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Industry analysis pokes holes in EPA hydraulic fracturing study
The Environmental Protection Agency’s multi-year investigation of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water supplies is overbroad, underfunded and too ambitious, according to an analysis commissioned by two energy industry trade groups that was released Tuesday.
The assessment by the Battelle Memorial Institute — which was funded by the American Petroleum Institute and America’s Natural Gas Alliance — concludes that the design of EPA’s study has strayed far from what lawmakers intended when they first ordered the EPA to investigate the issue two years ago.
Hydraulic fracturing involves pumping mixtures of sand, chemicals and water underground to release natural gas and oil from dense rock formations. Conservationists have warned that the fracturing chemicals can be spilled above ground and that natural gas can escape from poorly designed wells to contaminate nearby drinking water supplies.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/07/10/industry-analysis-pokes-holes-in-epa-hydraulic-fracturing-study/
The Environmental Protection Agency’s multi-year investigation of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water supplies is overbroad, underfunded and too ambitious, according to an analysis commissioned by two energy industry trade groups that was released Tuesday.
The assessment by the Battelle Memorial Institute — which was funded by the American Petroleum Institute and America’s Natural Gas Alliance — concludes that the design of EPA’s study has strayed far from what lawmakers intended when they first ordered the EPA to investigate the issue two years ago.
Hydraulic fracturing involves pumping mixtures of sand, chemicals and water underground to release natural gas and oil from dense rock formations. Conservationists have warned that the fracturing chemicals can be spilled above ground and that natural gas can escape from poorly designed wells to contaminate nearby drinking water supplies.
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/07/10/industry-analysis-pokes-holes-in-epa-hydraulic-fracturing-study/
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