Energy Environmental Blog

Closed-Loop Systems To Be Required in the Basin?

Written by Greg Russell | Feb 18, 2011 1:13:31 PM

We've reported several times on the rules proposed for drilling in the Delaware River Basin by the Basin's Commission (DRBC) (see here, e.g.).  The Philadelphia Inquirer has focused on one significant point regarding those rules - "The Delaware River Basin Commission has drafted regulations that would ban so-called reserve pits in the environmentally sensitive Delaware watershed. The DRBC's regulations would require closed-loop drilling and off-site disposal of cuttings."

Just thought you might want to know.