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Neighbors say Cabot not telling whole story by Robert L. Baker, March 23, 2011, Independent Weekender Craig Sautner was attending a gas drilling awareness forum in the southern tier of New York recently, when one of his alleged neighbors from Dimock Township shouted at him that he had no business continuing to protest against Marcellus gas ...

The Gwyn Morgan File: EnCana’s Grip on BC (Part Two of Two) by Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca March 18, 2011. How Christy Clark’s advisor steered his Alberta petro giant to become the most powerful corporation in this province.

The Gwyn Morgan File: Rise of a Shale Gas Baron (Part One of Two) by Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, March 17, 2011. Christy Clark picked the EnCana empire builder to guide her into power, and that says volumes about who’s shaping BC’s future.

Special Investigation Cameos of the Karoo: A journey into the heartland by Geraldine Bennett, March 22, 2011, moneyweb “If they poison our water with chemicals, or they use it all up, our big plans are going to fail”. … Asked whether he believed that Shell would offer jobs to the local community, both Bruce and Olifant ...

Pick up Andrew Nikiforuk’s Saboteurs for a real read into Gwyn Morgan’s “integrity.” Winner of the 2002 Arthur Ellis Award for Best True CrimeWinner of the W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book PrizeFinalist for the 2002 Governor General’s Literary Award for NonfictionFinalist for the Wilfred Eggleston Award for Nonfiction Many more details into Mr. Morgan’s lack of ...

Fracking Ban in Quebec by Delores Broten, Watershed Sentinel, March 8, 2011.

Que. report urges halt on shale gas drilling The Canadian Press, March 8, 2011

Meet Christy Clark’s Hard Right Advisor by Bill Tieleman, TheTyee.ca, March 8, 2011. Basher of enviros and unions, Gwyn Morgan blamed immigrants for crime. What does he like? US health care.

Fracking will cause ‘irreversible harm’ Shale-gas extraction a huge risk by Kevin Dougherty, originally published in The Montreal Gazette, March 7, 2011. A geological engineering professor whose specialty is rock mechanics and hydrogeology says hydraulic fracturing to free natural gas from shale rock formations will cause “irreversible harm” lasting thousands of years. And the gas companies will be long gone, ...

Ground Zero Law Firm Sues Over Colorado Drilling by David Frey, March 3, 2011, New West The law firm Napoli Bern Ripka & Associates, along with the Aspen firm Thomas Genshaft, filed its first Western Slope lawsuit on Thursday, and attorneys say more will likely be forthcoming, including a possible class-action lawsuit. … “Hopefully we can ...

Does Gas Fracking cause Earthquakes? by Joyce Nelson, Watershed Sentinel, March – April 2011.

Town of Dish files lawsuit against six gas companies by Craig Civale, March 1, 2011, WFAA DISH, Texas- One town’s fight to prevent gas well drilling may now be heading to court. The Denton County town of Dish is suing gas companies over health and property concerns it blames on drilling. Dish’s mayor announced he was ...

Calming the waters: As the number of horizontal multistage fracturing projects grows exponentially, the industry meets public concern with new fluid handling by Graham Chandler, Oilweek Magazine, March 2011.

Results of controversial ‘fracking’ for shale gas in UK will be kept secret by Tim Webb, The Guardian, March 1, 2011 “You never have control. Fractures will always go into the path of least resistance.”

What Lies Beneath? Almost 100,000 spent oil and gas wells litter Alberta.  Who will pay the clean-up cost? by Doug Horner, Alberta Views, Vol 14, No 2, March 2011, pgs 30-34. The land we’re standing on has been in Bruder’s family since his grandfather, Anton Bonertz, was the first of three brothers to move up from ...

Hydrofracked? One Man’s Mystery Leads to a Backlash Against Natural Gas Drilling by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, February 25, 2011.

Unpacking health hazards in fracking’s chemical cocktail by Sierra Crane-Murdoch High Country News, February 21, 2011.

Gas-well ordeal finally ends well by Joan Demirjian, February 16, 2011, Chagrin Valley Times It took three years to reach a settlement and finally closure for residents impacted by a leak from a gas well drilled off English Drive in Bainbridge. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, gas seeped into nearby water wells from the ...

