Fracking Fluids To Be Made Public Soon -- Texas Railroad Commission

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Elizabeth Ames Jones, Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC), the energy regulatory agency for the US’s largest oil and natural gas producing state, hopes to finalize a rule-making before the end of the year to disclose components of the solutions used in the hydraulic fracturing process  now so common in drilling natural gas and oil wells.

Jones said, “This rule will provide the additional assurance to the public that a common sense disclosure policy affords, and it will provide operators uniformity and reliability regarding the disclosure process for all wells that are hydraulically fractured in Texas. I hope we can have the rule ready for implementation before the end of the year."

“Our rulemaking should not be misconstrued to upend my earlier statements. It is still geologically impossible for fracturing fluid or natural gas or oil to migrate upward through thousands of feet of rock, sometimes miles, to adversely affect ground water.”

For newbies, the Texas RRC is akin to the NDIC. In general, policies of this sort set by the RRC are adopted by all states.