Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing in Bucks, Montgomery, and Berks Counties.

On Friday, June 29th, section 1607-E (1607-E) was added to the 2012 Pennsylvania Budget Bill (SB 1263). 1607-E created a temporary drilling moratorium in the portion of South Newark Basin which lies in southeastern Pennsylvania. The new section was added to the budget bill because, “the unique geological and geochemical characteristics of the South Newark Basin…have not been adequately evaluated.” As a result of 1607-E, the Department of Environmental Protection will be prohibited from issuing well permits for oil and gas operations until the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has completed a study that will evaluate the practical implications and financial impacts for the area if drilling did occur. Pending further legislation, if the evaluation shows no significant harm or nothing is decided before the temporary drilling moratorium expires on January 1, 2018, the ban will be lifted.
Written by Joseph Negaard, Research Assistant
July 3, 2012
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 6, 2012 at 12:22 PM

    Hello there! I'll be looking forward for your other posts. You have such a very informative post. It was very well said. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge about hydrofracturing with us. Anyway, in addition to what you have written, Hydrofracturing is a well development process that involves injecting water under high pressure into a bedrock formation via the well. This is intended to increase the size and extent of existing bedrock fractures, pumping water into those fractures at pressures as high as 3000 psi and flow rates as high as 85 gallons per minute, this cleans out the fractures and allows them to interconnect with nearby water bearing fractures. Water can then flow back thru these fractures and into the well at a faster rate than before. We are an IGSHPA, Certified Installer and Certified Driller Hydrofracturing NH

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