North America versus Europe Natural Gas Europe, February 15, 2011 George Eynon has seen it all. A member of the Board at the Energy Resources Conservation Board, which regulates the energy sector as authorized by various acts of the province of Alberta in Canada and the regulations under those acts. …“We make sure we’re up to date ...

Anschutz Exploration accused of contaminating water by Cathy Proctor, February 14, 2011, Denver Business Journal A New York City law firm has filed suit against Anschutz Exploration Corp., alleging that the company and its subcontractors contaminated groundwater in the Horseheads, N.Y., area through their drilling operations. The oil and gas company is a division of The ...

Gas co. may be liable for water quality Federal judge rules in favor of Lenox Twp. families whose well pad was contaminated by Matt Hughes, February 12, 2011, The Times Leader Lawyers for Southwestern Energy Production Co.,Houston,Texas, moved to dismiss a count of strict liability in the civil lawsuit filed against the company by 13 SusquehannaCounty families ...

Home, Sweet Home? by P. Fugazzotto, February 2, 2011, Air Hugger Can pollution from natural gas drilling or other heavy industry turn homes into “Unlivable Property”? Common sense would lead you to believe that something about this toxic soup of chemicals spewed into the ground would lead to chemical contamination of our water, our air and of ...

FRACKING THE KAROO THE PEOPLE SAY NO! by Julienne du Toit, January 31, 2011 “We are not against responsible exploration or extraction; we are against Russian roulette.”

Unconventional Gas Regulatory Framework—Jurisdictional Review by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board January 28, 2011. Report 2011-A Depths of prospective shale gas zones range from relatively shallow (less than 300 metres ) to quite deep (greater than 3000 m). In Alberta, there is potential for both shallow and deep shale gas plays. Drilling long-reach horizontal wells is the ...

Mt. Pleasant man loses latest appeal to stop farm’s sale by Christie Campbell, January 21, 2011, Observer Reporter A local man who claims gas drilling operations ruined his farm has lost his latest appeal in an attempt to stop the driller from purchasing his property. As a result, Range Resources has purchased Ron Gulla’s Mt. Pleasant ...

Inspectors found leaks at shale wells, government report says by Monique Beaudin, January 18, 2011, Montreal Gazette Government inspectors found natural gas leaks at nearly a dozen Quebec shale-gas wells in November and December that could potentially have caused water contamination or explosions, says a new document filed with the public consultation into shale-gas development. Inspectors ...

Shale gas moratorium in UK urged by Tyndall Centre by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, January 16, 2011 “We are aghast that government accepted the assurances of industry on this while their own consultation had not even finished. There was a shale gas rush in the US and now they are looking into the implications – we need to ...

Settlement reached in gas-well incident by Joan Demirjian, January 12, 2011, Chagrin Valley Times A lawsuit involving Ohio Valley Energy, which was brought by homeowners in Bainbridge affected by leaking methane gas from a gas and oil well, is close to settlement. Bainbridge Township also joined the lawsuit. Chardon attorney Dale Markowitz, who represents the homeowners ...

Schlumberger says technology will drive the European arena Natural Gas Europe, January 10, 2011 “…We have to be smarter and use what we’ve learned in North America, where we’ve drilled thousands of wells and many were poor. This model will not work elsewhere – neither the economics nor environment will justify it. We drilled some spectacular wells, ...

Leaks found in shale gas wells: Que. Report, 31 were inspected ‘and more than half have problems,’ says envrionmental expert CBC News, January 5, 2011 Quebec’s Ministry of Natural Resources has found leaks in more than half the shale gas wells it inspected, according to a report compiled for the province’s environmental protection agency. Of 31 wells inspected, ...

Shale gas: a provisional assessment of climate change and environmental impacts by The Tyndall Centre, University of Manchester, January 2011 The analysis in this report clearly demonstrates that the risks associated with the cumulative impact of drilling sufficient wells to provide any meaningful contribution to the UK’s energy needs cannot be dismissed, however low they might be ...

Fracking Democracy A two-day spectacle carved into two-minute chunks by Sandra Steingraber, Orion Magazine, January/February 2011 Issue.

