IPAA:Big Win on Hydraulic Fracturing Rule

September 30, 2015 Dear IPAA Member: I'm pleased to announce that earlier today, a federal judge in Wyoming issued a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that prevents the agency from regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal lands until the court hears a case brought by IPAA and others against the federal ...

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2020-02-21T19:24:34+00:00October 7th, 2015|

The Hill House panel votes to lift oil export ban

A House subcommittee voted Thursday to lift the 40-year-old restriction on exporting crude oil, moving the legislation a significant step toward passage. Before approving the measure by voice vote, Republicans on the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on energy and power said the bill would bring wide-ranging benefits to United States consumers and workers while benefitting ...

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2015-09-21T19:43:46+00:00September 21st, 2015|

Antero announces plans for state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility in Doddridge County

DENVER, Colo. — Antero Resources Corporation has announced it will be constructing a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment complex in Doddridge County. AnteroThe company will partner with Veolia Water Technonoliges Inc. and Veolia North America to build the 60,000 barrel per day complex that will treat and reuse flowback and produced water rather than permanently dispose of ...

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2016-11-15T16:51:40+00:00August 20th, 2015|

Tom Dunn Energy Leadership Academy Completes Third Year

More than 35 students participated in the third annual session The Tom Dunn Energy Leadership Academy hosted another successful class this year. The third annual session was held July 14-16, 2015, at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, W.Va. More than 35 high school students attended, representing 18 counties across the state. The Academy opened ...

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2020-04-30T07:06:58+00:00August 12th, 2015|

Study: Oil, natural gas stimulate state’s economy

By BRANDON ROBERTS HUNTINGTON - A new Wood Mackenzie study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute revealed pro-development regulations for oil and natural gas production in the United States could dramatically improve the nation's economic prospects for the foreseeable future. The study shows nationally by the year 2035, pro-energy policies could yield an additional 2.3 ...

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2016-11-15T16:51:40+00:00August 12th, 2015|

Obama spurns natural gas in climate rule

By Timothy Cama - 08/05/15 06:00 AM EDT President Obama’s love affair with natural gas is over. The president once touted gas as an essential clean bridge fuel to wean the United States off dirtier fossil fuels and onto renewable energy, and it was seen as a key to his landmark climate change rule for ...

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2020-02-21T19:24:44+00:00August 7th, 2015|

Study: Drill waste in landfills unlikely to get in water

By Jonathan Mattise The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A study by state regulators says it’s unlikely that significant amounts of untreated natural gas drilling waste in landfills will impact groundwater or surface water. In the event that the waste’s runoff did hit nearby water untreated, however, the material would likely exceed chemical limits for ...

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2016-11-15T16:51:40+00:00July 22nd, 2015|

Electric Power Monthly: Gas power generation surpasses coal

The gap between natural gas- and coal-fired power generation has been closing for a couple of years, but natural gas power generation actually surpassed coal-fired power for the first time in April, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest “Electric Power Monthly” report. The June 25 report showed natural gas provided 92,516 ...

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2020-06-01T14:54:34+00:00July 13th, 2015|
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