Resources

Subcommittee Reports

• Final Report (issued on November 18, 2011)
• 90-Day Final Report (issued on August 18, 2011)
• 90-Day Report Draft (issued on August 11, 2011)
  
  

Meeting Information/Presentations  

November 14, 2011
Conference Call on Draft Report

• Federal Register Notice
• LISTEN: Audio from conference call

October 31, 2011
Public Meeting

• Meeting Agenda [9.08kb pdf]
• Surface Operating Standards and Guidelines for Oil & Gas Exploration and Development, The Gold Book, The Bureau of Land Management
• WATCH: Video of October 31 Meeting - Morning Session
• WATCH: Video of October 31 Meeting - Afternoon Session
  

August 15, 2011
Conference Call on Draft Report

• LISTEN: Audio from conference call
• Summary of comments on draft report
  

July 13, 2011 
Public Meeting

• Federal Register Notice [43kb pdf]
• Meeting Agenda [64kb pdf]
• WATCH: Video of July 13 Meeting - Morning Session
• WATCH: Video of July 13 Meeting - Afternoon Session
  
• FracFocus Presentation, Ground Water Protection Council [8.84mb pdf]
• API Introduction and API HF Standards for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry, David L. Miller, PE, F.ASCE Director, Standards and Stephanie Meadows, Upstream Senior Policy Advisor [627kb pdf]
• Water Management Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing, API Guidance Document HF2 [3.56mb pdf]
• Environmental Protection for Onshore Oil and Gas Production Operations and Leases, API Recommended Practice 51R [519kb pdf]
• Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Well Construction, API Standard 65- Part 2 [1.51mb pdf]
• Hydraulic Fracturing Operations - Well Construction and Integrity Guidelines, API Guidance Document HF1 [1.95mb pdf]
• Practices for Mitigating Surface Impacts Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing, API Guidance Document HF3 [494kb pdf]
• The State Review Process, STRONGER, Inc. [316kb pdf]
• Pennsylvania Hydraulic Fracturing State Review, STRONGER, Inc. [389kb pdf]
• Louisiana Hydraulic Fracturing State Review, STRONGER, Inc. [873kb pdf]
• Oklahoma Hydraulic Fracturing State Review, STRONGER, Inc. [746kb pdf]
• Greenhouse Effects Switching to Natural Gas, Stephen Pacala, Princeton University [3.22mb pdf]

• Emissions From Hydrofracking Operations and General Oversight Information for Wyoming, John Corra, Director, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality [2.08mb pdf] 

• Federal Register Notice [43kb pdf]
• Meeting Agenda [67kb pdf]
• WATCH: Video of June 28 Meeting - Morning Session
• WATCH: Video of June 28 Meeting - Afternoon Session
• Draft Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources, Dr. Paul Anastas, EPA [673kb pdf]
• Marcellus Shale-Gas Development and Water-Resource Issues, John Williams, USGS [3.27mb pdf]
• Statement of Dr. Richard C. Haut, Senior Research Scientist, Houston Advanced Research Center [3.61mb pdf]
• Environmentally Friendly Drilling, Dr. Richard Haut, Houston Advanced Research Center [3.07mb pdf]  
• Unconventional Gas: Opportunities and Challenges, Frank Verrastro, Center for Strategic and International Studies [663kb pdf]
  
  

• Federal Register Notice [20kb pdf]
• WATCH: Video of public meeting at Washington & Jefferson College
• WATCH: Alternative video link for public meeting at Washington & Jefferson College

• Federal Register Notice [185kb pdf]
• Meeting Agenda [67kb pdf]
• WATCH: Video of June 1 Meeting - Part 1
• WATCH: Video of June 1 Meeting - Part 2
• WATCH: Video of June 2 Meeting - Part 1
• WATCH: Video of June 2 Meeting - Part 2
• WATCH: Video of June 2 Meeting - Part 3
• WATCH: Video of June 2 Meeting - Part 4
• List of Industry Presenters, June 1, 2011 [62kb pdf]
• List of Non-Government Organization Presenters, June 1, 2011 [45kb pdf]
           The Marcellus Shale and Natural Gas, Cornell University, New York State Water Resources Institute (compliments of The
             Wilderness Society) [5.1mb pdf]
           Disclosure of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids: Are States Doing a Good Enough Job?, The Wilderness Society [124kb pdf]
           Doing It Right: Ensuring Natural Gas Development on Our Public Lands, The Wilderness Society [439kb pdf]
           Not At Any Cost: Government policies to make natural gas drilling safer for people and the environment, The Wilderness
            Society [177kb pdf] 
           Environmental Violations at Marcellus Shale Drilling Sites, Clean Water Action [44kb pdf]
           The Oil and Gas Industry’s Exemptions to Major Environmental Laws, Earthworks' Oil and Gas Accountability Project
           [435kb pdf]
           The Oil and Gas Industry’s Exclusions and Exemptions to Major Environmental Statutes, Earthworks' Oil
           and Gas Accountability Project [471kb pdf]
           How the Texas Natural Gas Boom Affects Health and Safety, Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project 
           [1.26mb pdf]     

           Nature Conservancy presentation on Pennsylvania Energy Impacts Assessment [5.17mb pdf]

• List of State Regulator Presenters, June 2, 2011 [30kb pdf] 
            Presentation given by John R. Hanger, Special Counsel, Eckert Seamans (June 2, 2011) [147kb pdf]
            Presentation given by Elizabeth Ames Jones , Texas Railroad Commission [212kb pdf]
            Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission, Rule B-19 - Requirements for Well Completion Utilizing Fracture Stimulation [21kb
            pdf] 
            Arkansas Individual Well Disclosure Form [125kb pdf]
            Arkansas Master Fracturing Chemical List [170kb pdf] 

  
  
  

May 19, 2011
1st Meeting of the SEAB Natural Gas Subcommittee

• Meeting Agenda [24kb pdf]
• Christopher Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oil & Natural Gas, U.S. Department of Energy [1.05 mb pdf]
• Marcia McNutt, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Gas Hydraulic Fracturing - Issues USGS is Tracking [4.86 mb pdfd]
• EPA Briefing to the SEAB Subcommittee to Examine Fracking Issues [854kb pdf]
• EPA's Draft Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources [2.62mb pdf]
• Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management Briefing  [1.14mb pdf]

Links to Additional Information

• U.S. Department of Energy's Shale Gas Research
• EPA's Hydraulic Fracturing Website
• EPA's Hydraulic Fracturing Outreach Website
  
• DOI's Bureau of Land Management Oil & Gas Development Website
• DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory report, "A Comparative Study of the Mississippian Barnett Shale, Fort Worth Basin, and Devonian Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin," April 2011.
• What is Shale Gas and Why is it Important?, U.S. Energy Information Administration