Cheney off the hook, but Halliburton pays for alleged bribes, The former vice president isn’t part of any lawsuits anymore, but Halliburton is paying for acts when Cheney was their CEO by Andrew Schenkel, December 23, 2010, Mother Nature Network The word “allegations,” in this case refers to Halliburton pleading guilty a year ago to claims ...

Resident files lawsuit against Encana, Chesapeake, Plaintiff claims ground water has been poisoned by Steve Knight Cleburne Times-Review, December, 21 2010. Testing results performed on the well ground water, the lawsuit stated, confirmed it was contaminated with various chemicals, including C-12-C28 hydrocarbons, similar to diesel fuel.

Dimock residents see “dirty tricks” in Cabot document by Laura Legere, December 18, 2010, Citizens Voice Legal releases delivered Thursday by the gas company deemed responsible for methane contamination in Dimock Twp. water wells have some township residents accusing the driller of using “dirty, dirty tricks” to try to free itself of a lawsuit pending in ...

Texas Fracking Lawsuits Allege Water Contamination in the Barnett Shale by Laurie, December 16, 2010, news inferno Two Texas lawsuits claim that hydraulic fracturing in the Barnett Shale has resulted in water contamination. One suit, filed on behalf of a Tarrant County resident, names Chesapeake Energy and Encana Oil & Gas as defendants. The second Texas ...

The Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel: Environmental and Health Impacts of Canada’s Oilsands Industry by Dr. Pierre Gosselin et al, December 15, 2010 The ERCB is the primary regulator which must make the public interest recommendation to the Alberta Cabinet. In it’s previous form as the Energy and Utilities Board (EUB), it experienced a serious incident ...

Dallas law firm brings lawsuits against 3 gas companies by dallasdrilling, December 15, 2010 In each case, Mitchell Vs. Encana Oil & Gas Inc., Chesapeake Operating Inc, and Chesapeake Exploration LLC; and Harris Vs. Devon Energy Production Company L.P., the Plaintiffs contend their ground water has been poisoned and its use destroyed by the Defendants’ drilling ...

North Texas Residents Lawsuits Claim Gas Drilling Contaminated Water by Jay Gormley, CBS 11 News, December 15, 2010 Five Residents who live near natural gas drilling sites have filed two lawsuits against three energy companies, accusing them of contaminating their drinking water with chemicals. “Plaintiffs could not continuously use their water for drinking and washing because ...

Natural Gas Field Fire May Burn Until Thursday, Crews Headed From Texas To Assess Situation by Megan Jurgemeyer, December 12, 2010, The Denver Channel A fire that ignited early Sunday morning at a natural gas storage field near Byers may burn until Thursday, an El Paso Corporation spokesman said Monday. Officials say flames are about 15-to ...

Lawsuit filed against Chesapeake by The Daily Review, December 11, 2010 A lawsuit was filed on Friday at the Bradford County Courthouse against Chesapeake Energy Corporation and one of its affiliates. According to the complaint, provided by attorneys Michael Gleeson of Archbald, Pa., Peter J. Cambs of Bonita Springs, Fla., Richard J. Arsenault of Alexandria, La., ...

Suit claims gas drilling contaminated drinking water by Lawrence Smith, December 10, 2010, Jackson Bureau, The West Virginia Record RIPLEY – A Jackson County family alleges the actions of four energy companies have not only damaged their property, but also their health. Dennis and Tamera Hagy filed a five-count lawsuit in against Equitable Production Company, Warren ...

EPA Orders Range Resources to Investigate Drinking Water Contamination in Parker County December 7, 2010.

Crying foul over Calmar gas well, Calmar residents upset about lack of compensation, loss of property values by Hanneke Brooymans, December 6, 2010, Edmonton Journal  Capital Excavating Ltd. works to disconnect the water and sewer lines on one of three homes in Calmar that are to be demolished by Imperial Oil. Photograph by: Brian Gavriloff, edmontonjournal.com Imperial Oil ...

North American experience does provide guidelines Natural Gas Europe, December 5, 2010 “Understanding what you’re putting down there and what you’re flowing back. Sometimes we have chemical reactions that we can’t control.”

