Tag Archives: Halliburton Loophole

Action Alert: Your voice needed on new Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation chemical disclosure rule

Posted on August 28, 2018 by davidjkatz

Your help is needed. The Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation (BOGC) will be holding a public hearing on its proposed new rules for fracking chemical disclosure. Quite simply, these proposed rules are not strong enough to adequately protect landowners and it is important for you to lend your voice to make sure landowners’ voices are clearly heard.

There will be a live hearing in Billings on September 17 at 2pm. Please come if you can, or send your email comments to the Board no later than September 24.

To find out more, click the link. Continue reading →

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Shhh. Bakken oil spill is on “confidential status”

Posted on March 26, 2015 by davidjkatz

Ho hum. Another day, another well blowout. Another 25,000 gallons of crude released in McKenzie County in the Bakken. Sure hope it doesn’t wind up in the Missouri River. Nobody hurt, and not much cause for worry. The land around … Continue reading →

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BLM introduces new fracking rules: a welcome step forward, but not enough to protect the Beartooth Front

Posted on March 22, 2015 by davidjkatz

New fracking rules On Friday the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a new set of long-anticipated rules regarding fracking. These rules will require oil and gas operators to (see pages 7-8 at above link): Design and implement a … Continue reading →

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Why we can’t prove what we know is true about fracking and water contamination

Posted on March 6, 2015 by davidjkatz

Why can’t we pin down the relationship between fracking and water quality? The answer lies in government bureaucracy, industry stonewalling, the unwillingness of our elected representatives to protect us, and the rapid growth of the fracking industry. The bottom line … Continue reading →

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Halliburton buys Baker Hughes. So much for revealing the chemical contents of fracking fluid

Posted on November 20, 2014 by davidjkatz

Halliburton, the world’s second-biggest oilfield services provider, said Monday it will acquire its smaller rival Baker Hughes in a deal worth $34.6 billion in cash and stock. The offer will net Baker Hughes shareholders an immediate 31 percent profit. The … Continue reading →

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Last week we reported on the Halliburton Loophole to the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. It’s the law that Dick Cheney engineered in 2005 that enables the oil and gas industry to keep from telling us what chemicals they use in fracking … Continue reading →

Posted on May 15, 2014 by davidjkatz | 4 Comments

It was pretty big news last month when Baker Hughes Corporation, the large Houston-based ($22 billion in annual revenues in 2013) oilfield services company, said it is ready to divulge all the chemicals it uses in hydraulic fracturing. Baker Hughes … Continue reading →

Posted on May 8, 2014 by davidjkatz | 2 Comments