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Feds Punt on Leadership Over Fracking Rules, Experts Say

Compared to existing state regulations, the federal rule is in the “middle of the pack,” said Bruce Baizel, senior staff attorney at Earthworks, a nonprofit that advocates for responsible oil and gas drilling. “It’s not a model leader but it’s also not stepping back either.”

21May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Gaining a Stake in The Niobrara Shale:
Is it the Next Bakken?

Conference producers say the Tight Oil Niobrara Congress & Gala Dinner 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Denver on Thursday will be the first dedicated forum combining geological and completions disciplines to address how operators can unlock the play’s potential within an economically viable framework.

19May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Interior Floats New Draft Rules to
Regulate ‘Fracking’

The plan from Interior’s Bureau of Land Management also contains requirements on oil-and-gas well integrity to verify that fluids from the fracking process aren’t escaping into nearby water supplies, and requirements for management of large volumes of so-called flowback water.

7May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Survey: Expanded Drilling Fuels Higher Wages
for Oil and Gas Workers

On average, energy professionals reported a three percent increase in average compensation to $99,175 in 2011 from $96,588 the previous year. Those working on a rotational schedule earned more than $112,000 last year, a six percent increase from 2010.

18Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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New Magazine Examines Issues and Answers
for Niobrara Shale Development

RM Media Group, publishers of Colorado Energy News and Wyoming Energy News websites, have announced the launch of Niobrara Report, a bimonthly digital magazine aimed at emerging industry and policy issues and practices in this important energy region.

1Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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In-Depth Report Examines Niobrara Shale Play

Niobrara Shale in the US, 2012 - Oil Shale Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020 highlights the oil and gas exploration potential of the regional energy play, including an understanding of the essential parameters for leasing in the states of Colorado and Wyoming.

1Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Groups Sue Over Fracking Fluids

Since Wyoming adopted regulations that require well operators to disclose identities of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, the Commission has approved some 50 chemical secrecy requests by Halliburton and other service companies.

28Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Fracking Front …

According to a Bloomberg News National Poll conducted earlier this month, a majority of Americans favor greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing, a natural gas drilling technique that has reduced prices for consumers while raising environmental concerns. In the meantime,
an industry report says proposed EPA regs would hinder natural gas development.

23Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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REGIONAL NEWS — Industry Group Responds to Colorado Public Health Study on Air Pollution From Fracking

Energy In Depth says that if you look past the ominous headlines that the study launch generated and examine the range of what it describes as ‘the strange assumptions forming the basis for the report,’ the conclusions are not only rendered fairly predictable, but also flawed.

21Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Coal to Natural Gas Transition: New Data Says It
Has Climate Benefits

The data clearly shows that substituting natural gas for coal will have a substantial greenhouse benefit under almost any set of reasonable assumptions. Methane emissions must be five times larger than they currently appear to be before gas substitution for coal becomes detrimental from a global warming perspective on any time scale

1Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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First-Ever Fed Fracking Rules Draw Mixed Wyo Reviews

A Wyoming oil and gas industry representative says not-yet-released federal rules for the practice, also known as fracking, look similar to state rules and could burden operators if enacted.

17Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Encana Wants More Time from EPA to Respond to Water Contamination Report

Last Friday the energy company sent a letter to Paul Antastas, assistant administrator of the EPA’s Office of Research and Development. In it, Encana asked the EPA to lengthen the 45-day comment period — which is set to expire on January 27 — for comments on a report the agency issued last month on its study of groundwater contamination near the town of Pavillion.

10Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Group Says Study Needed on Shale Gas
Health Effects

Advances in hydraulic fracturing drilling techniques have revolutionized the natural gas industry, but researchers said more must be done to evaluate what the shale boom means for the those living near wells.

10Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Encana Slams EPA Over ‘Not Factual’
Pavillion Draft Report

In a detailed press release to media, the energy company noted that many of the EPA’s findings from its recent deep monitoring wells, including those related to any potential connection between fracking and Pavillion groundwater quality, “are conjecture, not factual, and only serve to trigger undue alarm.”

13Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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