Judge denies gas driller’s motion to dismiss Dimock lawsuit by Laura Legere, November 30, 2010, The Times-Tribune A federal judge has denied a motion by Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. to dismiss a case brought by Dimock Twp. residents who claim their health and property has been harmed by the company’s natural gas drilling activities. Cabot ...

Natural gas debate: Proposed water pipeline pits neighbor against neighbor in Dimock by Jon Campbell, November 27, 2010, The Ithaca Journal DIMOCK, Pa. — Months of contentious debate. Ruined water wells. National attention. And a lawsuit. Just when it looked like the natural gas-drilling divide among residents in Dimock Township couldn’t get any worse, it did. ...

Testimony that hydraulic fracturing interfered with Rosebud groundwater to The Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Number 032, 3rd Session, 40th Parliament, Evidence presented in Ottawa, November 18, 2010   Mr. Michael Binnion (President and Chief Executive Officer, Questerre Energy Corporation): In Alberta, regulations were put in place after an incident in Rosebud, Alberta. It was believed that some shallow ...

Contamination from Natural Gas Drilling Sparks Lawsuits, Investigations by Laurie Villanueva, November 18, 2010, news inferno Lawsuits and investigations involving water and other contamination associated with natural gas drilling, particularly hydraulic fracturing, are picking up momentum around the country. The national law firm of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP said yesterday that it and its partner firms, ...

The Pittsburgh Anti-Fracking Ordinance On November 16, 2010, the Pittsburgh City Council voted unanimously to pass a local ordinance banning natural gas drilling in the city. Furthermore, the ordinance recognized rights that have never before been recognized in law, including the right of natural communities and ecosystems. City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Pa. farmer: Natural gas drilling ‘a nightmare’ by Derrick Ek, November 16, 2010, Corning Leader Elmira, N.Y. — Ron Gulla, a farmer from Hickory, Pa., says he had no idea what he was getting into when he leased his land for gas drilling. “When I saw what was happening on my property, I couldn’t believe it,” ...

Canada quits EnCana pipeline bomber hunt by Chris Arsenault, November 12, 2010, Aljazeera From his farm house in northern Canada, Tim Ewert has watched hundreds of elite security forces hunt the bomber responsible for attacking six gas installations in the past two years. Then, he says, he watched most of Canada’s famed mounted police pack up ...

Texas Schools Allow Drilling for Gas, Students Fall Ill by Environmental Working Group, November 05, 2010, Opposing views On Sept. 27, the Forth Worth Star-Telegram’s Robert Cadwallader reported that Carrizo Oil and Gas – another Texas-based company, had set up a rig near South Davis Elementary in nearby Arlington, Texas. In late September, the school board ...

Tracer technology enhances production by Dick Ghiselin, November 3, 2010, E&Pmag, Hart Energy Oilfield tracers have been used for many years. But there is a renaissance in the tracer business that should provide valuable insight to guide today’s completion and production decision-making. There are many ways to evaluate production. One is to evaluate stimulation performance to ...

Marshall County Man Continues To Find Methane in His Water Well by Casey Junkins, October 30, 2010, News Register “My water well is now a gas well.” Magers previously said his water well became contaminated with methane – and that natural gas began bubbling in Fish Creek – shortly after Chesapeake Energy began its hydraulic fracturing ...

Marcellus Shale Gas Driller Named in Water Contamination Lawsuit by Laurie, October 29, 2010, News Inferno A woman from Sugar Run, Pennsylvania has filed suit against Chesapeake Appalachia, LLP, alleging its drilling of nearby natural gas wells has contaminated her water supply. … In addition to Chesapeake Appalachia, the lawsuit names Chesapeake Energy Corporation and Nomac ...

River Bubbles, Contamination Claims in Bradford by WBNG News, October 28, 2010 Terry Township, PA (WBNG Binghamton) More claims of gas drilling contaminating drinking water have prompted a lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy in Bradford County. Some believe the proof is in the Susquehanna River. Fears underground are rising to the surface near Wyalusing. Along the Susquehanna River, ...

