New oil and gas well regulations: “Cleverly written document” fails to address increased impact

New oil and gas well regulations could affect landowners “Cleverly written document” fails to address increased impact by Lindsey Wallis, October 13, 2011, Fast Forward Weekly
Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) announced changes to the well-spacing framework, which environmentalists say is a “cleverly written document” that makes the changes sound more innocuous than they are and essentially greenlights more wells. … “The reality is that if you increase the downhole spacing you have to have more surface disturbance.” … “They don’t look at cumulative effects,” she says. “There should have been more thought put into it, they haven’t consulted with anyone who knows anything about it.” [Emphasis added]

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