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Impact of Well Completion Rule to Determine Future EPA Regulations

By Energy Solutions Forum

Blackpool's Shale Gas Drilling Begins

On September 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its 2012 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) rule, which indirectly regulates fugitive methane emissions at the production phase of oil and natural gas development. EPA will use outcome data from the NSPS NESHAP rule to determine whether… Keep reading →

 /  Published November 8, 2013 at 5:00 PM

Greener Fracking: Recycling and Reducing

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Blackpool's Shale Gas Drilling Begins

  The ongoing debate over how and whether hydraulic fracturing poses a threat to the environment covers a whole host of issues – land use, earthquakes, drinking water contamination, methane emissions, and even the sustainability of fossil fuel use. While some issues remain mired in a lack of hard data or fundamental philosophical differences, companies… Keep reading →

 /  Published May 7, 2013 at 12:30 PM