PA DEP Issues Final Guidance for Frackers to Check Nearby Wells

The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) published a notice in the September 4 Pennsylvania Bulletin for "final technical guidance" on Implementing the Area of Review Regulatory Requirement for Unconventional Well Permitting. This is a document to guide drillers as they evaluate where they will frack, instructing them in how they should evaluate and monitor other nearby wells (other fracked wells or conventional oil and gas wells) to ensure those wells don't "communicate" oil and gas up to the surface. That is, to ensure oil and gas come out of the right borehole, the well it's supposed to come out of.

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