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Air Monitoring, Water Testing and Best Management Practices

Best Management Practices

What the oil and gas industry could do to protect the public.

The Oil and Gas Accountability Project Best Practices

Includes alternatives for use during the drilling and completion phase as well as suggestions for minimizing impact during production phase.

Drill-Right Texas Best Oil & Gas Development Practices for Texas

In the struggle to meet our energy demands, we need to balance the interests of the oil and gas industry and mineral owners with the rights of landowners, and the rights of Texans to have clean air and water. Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project, March 2010.

Intermountain Oil and Gas BMP Project

The Natural Resources Law Center website.

Santa Fe County

This New Mexico county has drafted some of the most progressive gas regulations in the United States.

Operators Handbook for Nonfederal Oil and Gas Development in Units of the National Park System

The National Park Service has developed this handbook to help oil and gas operatorswork safely on federal lands.( See the NPS regulations at 36 C.F.R. Part 9 Subpart B, and “§ 9.32) . This file is a 13MB PDF file.

Department of Interior Forum Examines Best Practices for Hydraulic Fracturing

November 2010. (Video, 2 hours 22 minutes.)

Federal Oil and Gas Leases: Opportunities Exist to Capture Vented and Flared Natural Gas, Which Would Increase Royalty Payments and Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Oct 29, 2010 The Department of the Interior (Interior) leases public lands for oil and natural gas development, which generated about $9 billion in royalties in 2009. Some gas produced on these leases cannot be easily captured and is released (vented) directly to the atmosphere or is burned (flared). This vented and flared gas represents potential lost royalties for Interior and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions.

Air Monitoring, Water Testing and Best Management Practices
Air Monitoring Practices
Best Management Practices
Water Monitoring and Water Testing
Sesimic Testing