EnCana donates $7 Million to the University of Wyoming, UW Breaks Ground on Energy Resources Center by Wyoming Alumni, November 19, 2010 Encana Oil & Gas USA provided the largest private donation toward construction of the ERC, a $5 million commitment in 2007 that was matched by the state. In addition, Encana also gifted $2 million ...

Methane bubbling in Fish Creek by Casey Junkins, October 17, 2010, The Intelligencer “As soon as they ‘fracked’ those gas wells, that’s when my water well started getting gas in it,” Magers said…. Amid confirmed reports of drilling-related explosions, fires and gas leaks throughout Marshall County during the past few months, Magers now believes fracturing is ...

A fracking disaster in the making: Report by Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, October 15, 2010.

2010  Fractured Lines: Will Canada’s Water be Protected in the Rush to Develop Shale Gas? by Ben Parfitt for the Program on Water Issues, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, October 14, 2010. Legal Liability Issues: Investors, Industry and Governments (Five Parts) Afternoon Session Panel. Panel members: Stephen Dvorkin, Partner, Dickstein  Shapiro LLP, New York, NY; Wally ...

EnCana Corporation facing criminal charges by Adam Reaburn Energetic City, September 28, 2010. The Ministry of Environment has charged EnCana following a sour gas leak in November 2009. The Ministry has filed two charges against the company. The company is charged with introducing business-related waste into the environment and failing to report a spill of a polluting substance. … The ...

Pushing ‘the devil’s excrement’ by Andrew Nikiforuk, Sept 30, 2010, Financial PostRe: “Ethical Oil,” Peter Foster, Sept. 22 Both Peter Foster and Ezra Levant, two oil patch cheerleaders, don’t know much about the oil sands and even less about the corrosive influence of oil wealth on governments. When politicians and regulators go on autopilot and then ...

Private lab finds toxic chemicals in Dimock water by Laura Legere, September 16, 2010, The Times-Tribune Water testing by a private environmental engineering firm has found widespread contamination of drinking water with toxic chemicals in an area of Dimock Twp. already affected by methane contamination from natural gas drilling. Reports of the positive test results first ...

Energy firm disputes contamination claim by The Times-Tribune, September 16, 2010 A Houston company drilling for gas in Susquehanna County disputes that it contaminated drinking water for 13 families in Lenox Twp. On Tuesday, the families filed a lawsuit that said Southwestern Energy Production Co. leaked hazardous chemicals into their water, made them sick and damaged ...

Lawsuit: Gas Drilling Fluid Ruined PA. Water Wells by Dick Pryor, September 15, 2010, News oeta.tv ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Thirteen families in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale of northeastern Pennsylvania say their water wells have been contaminated by hazardous fluids blasted deep underground by fracking, a process used to free the gas. A lawsuit ...

Lawsuit: Gas drilling fluid ruined Pennsylavania water wells. Company and state officials deny any charges of contamination in the wells by Michael Rubinkam and Mary Esch, AP News, September, 15 2010.

EnCana says drilling did not taint Wyoming water by Jon Hurdle with editing by David Gregorio, September 8, 2010, Reuters Doug Hock, a spokesman for EnCana Corp., said government tests on 17 private water wells in the farming town of Pavillion, Wyoming, showed low levels of petroleum hydrocarbons, and inorganic substances that naturally occur. The U.S. ...

Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective by Theo Colborn, Carol Kwiatkowski, Kim Schultz, and Mary Bachran, accepted for publication  September 4, 2010, in International Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 17 (2011): 1039-1056. For many years, drillers have insisted that they do not use toxic chemicals to drill for gas, only guar gum, mud, and ...

The Whole Fracking Enchilada Violating the bedrock, the atmosphere, and everything in between by Sandra Steingraber, published in the September/October 2010 issue of Orion magazine.

Pavillion, Wyoming-area residents told not to drink water by Dustin Bleizeffer, Star-Tribune, September 1, 2010. EnCana Oil and Gas USA, which operates oil and gas wells interspersed throughout the farm and ranch community, has agreed to provide funding to a third party which will provide treatment or an alternate source of drinking water.

