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Shale Development
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Global Insurance Blog
UK: Task Force on Shale Gas calls for new regulator
The industry-funded Task Force on Shale Gas has called for an overhaul of regulations affecting the nascent fracking (hydraulic fracturing) industry in the UK in its First Interim Report, published…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Dow’s Investment Signals Confidence that Shale Boom to Last Another Decade
By Ilya Batikov
From Forbes: Dow Chemical is investing $6 billion to enlarge its manufacturing facilities in the United States by 40 percent, based on a wager that low natural gas prices here will…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Dropoff in Production Typical for Shale Wells
By Ilya Batikov
The Akron Beacon Journal reports that Ohio's Utica Shall Wells experience a dropoff in production after their first few months of operation: An analysis of Utica wells tapped in each…
inversecondemnation.com
Mich App: Denial Of Shale Oil Drill Permits Not A Taking
Here's one of the decisions we've been meaning to post for a while.In Schmude Oil Co., Inc. v. Dep't of Envt'l Quality, No. 313475 (July 1, 2014), the Michigan Court…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Utica Shale Likely to be Productive for Next 50 Years
By Ilya Batikov
From the Akron Beacon Journal: CLEVELAND: Ohio’s Utica shale will produce natural gas and liquids for decades, a Texas-based energy analyst predicted Wednesday. Irene Haas of Wunderlich Securities in Houston…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Coal Plants Get New Lease on Life with Natural Gas
By Ilya Batikov
National Geographic reports on the growing number of coal power plants converted to run on natural gas: In the past four years, at least 29 coal units in 10 states have…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Shale Boom Not Slowing Down Despite Price Slump
By Ilya Batikov
From Bloomberg: "The U.S. shale boom does not appear to be slowing in response to the oil-price slump, with the country’s output of petroleum liquids rising above 12 million barrels…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
WV: Gastar Wins Bid to Drill Under Ohio River
By Ilya Batikov
Gastar Exploration is the winning bidder for the right to develop the Marcellus and Utica formations under the Ohio River in West Virginia. The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register reports: Because…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
EIA: 1.5 Bcf of Gas to be Produced from Utica Shale in November
By Ilya Batikov
From Columbus Business First: "The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects 1.53 billion cubic feet of natural gas to be pumped from the Utica shale play in November, it said Tuesday…
PipelineLaw
GAO Recommends that DOT Address Risks from Unregulated Gathering Pipelines
In response to a request from Congress to study the impact of shale oil and gas development on transportation infrastructure and safety, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) recently published a…