The state conservation office this month will begin enforcing a new requirement that oil and gas companies report the water sources they use for the practice of hydraulic fracturing—pumping liquids into wells under high pressure to open underground fractures and increase production. The requirement is in response to rapid development of the Haynesville Shale natural gas formation in northwest Louisiana. Conservation Commissioner James Welsh said the industry already is responding to the new requirement that they identify the water well number or water body name that their water is drawn from. “We want to make sure we have the best information possible on how our resources are being used to help us make the best policy decisions in regulating industry and protecting the public now and in the future,” Welsh said in a statement quoted in the Times of Shreveport.
Oil, gas drillers must report water sources
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