Encana donates $350,000 to Rosebud School of the Arts Theatre by Pat Kolafa, August 25, 2010, DrumhellerMail.com Darci-Jane MacAuley of Encana: “This is not the end of our partnership. We love to partner with Rosebud Theatre and with this community. They help us with our development. We have learned a lot over the last three years on ...

WATCH: New Oil Well Blowout in Assumption Parish Louisiana by mygoditsfullofstars, August 13, 2010, newsflavor It is raining oil, literally… Another oil well accident has happened. This time it is an exploratory well in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Mantle Oil and Gas LLC is the owner of an exploratory well that blew out on 8/11/10. The well ...

US Congress letter to EnCana investigating the company’s hydraulic fracturing and allegations of water contamination Congress United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce July 19 2010

Watch out for hydraulic fracturing it might make your hair orange by Kevin Grandia, Huffington Post, July 2, 2010. A company came and tested their water and after getting the results told them that there was increasing levels of the chemicals used in the fracking process in their tap water. The natural gas company says their operation has ...

How to Attack a ‘Fracking’ Film by Kevin Grandia, TheTyee.ca, June 23, 2010. Documentary ‘Gasland’ shows flaming tap water caused by gas drillers ‘fracking.’ Industry speed dials its PR flaks.

A Colossal Fracking Mess:  The dirty truth behind the new natural gas by Christopher Bateman with photographs by Jacques del Conte, Vanity Fair Web Exclusive, June 21, 2010. Dimock is now known as the place where, over the past two years, people’s water started turning brown and making them sick, one woman’s water well spontaneously combusted, and horses and ...

Encana donation of $1 million to RDC celebrated by M. Guak, June 17, 2010, Red Deer College A $1 million donation from Encana Corporation to Red Deer College was marked Wednesday with a walk-through of the kind of work that will be done in the newly christened Encana Centre for Flexible Learning. … Encana representatives were ...

Class action lawsuits accuse two leading energy corp of stealing natural gas by Daniel Gilbert, Bristol Herald Courier, June 16, 2010, tricities.com ABINGDON, Va. – Twin class action lawsuits filed Tuesday accuse two leading energy corporations of stealing natural gas belonging to Southwest Virginia landowners and attack the constitutionality of the state law that has allowed it ...

Stelmach demands answers to why homes built over abandoned gas well by Darcy Henton And Archie McLean, June 3, 2010, Edmonton Journal Premier Ed Stelmach says he wants to know why no one was aware of an abandoned natural gas well in a Calmar residential subdivision before homes were constructed around it. “This issue goes back ...

Leaking gas well forces families out in Calmar neighbourhood by Darcy Henton, June 2, 2010, Edmonton Journal CALMAR, ALBERTA — Five new Calmar homes have to be removed to make room for a drilling rig to seal an abandoned natural gas well discovered in one family’s backyard. In what the Energy Resources Conservation Board called “a unique ...

Investigation report: Leakage testing of coalbed methane (coal seam gas) wells in the Tara ‘rural residential estates’ vicinity (Queensland, Australia) by Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, June 1, 2010, Queensland Government The Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate was advised of complaints made by a number of Tara rural residential estate residents. The Commissioner for Mine Safety ...

Safety Advisory 2010-03 Communication during fracture stimulation by the BC Oil and Gas Commission, May 20, 2010. Fracture propagation via large scale hydraulic fracturing operations has proven difficult to predict. Existing planes of weakness in target formations may result in fracture lengths that exceed initial design expectations.

Hydraulic fracturing and water pollution: Investor risks from North America’s shale gas boom by Paula Barrios, Research Analyst for Shareholder Association for Research and Education, May 2010

On Fracking and Human Folly by Ryan Bradley, April 26, 2010, Grist Sometimes it makes sense to split the earth open—and sometimes it doesn’t. Anthony Ingraffea lives on 70 acres of woodland outside Ithaca, New York. He bought the land decades ago to hunt and fish and enjoy in the same way anyone enjoys wild spaces. Ingraffea is ...

Scientist blames quakes on drilling by Kenneth Heart, April 10, 2010, Arkansas Democrat Gazette LITTLE ROCK — A series of temblors near Greenbrier in central Arkansas, including one Thursday evening, were more likely caused by gas and oil drilling than an active fault, geologists said Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake measuring 1.6 in magnitude ...

