Close

Oil and Gas Lawyer Blog

Updated:

EPA New Figures on Grenhouse Gas Emissions from Petroleum Industry

The US Environmental Protection Agency has recently issued its report on greenhouse gas emissions under its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, which for the first time includes comprehensive reported emissions from the petroleum industry. The report covers 8,000 facilities in nine industry sectors for 2011, and total reported emissions were 3.3…

Updated:

Continued Controversy About Frac Fluids

The E&P industry is continuing to face public criticism of its use of fresh groundwater in fracing wells and its failure to disclose the chemicals added to frac water. On February 5, the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) issued a press release announcing that shareholders have filed resolutions with Cabot O&G, Chevron,…

Updated:

Texas Supreme Court Set to Again Address Accommodation Doctrine

The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case that could have important implications for landowners and oil and gas exploration companies: Merriman v. XTO Energy, No. 11-0494. Merriman’s attorneys are asking the Court to reverse the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, at Waco, which they contend…

Updated:

Landfarming – What is it, and should I allow it on my land?

A client recently suggested that I should write about landfarming – the practice of disposing of drilling mud and cuttings by spreading it over land. Drilling mud is the common term for the fluid used in the process of drilling a well. It is made up of a mixture of…

Updated:

UT’s Bureau of Economic Geology Issues Updated Draft Report on Water Use

The University of Texas’ Burear of Economic Geology has issued a draft report updating an earlier report on water use by the oil and gas industry in Texas. Among its conclusions: Movement of shale plays into oil-rich areas of the Eagle Ford and West Texas’s Permian Basin have resulted in…

Updated:

Energy in the News

News items of interest: The University of Pennsylvania’s Center of Excllence in Environmental Toxicology has organized a group of researchers from UPa, Columbia, Johns Hopkins and the University of North Carolina to study whether the drilling in the Marcellus Shale play is hazardous to human health. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/taking-a-harder-look-at-fracking-and-health/  Here is a…

Contact Us