Energy Dept. Panel to Revise Standards for Gas Extraction =

See NY Times article By JOHN M. BRODER Published: May 6, 2011 =

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/07/science/earth/07frack.html?_r=3D1&nl=3D=
todaysheadlines&emc=3Dtha24
Energy Secretary Steven Chu has asked the panel=92s seven experts, to be=
 led by John Deutch, a former director of the Central Intelligence Agenc=
y and deputy defense secretary, to recommend within 90 days immediate st=
eps to make fracking cleaner and safer.   Mark Zoback, a panel member an=
d professor of geophysics at Stanford, has been very critical of Hydraul=
ic fracturing in his publications.
The group will have an additional three months to come up with comprehen=
sive safety and environmental policies for state and federal regulators =
who oversee gas drilling. =


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Energy Dept. Panel to Revis=
e Standards for Gas Extraction 
See NY Times article By JOHN M. BRODER Published: May =
6, 2011 
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/07/science/earth/07frac=
k.html?_r=3D1&nl=3Dtodaysheadlines&emc=3Dtha24=


Energy Secretary Steven Chu has asked the panel=92s seven experts, to be l=
ed by John Deutch=
, a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and deputy de=
fense secretary, to recommend within 90 days immediate steps to make fra=
cking cleaner and safer.   <=
/SPAN>Mark Zoback, a panel member and professor of geophysics at Stanford, has been very=
 critical of Hydraulic fracturing in=
 his publications.
The group wil=
l have an additional three months to come up with comprehensive safety a=
nd environmental policies for state and federal regulators who oversee g=
as drilling. 

Jim O'Donnell =
BC-Geophysics 
Geophysical Consultant/Contractor
Geotechn=
ical/Geothermal/Oil & Gas/Mining Applications
Seismic Surveys- Su=
rface Waves, Refraction, & Reflection
Ground Penetrating Radar, R=
esistivity, Magnetic, & VLF-EM Surveys
Geophysics@.......... &nbs=
p;702.293.5664  702.281.9081 cell   
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