Law students will tackle a hydraulic fracturing case at the annual National Energy & Sustainability Moot Court Competition in Morgantown. Fracking is the process gas drillers use to free natural gas from shale formations. The competition is set for March …
The Property Loss Research Bureau and Liability Insurance Research Bureau year end review revealed some highlights of 2012. Among them: An awards program recognizing outstanding claims professionals in the claims industry was introduced. New webinar series offered. The first-ever cancellation …
Work is expected to begin in January on the restoration and renovation of St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, about 14 months after the largest earthquake in recorded Oklahoma history resulted in major damage to the small campus’ main building. The …
Many people in New York and Pennsylvania have voiced concerns about the safety of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, or fracking. But two new surveys found that many people who live in New York City and the suburbs approve of …
Recent earthquakes in Colorado and elsewhere were induced by a drilling procedure to dispose of wastewater, federal geologists planned to argue in a report announced Wednesday. The Denver Post reported Tuesday that Colorado drilling regulators said more study is needed …
07/17/12 – Global Special Risks (GSR), part of RSG Underwriting Managers, LLC, recently launched a new Liability Package Policy for energy consultants working primarily in the complex offshore/onshore and “fracking” environments. This unique package policy is the latest program in …
One of the government’s top scientists says much more research is needed to determine the possible impacts of shale gas drilling on human health and the environment. “Studies should include all the ways people can be exposed, such as through …
Thousands of times every day, drilling deep underground causes the earth to tremble. But do not blame the surprise flurry of earthquakes in Oklahoma on man’s thirst for oil and gas, experts say. The weekend quakes were far stronger than …
The only company in Britain using hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas from shale rock said Wednesday that the controversial technique probably did trigger earth tremors in April and May. But a report commissioned by Cuadrilla Resources, which is drilling …
The U.S. Geological Survey says no fracking fluid has been found in domestic water wells in the Fayetteville Shale area of Van Buren County, Arkansas. The fluid is a byproduct of hydraulic fracturing – or fracking. It’s a process of …