Hydraulic Fracturing: Selected Legal Issues
Congressional Research Service. October 22, 2013. Hydraulic fracturing is a technique used to recover oil and natural gas from underground low permeability rock formations. Hydraulic fracturing...
View ArticleManaging the Risks of Shale Gas Development Using Innovative Legal and...
Resources for the Future. June 2014. Booming production of oil and gas from shale, enabled by hydraulic fracturing technology, has led to tension between hoped-for economic benefits and feared...
View ArticleEnergy Policy: 113th Congress Issues
Congressional Research Service. September 18, 2014. Energy policy in the United States has focused on three major goals: assuring a secure supply of energy, keeping energy costs low, and protecting the...
View ArticleGlobal Shale Gas Development: Water Availability & Business Risks
World Resources Institute. September 2014. For many nations around the world, shale gas represents an opportunity to strengthen energy security while cutting emissions. In fact, shale gas adds 47...
View ArticleNatural Gas: Federal Approval Process for Liquefied Natural Gas Exports
U.S. Government Accountability Office. October 1, 2014. Since 2010, of 35 applications it has received that require a public interest review, the Department of Energy (DOE) has approved 3 applications...
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