A must read fracking reading list corporatelaw

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency released a draft study linking fracking, a controversial process of drilling for natural gas, to contaminated well water in Wyoming. It’s the first time the EPA has found any connection between the practice of hydraulic fracturing (aka ‘fracking’) and groundwater contamination, and the preliminary results of the study (which won’t be completed until 2014) are likely to add fuel to the ongoing debate over the regulation of natural gas drilling. 

For your reference, here is a broad reading list of fracking-related commentary and analysis, from lawyers and law firms on JD Supra:

• Environmental Impact Statement and Regulations Related to Hydraulic Fracking Released for Public Review
• Chance for Marcellus Shale Legislation Approval in Pennsylvania Before Year’s End
• Zoning over Pooling for Drillers in Fall Legislative Session
• Literally, A Million Dollar Question
• New EPA air regulations proposed for oil and natural gas industry
• EPA Reaches for the Air Emissions of Hydraulically Fractured Wells and Beyond
• Drilling into Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Gas Development
• New York “Light Years” Behind Pennsylvania in Reaping Marcellus Shale Benefits
• Integrated Production Services to Pay $162,000 after Pleading Guilty to Violating the Clean Water Act
• Mortgage Lenders Are Becoming Increasingly Concerned With Gas and Oil Leases Associated With Hydraulic Fracturing
• Who Owns Shale Gas? PA Superior Court Decision Creates Uncertainty
• How Recent Oil and Gas Discoveries Will Impact Ohio Businesses and Landowners 

See also: 

• Shale gas operations - regulation of water and air impacts (Dinsmore & Shohl LLP) 
• Shale Gas Operations: The Evolution of Well Permitting Requirements (Dinsmore & Shohl LLP) 
• Energy Water Usage Panel: Shale Play Hydraulic Fracturing: Emerging Water Resource Conflicts (Jackson Walker) 
• DEP Aims for More Consistency in Enforcement of Drilling Regulations (Duane Morris LLP) 
• The Evolving State of Today’s LNG Spot Market – “Where we are and how we got there” (Reed Smith) 
• Governor Signs into Law Three Bills Affecting Oil and Gas Drilling, Real Estate Taxation (McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC) 
• Gas Rights Owners Need To Begin To Think Like Business (McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC) 
• Township Solicitor Asks Court to Take Initiative Banning Drilling off the Ballot (Duane Morris LLP)