Hydraulic Fracturing
Animation: How Hydraulic Fracturing Technique
Animation: Hydraulic Fracturing: How It Works
Interview: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on NBC Nightly News…
“I see an increasing role for natural gas in general… fracking will play a larger and larger role in obtaining that natural gas.”
Senate Floor: Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota discussing the importance of shale plays and hydraulic fracturing
Additional Resources for Hydraulic Fracturing
Western Energy Alliance Position Paper – Hydraulic Fracturing
April 2011
Debunking the Film GasLand
Filmmaker Josh Fox makes his mainstream debut with documentary targeting natural gas – but how much of it is actually true?
Click here to read Energy in Depth’s analysis.
American Petroleum Institute (API) Policy Position on Chemical Disclosure for Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
July 2010
Western Energy Alliance Testimony: EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Public Hearing
July, 13 2010
Frac Attack: Risks, Hype, and the Financial Reality of Hydraulic Fracturing in the Shale Plays
Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. and Reservoir Research Partners
July 2010
IPAMS Summary of revised Colorado Hydraulic Fracturing Rules
March 2010
IPAMS Scoping Comments on EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study
March 2010
Measuring the Economic and Energy Impacts of Proposals to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing
IHS Global Insight
July 2009
State Regulatory Statements on Hydraulic Fracturing
June 2009
State Oil and Natural Gas Regulations Designed to Protect Water Resources
Groundwater Protection Council and U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy National Energy Technology Labratory
May 2009
Evaluation of Impacts to Underground Sources of Drinking Water by Hydraulic Fracturing of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs
Environmental Protection Agency
June 2004