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US Court Blocks EPA’s Methane About-Face

05.07.2017 - In a 2-1 vote, a US federal appeals court in Washington, DC ruled this week that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may not suspend a rule planned by the administration of...

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Ineos Wins Environment Permit for Derbyshire Drill

04.07.2017 - The UK’s Environment Agency has granted Ineos Upstream, subsidiary of the Switzerland-based chemical group, an environmental permit allowing it to drill an exploratory borehole at...

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Germany Passes Cautious Fracking Law

29.06.2016 - The recent approval of a new law on gas exploration by Germany’s federal parliament, Bundestag, will end a five-year drilling respite extended several times while the governing...

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New US Fracking Rules Attempt to Placate Opposing Camps

17.05.2013 - The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a new proposal for regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, rolling back some measures from its original, abandoned draft as...

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Water Industry Opens New Markets for Investors

15.11.2011 - Oil and water may not mix, but managing water — moving it, filtering it, recycling it and ultimately exhausting it — is one of the fastest growing sectors of the oil and gas...