Author : New York (State). Division of Mineral Resources. Bureau of Oil and Gas Regulation,New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation,New York (State). Division of Mineral Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Environmental impact statements
ISBN : OCLC:515363124
Final Scope for Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program by New York (State). Division of Mineral Resources. Bureau of Oil and Gas Regulation,New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation,New York (State). Division of Mineral Resources Pdf
The Marcellus Shale is a geologic rock formation which contains natural gas buried underground. There is a potentially significant gas resource in the Marcellus Shale region which has been roughly described as an area extending from Chautauqua County eastward to Green, Ulster and Sullivan Counties, and from the Pennsylvania border north to the approximate location of the east-west portion of the New York State Thruway between Schenectady and Auburn. This environmental impact statement was prepared to review the Dept. of Environmental Conservation's program for regulating the oil, gas, underground gas storage and solution mining wells of any depth, and brine disposal, stratigraphic and geothermal wells deepter than 500 feet. This statement addresses the request for well permits to use horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques.