API Statement on New Study by Ground Water Protection Council

Bill Bush | 202-682-8069 | bushw@api.org

WASHINGTON, May 28, 2009 – The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today regarding the Ground Water Protection Council study on regulation of oil and gas field activities:

“The study confirms what the industry has been saying: that regulation of oil and gas field activities, including hydraulic fracturing, is best accomplished at the state level where regional and local conditions are best understood and where state regulators are on hand to conduct inspections and oversee specific operations like well construction and testing and plugging as well as hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing is a tried-and-true, more than 50-year old technology, increasingly essential for producing the nation’s natural gas.”

See the full study: State Oil and Natural Gas Regulations Designed to Protect Water Resources

For additional information, see: Modern Shale Gas Development in the United States