Marcellus Shale News

Forbes
Fracking Saves Americans $180 Billion Annually On Gasoline
Forbes
Last week the Energy Information Administration reported that retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend averaged $2.40 per gallon nationally. This marked the second-lowest price ahead of the Memorial Day weekend since 2009. The EIA ...

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InsideSources
USGS Study Reaffirms: No Fracking Contamination of Groundwater ...
InsideSources
Water is life. The slogan began as a catchphrase at the Dakota Access Pipeline this summer, but has been rapidly adopted by various other green groups conc.

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Washington Examiner
Forget Paris: Fracking is the key to reducing carbon emissions
Washington Examiner
As the Wall Street Journal reports, fracking-based energy firms in Texas' Permian Basin are finding a useful side-benefit to their innovation: gas comes up alongside the oil! The consequence: a growing glut of cheap natural gas. This gas is the golden ...

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Wisconsin Gazette
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds rejection of fracking permit
Wisconsin Gazette
A divided state Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a decision denying a permit for an Iowa-based company to open a new hydraulic fracturing sand mine in western Wisconsin. AllEnergy Corporation and AllEnergy Silica wanted to open a 265-acre mine ...
Splintered Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Sand Fracking PermitWisBar

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SEVENTH Gov't Study Says Fracking Isn't A Threat To Groundwater
The Daily Caller
A government agency has contradicted claims made by environmentalists for the seventh time and found hydraulic fracturing doesn't pose a grave threat to drinking water. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published a study Wednesday that examined 116 ...

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Food and Water Watch
Florida Is Ready To Ban Fracking: We'll Prove It
Food and Water Watch
The fight to ban fracking in Florida is more than just an effort to preserve the especially vulnerable environment in the state. Florida's economy thrives because of a robust tourism industry that is largely dependent on outdoor activities, most of ...

E&E News
Fracking hasn't polluted groundwater in 3 plays — USGS
E&E News
NATURAL GAS. Fracking hasn't polluted groundwater in 3 plays — USGS. Pamela King, E&E News ... But it may take many years to fully understand the impacts of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling on groundwater quality, the U.S. Geological ...

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The Denver Post
Vista Ridge residents, Erie officials remain wary near fracking sites ...
The Denver Post
Erie resident Tiffany Taskey stands Tuesday in Erie on a path behind her home, which is adjacent to well sites. Vista Ridge residents are organizing against ...

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CBS Minnesota / WCCO
Wis. Supreme Court Upholds Fracking Permit Rejection
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
(AP) — A divided state Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a decision denying a permit for an Iowa-based company to open a new hydraulic fracturing sand mine in western Wisconsin. AllEnergy Corporation and AllEnergy Silica wanted to open a 265-acre ...
Splintered Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Sand Fracking PermitWisBar

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WV Supreme Court rules in favor of PPG Industries in Marcellus Shale land case
The News Center
The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that approval of those holding royalty rights to Marcellus Shale natural gas isn't required for pooling agreements when their leasing rights have been signed away. The Supreme Court, reversing a lower court ...

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EQT fined $1.1 million for Marcellus Shale pit leak
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A Pennsylvania hearing board has fined EQT Corp. $1.1 million for a 2012 leak from a Marcellus Shale wastewater pit in Tioga County, significantly less than the ...

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EQT fined $1.1 million for Marcellus Shale pit leak
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A Pennsylvania hearing board has fined EQT Corp. $1.1 million for a 2012 leak from a Marcellus Shale wastewater pit in Tioga County, significantly less than the $4.5 million in penalties that state regulators wanted for the breach they said caused the ...

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Belfast Telegraph
Outright fracking ban moves a step closer in the Republic of Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, involves drilling into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is forced into rock to release gas. The legislation was introduced by a politician from a rural region and secured cross-party ...
Bill banning onshore fracking passed in DáilNewstalk 106-108 fm
Bill banning onshore fracking passed by DáilIrish Times
BREAKING: Dáil backs Sligo-Leitrim TD's bill to ban fracking in IrelandLeitrim Observer
Irish Farmers Journal -Galway Advertiser
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Reno Gazette Journal
Nevada Legislature could ban 'fracking' for fossil fuels
Reno Gazette Journal
The use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract fossil fuels could be banned in Nevada if a state assemblyman gets his way. But that's only if the Legislature approves Assembly Bill 159 before the end of the legislative session on June 5 and Gov.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Rejection of Fracking Permit ...
U.S. News & World Report
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld a Trempealeau County decision denying a permit to open a new sand mine for use in hydraulic fracking.

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The Southern
Woolsey Operating Co. files for fracking permit in White County
The Southern
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Oil and Gas Resource Management last week received an application notice for high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit from Wichita, Kansas-based Woolsey Operating Co. LLC, HVHHF ...

The Southern
Woolsey Operating Co. files for fracking permit in White County
The Southern
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Oil and Gas Resource Management last week received an application notice for high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit from Wichita, Kansas-based Woolsey Operating Co. LLC, HVHHF ...

Fracking Chemicals And Fluids Market is expected to reach USD 57.59 billion by 2025
PR Newswire (press release)
Fracking chemicals have various uses in drilling operations including, prevention of scales in pipe, reduction of friction over base pipe, thickening of water in order to suspend proppants, retention of viscosity of fluid at high temperatures ...

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The Market Oracle
Research and Markets - Global Fracking Fluid and Chemicals Market 2017-2021: Key Vendors are Ashland, Baker ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global fracking fluid and chemicals market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated from the sales of fracking fluid and chemicals.
Fracking – An Unconventional PoisoningThe Market Oracle
Global Shale Gas Market to Hit $105.0 Bn by 2020: Growth Analysis, Company Profiles & TrendsMilTech

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Economic Times
Opec Can Cut Production But Fracking Controls The Oil Price Now
Forbes
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Opec, has agreed to maintain their production cuts for the purpose of supporting the oil price. Which is fine, a cartel operating like a cartel, no one really expects them to do much else but try to ...
OPEC wins hedge funds back with jump in oil bets before dealHouston Chronicle

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