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hydraulic fracturing

Eight of nine U.S. companies agree to work with EPA regarding chemicals used in natural gas extraction

Posted Wed, 2010/11/10 - 10:30am by RCAP

EPA conducting congressionally mandated study to examine the impact of the hydraulic fracturing process on drinking water quality; Halliburton subpoenaed after failing to meet EPA’s voluntary requests for information

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Nov. 9 that eight out of the nine hydraulic fracturing companies that received voluntary information requests in September have agreed to submit timely and complete information to help the agency conduct its study on hydraulic fracturing.

Fuel Fix: Adversaries try to heal fracture over hydraulic fracturing

Posted Wed, 2010/11/03 - 4:16pm by RCAP

by Jennifer A. Dlouhy

WASHINGTON — Energy companies and environmental groups have more often been adversaries than allies when it comes to hydraulic fracturing, the drilling technique used to unlock natural gas from shale rock nationwide.

But a handful of gas producers and environmental advocates are striving to change that dynamic by collaborating on a plan to step up the safety and regulation of hydraulic fracturing.

EPA formally requests information from companies about chemicals used in natural gas extraction

Posted Thu, 2010/09/16 - 4:05pm by RCAP

Information on hydraulic fracturing chemicals is key to agency study of potential impacts on drinking water

WASHINGTON (EPA) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has issued voluntary information requests to nine natural gas service companies regarding the process known as hydraulic fracturing.