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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

By Stephen Weigand The Shreveport Times reports that federal authorities have added additional permit requirements for companies who pump water from the Red River for hydraulic fracturing of the Haynesville Shale. The requirements were added after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raised concerns that the pumping process could be disturbing the habitat of three federally endangered and threatened Red River species.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

By Matthew Simone After seven months of discussion and postponement, Caddo Parish Commissioners approved new regulations affecting oil and gas operations. These regulations involve three directives. First, loud operations within five hundred feet of hospitals, residences, religious, commercial, or public buildings in urban areas, may only take place Monday through Saturday between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

by Elisabeth Lorio Baer Interior Secretary Ken Salazar informed Congress on September 17, 2009 that he would kill a controversial program, currently in effect, that allows energy companies to pay the government royalties for drilling on public lands in actual oil and gas in lieu of cash. The announcement was made during testimony to the House Natural Resources Committee which is holding a hearing on a proposal by Chairman Nick Rahall, D-W.V. to revamp the manner in which the nation leases and co

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

By Kerry Murphy On Wednesday September 2, BP drilled the world’s deepest oil well – the Tiber Prospect Well – and discovered a huge pool of crude oil. The Tiber well is located in the western Gulf of Mexico, southwest of New Orleans in U.S. waters. It is expected to rank among the largest petroleum discoveries in the United States, potentially producing as much oil as BP’s Thunder Horse well and half as much as Alaska’s famous North Slope oil field.

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