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Status of BLM’s Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations Richard Estabrook, BLM Washington Office (Ukiah, CA) Regional Response Team IX February 19, 2014 BLM responsibility: • Leasing • Permitting • Inspection and Enforcement Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Statistics • • • • • • 23,000 producing leases 12.3 million acres leased 77,000 wells 100,000 million bbls/year 3 trillion cubic feet of gas per year $3 billion in Federal royalty per year Existing Regulations “A proposal for further well operations shall be submitted…for approval…prior to commencing operations to perform…nonroutine fracturing jobs.” 43 CFR 3162.3-2(a) Proposed Regulations Goals: • Require approval of all hydraulic fracturing (HF) operations • Protect usable water • Ensure wellbore integrity prior to HF • Require monitoring during HF • Address flowback fluid handling and disposal • Reporting of HF • Disclosure of non-proprietary chemicals Proposed Regulations May, 2012: • Publish first draft • Received 177,000 comments • Revise draft May, 2013 • Publish second draft • Received 1.35 million comments • Revise draft November, 2014 • Publish final rule Proposed Regulations Most contentious issues: • • • • • • • • What is usable water? Use of Cement Bond Logs Pre-disclose chemicals Trade secret protections Storage and handling of flowback fluid Use of State/Tribal regulations Baseline water monitoring Use of FracFocus for reporting
