Louisiana to require fracking disclosure

Fracking disclosure: To be required in Louisiana

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Kathrine Schmidt

, Kathrine Schmidt

 20 October 2011 20:54 GMT

Louisiana will require operators to reveal chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and provide more information on the process during permitting, the state regulator said Thursday.

The rush into the state’s natural-gas rich Haynesville shale play several years ago helped kick off the still-rising tide of exploiting onshore oil and gas from horizontal wells using the process known as hydraulic fracturing.

But both state and federal regulators have fallen under increasing pressure to disclose chemicals used in drilling processes, which have raised concerns among environmentalists about contamination of ground water.

“With the intense development of the Haynesville Shale and in the interest of being protective of the environment, revising our rules provides substance and transparency,” the state's Commissioner of…

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