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Essay Instructions: Please submit a 500 word writeup about the advantages and disadvantages and your take on Hydraulic fracturing in the USA

Essay Instructions: I will attend SPE conference (Society of Petroleum Engineering) next month (5 Feb to 8 Feb). I need a professional report to give an idea for the latest technologies in regard .The topic is Hydraulic Fracturing Technology. I will provide all the sources like topics, images ,sessions and presentations that would be delivered in the conference. And also I will send you an old report in order to write same our company standard. During the conference I will keep contact with you.
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Essay Instructions: This paper is primarily a report. The report portion should be objective and unbiased. The final section is an opinion section where you may include your own ideas on the subject.

1.To understand the legal and environmental issues raised by hydraulic fracturing. To determine what you believe is the most important environmental issue.


2.To be able to distinguish state and federal laws and regulations; to become familiar with proposed federal laws; to be able to compare and contrast state law approaches; to examine at least one other country's laws and regulations on the issue; to understand the scope of a recent executive order on hydraulic fracturing.


3.To understand the place of hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas as that relates to U.S. energy needs.


4.To form and state your own informed opinion on what hydraulic fracturing laws and regulations should be put in place; to explain with clear reasoning and supporting evidence why you think such laws are necessary.

Your final paper should address each of these objectives. The report should include a discussion of the legal and environmental issues raised by hydraulic fracturing, including what you believe to be the most important issue; it should contain a discussion of federal and state regulations that address hydraulic fracturing. It should compare the varying approaches of at least two states. It should compare U.S. and foreign approaches to hydraulic fracturing regulation. It should address the scope of the president's executive order on hydraulic fracturing (see Doc Sharing).

It should discuss the place of hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas in meeting U.S. energy needs; it should discuss economic impact (could be local, regional, or national) It should conclude with your own informed opinion on what hydraulic fracturing laws and regulations should be put in place, supported with clear reasoning and relevant facts.
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MS Word document, 7?8 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman, 1-inch margins, APA style.

Include a cover page, table of contents, body of the report, summary or conclusion, and works cited.

Check your work for spelling and grammar. Carefully proofread your paper for spelling and grammar and double check all citations for accuracy. Be sure you have correctly cited all references.

In addition to citing to any of the material which is supplied for the weekly deliverables or which is placed for your use in Doc Sharing or placed for your use in the Webliography, you must cite to at least four sources which are the product of your own research. All sources should be listed on the last page titled Works Cited.

Avoid plagiarism. Carefully review and comply with DeVry's Academic Integrity Policy.

Week 2: Form a working definition of hydraulic fracturing. Demonstrate familiarity with how hydraulic fracturing is actually performed. Distinguish gas and oil fracturing. Show where hydraulic fracturing is currently underway in the United States, Europe, and South America.

Write a working definition of hydraulic fracturing.

Write a brief description of how the process works (25?50 words).

Chapter 8 of the president?s economic report for 2012, at page 256 details some of the economic effects of hydraulic fracturing. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ERP_2012_ch_8.pdf Oil fracking in the Bakken Shale in and around Williston, North Dakota has had dramatic economic effects. The May, 2012 issue of the Oil and Gas Journal had a lengthy article on the Williston boom. Using such material (and any other source material you may find) write a 2?3 paragraph summary of the economic impact of hydraulic fracturing. TIP: Try a Google search, such as <hydraulic fracturing economic effects>.

Provide links or citations to other material you have found that might be useful in writing about the above points.

Essay Instructions: What are the legal issues raised by hydraulic fracturing? The environmental issues? What part does (will) hydraulic fracturing play in meeting U.S. energy needs? Fracking and the Safe Drinking Water Act issues are discussed extensively in this Congressional Research Service report: http://www.arcticgas.gov/sites/default/files/documents/hydraulic-fracturing-and-safe-drinking-water-act-issues.pdf See also Chapter 8 of the president?s economic report referenced above.

The Louisiana Bar Journal Vol. 59, No. 4, page 253, reports other fracking issues. TIP: Try a Google search such as <hydraulic fracturing legal issues>.

Isolate three or four such issues and report them in bullet-point form. Each point should state the issue and a brief explanation (no more than one paragraph).

Example: Dumping toxic waste?Uncontrolled dumping of toxic waste into waterways has created dead zones (places where marine and aquatic life cannot survive) worldwide, including an area in the Gulf of Mexico the size of Lake Ontario.
Provide links or citations to at least two other sources you have found that will be useful in writing about the above points.
MS Word document, 7?8 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman, 1-inch margins, APA style.

Include a cover page, table of contents, body of the report, summary or conclusion, and works cited.

Check your work for spelling and grammar. Carefully proofread your paper for spelling and grammar and double check all citations for accuracy. Be sure you have correctly cited all references.

In addition to citing to any of the material which is supplied for the weekly deliverables or which is placed for your use in Doc Sharing or placed for your use in the Webliography, you must cite to at least four sources which are the product of your own research. All sources
should be listed on the last page titled Works Cited.