President Obama vowed in his State of the Union speech to make oil companies provide more disclosure of the fluids used in hydraulic fracturing, and last week, the Houston Chronicle obtained a draft proposal of the new federal rules. As Fuelfix reported at the time:  More »

New federal laws require oil companies to disclose the contents of fracking fluids, but exemptions may allow them to exclude the concentration of hazardous chemicals.  More »

Oil and gas industry groups took issue with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s suggestion yesterday that companies would prefer a uniform national approach instead of a state-by-state approach when it comes to regulating various aspects of hydraulic fracturing.  More »

Speaking at a conference has a number of benefits; it makes you research the pants off the topic you are speaking about, you get to meet random yet fascinating people, and you get to hear about topics that are not necessarily directly relevant, but interesting. So reviewing my notes from last week’s AMM conference I thought it would be useful to share some of the random facts I was presented [...]  More »

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar brushed off attacks from Republicans on Wednesday regarding his department’s plans to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal public lands.  More »

Range Resources Corp. (RRC)’s drilling operations in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale natural-gas field are so coveted that the most expensive exploration and production company in America is now a takeover target.  More »

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said his department would formally unveil its highly anticipated rules for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands in just “a few weeks.”  More »

Natural-gas drillers will be required by U.S. rules to inspect their wells after hydraulic fracturing on public land to ensure the safety of drinking-water supplies, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said.  More »

Midsize oil producers with solid track records in the Eagle Ford Shale will find it easier to borrow money, an expert said Monday at a series of seminars sponsored by the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.  More »

Makers of an upcoming documentary that seeks to counter the anti-hydraulic fracturing film “Gasland” have raised over $36,000 through crowdsourcing in a matter of a few days.  More »

It was once again my pleasure to bemuse, amuse, and educate an audience at an American Metals Market Conference – this time in Houston – for their Steel & Pipeline Conference this week. After unleashing the Crude oil 8-ball at the last AMM conference, I felt I had to raise the bar this time, so I invented….the ultimate energy board game.  More »

The New Jersey Senate for a second time moved a bill out of committee that would prohibit fracking for natural gas in the most densely populated U.S. state.  More »