Canadian Gas Producers Issue Five Principles For Protecting Environment During Fracking

Canadian Gas Producers Issue Five Principles For Protecting Environment During Fracking by Jeremy Hainsworth, September 8, 2011, Canadian Natural Gas
Canadian natural gas producers Sept. 8 announced five principles for hydraulic fracturing to guide water management and improved reporting practices for water and fluids used in shale gas development. The same day, British Columbia’s premier announced a plan to increase transparency of fracking….

ProtectingCanada’s water resources is fundamental to our social licence to operate and to grow,” CAPP President Dave Collyer said in a Sept. 8 news release…. Clark said there has never been an incident of harm to groundwater from fracking in the province. In neighboring Alberta province, a landowner filed a claim in April against oil and gas company, Encana Corp., over groundwater pollution allegedly caused by the company’s hydraulic fracturing operations. [Emphasis added]

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