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Tiny Town of Dish, Texas Stirs Up Hornet’s Nest Over Air Pollution in Barnett Shale

Dish is a town of about 200 residents north of Fort Worth, Texas. The mayor and town council have recently become concerned about emissions from gas compressors in and around the town, from the Barnett Shale gas development. Large compressor stations are located near Dish; these stations have big internal…

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Texas Railroad Commission Adopts New Temporary Field Rules for Carthage (Haynesville Shale) Field

On December 15, the Railroad Commission adopted new field rules for a newly designated field, the Carthage (Haynesville Shale) Field, in East Texas. It also consolidated several previously designated fields in East Texas that produce from the Haynesville and Bossier formations into this single RRC-designated field. These rules will govern…

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TCEQ Answers Rep. Lon Burnam’s Questions on Investigations of Air Quality

State Representative Lon Burnam, Dem. Fort Worth, asked nine questions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality concerning its investigations of emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds from oil and gas operations in the Barnett Shale area and in Texas in general. Recent air quality tests by private companies…

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Congressmen from Producing States Weigh in on Safety of Hydrauling Fracturing

Twenty-two U.S. House Democrats from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Utah and Idaho delivered a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa P. Jackson, cautioning the EPA to do a “reasonable and transparent study” of whether hydraulic fracturing of wells creates risks to drinking water. EPA is required to study whether hydraulic…

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International Energy Agency Climate-Change Policy Scenario

The International Energy Agency (IEA) issued a forecast of world energy consumption and use, and for the first time included a scenario projecting the impacts of taking steps to stabilize greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at about 450 parts per million by 2030. This “450 Secnario” would limit overall temperature increases…

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Mineral Rights Forum new networking site for mineral owners

A new website, Mineral Rights Forum, provides information and discussions about topics of interest to mineral owners. It is owned by Kenneth DuBose and is run by Peter Moorman.  Looks like it will be a good resource for mineral owners. It reports on a recent documentary, Split Estate, that investigates conflicts…

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Shale Gas – an American Revolution?

In a recent Wall Stree Journal article, “America’s Natural Gas Revolution,” Daniel Yergin and Robert Ineson opine that gas produced from shale “is already changing the national energy dialogue and overall energy outlook in the U.S.–and could change the global natural gas balance.” Mr. Yergin is the author of “The Prize:…

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Obama Appoints Al Amendariz as New Region 6 EPA Administrator

President Obama has appointed Dr. Alfredo Amandariz as new Administrator of Regions 6 of the Environmental Protection Agency, encompassing Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. (See Dallas Morning News article) Dr. Amendariz, a professor of engineering at Southern Methodist University, raised controversy among natural gas producers in the Barnett…

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