Hydraulic Fracturing

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The “Faults” of Fracking?

by Greg Kearney May 18, 2012

Researchers are exploring the possibility that the fracking process raises the risk for earthquakes in surrounding areas. Greg Kearney visualizes the shaky situation.

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What is all this frackin’ nonsense?

by The Sage Grouse May 15, 2012

The big controversy about fracking does not revolve around negligent practices once the fluid is sucked out of the well and sent to disposal. The controversy which worries so many …

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Drill Baby Drill? Policy makers ponder the best way out of America’s oil dependency

by Allen Best April 17, 2012

Conflicting viewpoints were abound at the Global New Energy Summit in Colorado Springs last week. In the face of America’s oil dependency, some still advocate we drill our way out …

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House panel bars filmmaker from Wyo. pollution hearing

by Environment & Energy Daily February 2, 2012

The House Science subcommittee hearing on water contamination in Pavillion, Wyo., took an unusual turn Wed. morning when filmmaker and drilling opponent Josh Fox was handcuffed and led away by …

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Mead to meet with Pavillion residents to talk water supply

by Dustin Bleizeffer February 1, 2012

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead will meet with Pavillion area residents from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Monday to discuss strategies for a long-term drinking water supply. Residents in about two …

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EPA moving in on state regulation of drilling

by Environment & Energy Daily January 31, 2012

Several ongoing investigations conducted by EPA are generating friction between the agency and state officials across the country over the management of oil and gas drilling, and hydraulic fracturing in …

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Find the source in Pavillion

by Dustin Bleizeffer January 30, 2012

Locker and his neighbors deserve a conclusive determination of the source of pollution, because their property values have fallen and any new long-term water supply system is going to come …

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What EPA really said about Wyo. fracking pollution

by Environment & Energy Daily January 24, 2012

Environment & Energy reporter Mike Soraghan gives an accurate description of the EPA’s findings, and outlines their implications.

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EPA Finds Compound Used in Fracking in Wyoming Aquifer

by ProPublica November 15, 2011

Reprinted with permission from ProPublica. Not for republication by Wyoming media.
As the country awaits results from a nationwide safety study on the natural gas drilling process of fracking, a separate …

Latest fracking news; cross-state injections and invasive mussels

by Dustin Bleizeffer October 28, 2011

Latest fracking news; cross-state injections and invasive mussels
There’s a lot to the business of shale oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing, and I just learned about a few more considerations being …

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Former state legislator; ‘All we lack is some leadership’

by Dustin Bleizeffer September 26, 2011

At a University of Wyoming forum on hydraulic fracturing on Monday, some attendees questioned whether Wyoming’s leaders are too chummy with the industry to fix identified regulatory loopholes and generally …

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Would you like fracked or non-fracked?

by Dustin Bleizeffer July 28, 2011

To take fracking away from the oil and gas industry would be like taking shovels away from coal miners. It doesn’t make practical sense. Fighting to protect our health and …

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Fracking & Leasing; Fear and loathing in the Rockies

by Dustin Bleizeffer June 30, 2011

State and industry officials have repeated the “no documented case” mantra ever since the Pavillion fracking trial began many years ago. Rather than instill confidence in their ability protect drinking …

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Rig count stuck in the mud

by Dustin Bleizeffer May 26, 2011

A lot of Wyoming towns are pulling for a resurgence in drilling beginning this year, particularly Douglas, Gillette, Casper and Rock Springs where the mineral extraction service industry is well …

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Oil and Gas Producers Seek New Water Solutions

by Dustin Bleizeffer December 7, 2010

Oil and natural gas wells within about a 100-mile radius of Rawlins produce more than 400 million barrels of water annually, according to industry estimates. Most all of that water …

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Niobrara Confidential

by Dustin Bleizeffer December 2, 2010

Investors and royalty owners itching to see initial production results from exploratory Niobrara oil wells may see a logjam of information released after the first of the year.

Wyoming Oil and …

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WATER FOR OIL: Wyoming farmers earn cash diverting irrigation water to oil rigs

by Dustin Bleizeffer November 30, 2010

Dozens of landowners are voluntarily forgoing crop irrigation to divert their appropriated water to drilling companies instead. Rather than yield a few hundred dollars per acre-foot of water to grow …

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Industry, Regulators Square Off Over Fracking Disclosure

by Environment & Energy Daily November 30, 2010

A major fight is set to erupt over how much information oil and gas drillers should be required to publicly disclose about the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, government and …

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State Oil and Gas Regulators Are Spread Too Thin to Do Their Jobs

by ProPublica January 7, 2010

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica – December 30, 2009 12:38 pm EST

Larry Parrish knew something was wrong as soon as he wheeled his state-owned pickup off the West Virginia highway …

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Underused Drilling Practices Could Avoid Pollution

by ProPublica December 14, 2009

As environmental concerns threaten to derail natural gas drilling projects across the country, the energy industry has developed innovative ways to make it easier to exploit the nation’s reserves without …