fluids used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have not contaminated the drinking water at a test...more

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Federal Government Study Confirms Hydraulic Fracturing Does Not Contaminate Drinking Water

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The Department of Energy (“DOE”), after a year-long study at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, has concluded that there is no evidence that chemicals used during the hydraulic fracturing process have contaminated drinking...more

Stoel Rives LLP

DOE Study Finds Fracking Does Not Contaminate Drinking Water Sources in Marcellus Shale

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) told The Associated Press that the preliminary results of its study indicated that that fracking chemicals did not reach drinking water sources at a well site in the Marcellus...more

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DOE Hydraulic Fracturing Study Finds No Evidence of Water Contamination

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Preliminary results of a comprehensive Department of Energy (DOE) study of hydraulic fracturing found no evidence that chemicals from natural gas drilling operations contaminated drinking water....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Hydraulic Fracturing - Studies Without End

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I recently “googled” the word “fracking” and got back 14,900,000 hits. Every few days you can find an article in a major newspaper or magazine alerting the public to the potential threat to drinking water or harm to the...more

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