DEP Takes Aggressive Action Against Cabot Oil & Gas Corp to Enforce Environmental Laws Protect Public in Susquehanna County; Suspends Review of Cabot’s New Drilling Permit Applications Orders Company to Plug Wells Install Residential Water Systems Pay $240,000 in Fines Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Press Release April 4, 2010 “Gas migration is a serious issue that ...

Alberta firm eyes Ontario’s untapped shale gas by Tyler Hamilton, March 20, 2010, Toronto Star Calgary-based Mooncor Oil & Gas Corp. wants to develop a resource in Ontario that has been largely overlooked by its rivals: shale gas. … It has already locked up nearly 23,000 acres (9.30776 hecatres) of land in Lambton and Kent counties ...

Encana Corporation Investor Day: March 16 & 18, 2010 Mr. Stacy Knull, Vice-President, Clearwater Business Unit In our integrated Horseshoe Canyon CBM well, we’re similar in a way, although we’re vertical, but we sometimes produce over 40 zones into a single wellbore…. We’ve been doing more and more sand completions and recompletions with our CBM. … Remember, ...

Schreiner Oil And Gas Co. Complies With DEP Orders by Amanda Nichols, March 10, 2010, Bradford Era Schreiner Oil and Gas Co. has responded to and complied with a Feb. 23 order issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection, proposing a comprehensive permanent solution to water issues afflicting two homes as a result of the ...

Ky. landowners, gas drilling companies settle suit by Brett Barrouquere, March 4, 2010, The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, KY. A federal judge has approved a $28.75 million settlement between more than 8,000 eastern Kentucky landowners and a group of natural gas drilling companies in a dispute over royalty payments. The class-action settlement released Thursday ends more than ...

Fracking – Natural Gas Affects Water Quality by Joyce Nelson, originally published in Watershed Sentinel, March/April 2010

Schlumberger deal could put it into better domestic gas position by Monica Hatcher, Houston Chronicle, February 22, 2010 Gould said, though, that shale production still is characterized by “brute force and ignorance”

Cooking with gas raises risk of lung cancer, Electric hobs release fewer carcinogenic fumes when frying meat, study finds by Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, February 18, 2010, The Independent Now researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim have compared gas and electric cooking methods, and found that gas produces higher levels of ...

Leak shuts down drilling operation at Michigan well by The Associated Press, February 10, 2011, Bloomberg JOYFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A leak that forced the shutdown of operations at a more than 1,000-foot-deep natural gas well that was being drilled in Michigan’s northwestern Lower Peninsula with a technique called hydraulic fracturing likely will lead to ...

Failure Investigation Report: Failure of Piping at EnCana Swan Wellsite A5-7-77-14 L W6M by the BC Oil and Gas Commission, February 4, 2010. The 22 November 2009 failure…was caused by internal erosion of the wall resulting from flowing fracture sand suspended in the gas stream.  Leak detection and emergency isolation at the site did not achieve timely ...

Murky Waters? Corporate Reporting on Water Risk, A Benchmarking Study of 100 Companies by Brooke Barton, Ceres with scoring and analysis by Shirley Morgan-Knott, UBS Investment Research and data support by Bloomberg, LP, February 2010 Key Findings: Water Risk Disclosure in the Oil & Gas Sector (Page 86) The sector showed relatively weak water risk disclosure overall, with an ...

Hydro-fracturing has a lucrative dirty secret. The B.C. government isn’t asking many questions about a natural-gas-drilling technique involving toxic compounds by Chris Wood, Straight.com Vancouver’s Online Source, January 28, 2010

This is what the frac’ers really think of us, our loved ones, home, health and communities; Encana contractors give press the finger responding to the sabotage: Chapter 10 Loud Bangs and Quiet Canadians: An Analysis of Oil Patch Sabotage in British Columbia, Canada by Chris Arsenault, 2010, in Critical Environmental Security: Rethinking the Links Between Natural ...

Cenovus donates $3 Million to the University of Alberta by Cenovus Gwyn Morgan will receive an honorary doctorate of laws June 12, 2006 from the University of Alberta