“As an industry, we should insist on strong regulation and enforcement to ensure everyone in the industry does the job right,” Voser told the CeraWeek conference in Houston on Wednesday.
State and federal authorities in the US are steadily rolling out proposals to regulate the feverish pace of development and production of the country’s bountiful shale gas and tight-oil resources.
Cases of water contamination caused by fracking and fears of dirty emissions during production have prompted calls for tighter scrutiny on companies drilling into shales across the country.
