The Dutch Council of State on Wednesday ordered more cuts in gas production. The court came to this decision after stronger and more frequent earthquakes occurred in the Netherlands...
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A judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday prohibiting the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from enforcing...
Netherlands court orders gas companies to pay for quake damage
A Netherlands court ruled on Wednesday that a Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil joint venture must pay homeowners for property damage caused by gas drilling related earthquakes. The Dutch Safety Board has warned several...
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) released a final environmental impact statement on the dangers of fracking on Monday, which carries the force of law and officially bans fracking in the state. Signed...
Maryland's House of Delegates approved a bill Tuesday that would place a three-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the state. The bill, HB449, passed on a third reading by a vote of...
The unconventional gas well fee of Act 13 ("impact fee") sparked heated discussion. Under Section 2302 of Act 13, the governing body of a county may elect to impose a fee on each individual unconventional gas well drilled (or "spudded")...
On February 14, 2012, then-Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed Act 13 into law. It amended Title 58 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to include a fee for individuals or corporations extracting natural gas from geologic formations such as Marcellus...
US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on Friday announced the publication of a rule regulating fracking on federal land . The rule is intended to ensure that wells are properly constructed to protect...
Ohio high court holds local ordinances preempted by state oil and gas regulations
The Supreme Court of Ohio on Tuesday ruled in a 4-3 decision that local drilling and zoning regulations are preempted by state laws governing oil and gas drilling activities. In 2011 Beck Energy Corporation obtained...
Scotland announced a moratorium on the granting of permits for unconventional oil and gas extraction, including fracking, on Wednesday amid environmental and health concerns. Energy minister Fergus Ewing told the Scottish parliament that the moratorium will...