Risk and Response in Fracturing Policy

Wiseman, Hannah Jacobs

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2017104

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“…The responses reported here indicate that many IAPs have concerns about the ability of governance institutions to effectively and equitably characterize and manage the risks of shale gas development. Recent investigations of governance issues in shale gas development suggest that these concerns of IAPs may be valid and significant [47][48][49]. The authors of this paper suggest that analysis of risk governance capacity is an appropriate component of risk analysis, as adequate governance is essential both for managing the risks and achieving public acceptance of risk management.…”

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Eliciting public concerns about an emerging energy technology: The case of unconventional shale gas development in the United States

Israel

Wong‐Parodi

Webler

et al. 2015

Energy Research & Social Science

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Eliciting public concerns about an emerging energy technology: The case of unconventional shale gas development in the United States

Israel

Wong‐Parodi

Webler

et al. 2015

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…Specific to the US context, some legal scholars have advocated for a cooperative federalism approach whereby the federal government sets baseline standards and gives states flexibility in implementation (142). Under one suggested scheme, the federal government could act as a clearinghouse for regulations and industry performance standards in order to help states to design regulatory approaches (143). Others have documented increased use of severance taxes and permanent trust funds in the United States as a way to manage potential risks of shale development (116,144).…”

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confidence: 99%

Debating Unconventional Energy: Social, Political, and Economic Implications

Neville

Baka

Gamper‐Rabindran

et al. 2017

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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The extraction of unconventional oil and gas-from shale rocks, tight sand, and coalbed formations-is shifting the geographies of fossil fuel production, with complex consequences. Following Jackson et al.'s (1) natural science survey of the environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing, this review examines social science literature on unconventional energy. After an overview of the rise of unconventional energy, the review examines energy economics and geopolitics, community mobilization, and state and private regulatory responses. Unconventional energy requires different frames of analysis than conventional energy because of three characteristics: increased drilling density, low-carbon and "clean" energy narratives of natural gas, and distinct ownership and royalty structures. This review points to the need for an interdisciplinary approach to analyzing the resulting dynamic, multilevel web of relationships that implicate land, water, food, and climate. Furthermore, the review highlights how scholarship on unconventional energy informs the broader energy landscape and contested energy futures. 2.1

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“…Comprehensive (Becklumb, Chong, and Williams 2015, Belcher 2014, Broomfield 2013, European Commission DG Environment 2015, Fleming 2015, Green and Jackson 2015, Hays et al 2015, King 2010, Krupnick, Gordon, and Olmstead 2013, Philippe & Partners 2011, Robinson 2012, Schneider 2012, Soeder et al 2014, Uliasz-Misiak, Przybycin, and Winid 2014, Wiseman 2013, Wright 2014, Ziemkiewicz, Quaranta, and McCawley 2014 Copithorne 2010) Atmospheric (Ethridge et al 2015) Chemical (Gosman 2013) Community, Population and health (Meng 2015, Penningroth et al 2013, Schafft, Borlu, and Glenna 2013, Touzel 2012, Wheeler et al 2015, Williams 2015, Zhang, Hammack, and Vidic 2015, Krzyanowski et al 2000, Mitka 2012, Rosenman 2014, Tuller 2015 Due diligence (Nicholas and Lozier 2013, Dana and Wiseman 2014, Hagstrom and Adams 2012 Geology (Lange et al 2013, Kissinger et al 2013 Process safety (Uth 2014(Uth , 2012 Radiological (Daniels and Chapman 2013, Nelson et al 2015, Zhang, Hamma...…”

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Is There Scientific Evidence to Support the Selection of Hydraulic Fracturing Rules?

Campin

2016

SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility

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The application of hydraulic fracturing to hydrocarbon-rich basins has evolved since the first tentative steps to stimulate conventional oil reservoirs in the United States Mid-West in the late 1940s, into a widely practiced technology, principally used today in gaining commercial flows of unconventional hydrocarbon reserves. The early application of the technology was directed toward draining methane from coal seams as a safety measure (Thakur 2014), evolving to assist commercial recovery of coalbed methane as the first systematic use in the unconventional resources. In conjunction with the application of horizontal drilling and completions technology, real time micro-seismic monitoring technology, and understanding of the nature of unconventional resources geology, the phenomena of modern shale gas and oil extraction transformed the US energy landscape. Following this break-through in the US, other jurisdictions commenced similar pursuits for their unconventional petroleum potential. The application of hydraulic fracturing was just one more aspect in a rapidly evolving complex business where regulations were in a state of permanent catch-up.Regulations to address specific environmental 1 risks 2 associated with on-shore hydraulic fracturing evolved as use of the technology spread to new jurisdictions. State oversight of hydraulic fracturing is the norm worldwide other than for single-level federal jurisdictions such as the UK. Elsewhere, federal regulation is generally restricted to the outer envelope of environmental impacts such as air quality standards and receiving water standards, except with the case of off-shore activities. State regulations tend to be directed to the exploration and development processes with local government exerting control using 1 Environment includesa. ecosystems and their constituent parts, including people and communities; and b. all natural and physical resources; and c. amenity values; and d. the social, economic, aesthetic, and cultural conditions which affect the matters stated in paragraphs (a) to (c) or which are affected by those matters 2 Risk means consequence times probabilityplanning rule 3 s such as noise and set-back. Off-shore regulation of hydraulic fracturing is dominated by federal authorities across the globe due to complexities of national waters and contiguous hydrocarbon basins extending across national economic zone boundaries (Nordtveit 2015, Gordon andPaterson 2015). This paper builds on earlier work where hydraulic fracturing regulations from fifty five jurisdictions were assessed (Campin 2013). Self-selected rule categories (fifty nine elements) were identified based on frequency of occurrence in the various regulatory frameworks examined. The rationale and justification for environmental protection parameters is examined and documentary evidence is assessed for selected rules. This paper draws from the peer reviewed, scientific literature or official reports from government agencies and is restricted to the on-shore sector.Regulation in the absence of a ...

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Risk and Response in Fracturing Policy

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

Eliciting public concerns about an emerging energy technology: The case of unconventional shale gas development in the United States

Eliciting public concerns about an emerging energy technology: The case of unconventional shale gas development in the United States

Debating Unconventional Energy: Social, Political, and Economic Implications

Is There Scientific Evidence to Support the Selection of Hydraulic Fracturing Rules?

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