The Fayetteville Shale, is a black, organic-rich rock of Mississippian age that underlies much of northern Arkansas and adjacent states. It produces natural gas in the central portion of the Arkoma basin.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Fracking Fluid Disclosures on File

"What's in the water?"
That was the impetus for a consensus rule adopted by the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission to regulate natural gas drilling in the lucrative Fayetteville Shale play earlier this year.

The commission initiated rules for gas drillers that require registrations, requests for trade secret exemptions, and disclosure of the chemicals used in a process known as "fracking," which pushes the gas from the shale formation through high-pressure treated water. The water from fracking is contained and hauled off for disposal, but concerns persist about its ability to affect the environment.


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