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USGS Announces Country’s Largest Oil and Gas Shale Deposit in Texas

The United States Geological Survey (“USGS”) has just announced the assessment of this country’s largest oil and gas shale deposit located in Texas. You can review a copy of the actual assessment here.  The area where the deposit is located is known as the Wolfcamp shale contains 20 billion barrels…

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Important Texas Oil & Gas Case – Roland Oil Co. v. Railroad Commission of Texas

In 1994 Roland Oil Co. acquired the North Charlotte Field Unit Lease in Atascosa County, Texas. The Lease contained 31 wells, with the oldest wells drilled sometime in the 1950s. The Lease contained both active and inactive wells. Rule 14 of the Texas Railroad Commission requires that “dry or inactive…

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The EPA Science Advisory Board Raises Questions about the EPA Report on Fracing and Drinking Water

There has been an ongoing debate about whether hydraulic fracturing activities for producing oil and gas have an impact on drinking water supplies near and around the fracing site. Recently, the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) raised a number of questions concerning the EPA’s June…

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