Let's See If New York Grants These Fracking Permits -- Not a Bakken Story

As noted earlier, New York had put a temporary ban on fracking; I think the temporary period has ended, but I don't know if fracking permits have been issued, and whether fracking has begun in upstate New York.

Now we get a chance to see, but don't hold your breath.

Norse Energy Corp. ASA, Lysaker, Norway, which holds 180,000 net acres of leases in New York, has applied to the state for high-volume hydraulic fracturing permits for wells it would drill to the Marcellus and Utica shales.

Drilling permits will not be issued until the supplemental generic environmental impact statement becomes final, but the company said it believes that it is important to have applications ready for approval once that process is completed.