News and Announcements...
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NOTICE TO ALL USERS - WEBSITE PROBLEMS (5/14/2012) -
The Utah Department of Technology Services (DTS) shut down our website on Friday, May 4, due to security concerns. Our programmers have been working long hours to try and fix the perceived problems. Our first priority was to get our ePermit program back up and running so oil and gas operators could file their reports. That was accomplished on Thursday, May 10. Unfortunately, all functions of the website under the "Data Center" directory (i.e., LiveData Search, Well Files search, Well Logs search, and Data Research Center) are still off-line. These functions may be down for another couple of days. All of this is a side-effect of the massive security breach encountered by the Utah Department of Health in March. DTS is being extremely cautious in its review of all state servers and shutting down everything that doesn't meet their new standards. If you would like to contact our Public Information Center (801-538-5279 or vickydyson@utah.gov), they may be able to assist you with some of your data needs. We apologize for this inconvenience.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Approves 3,675 New Gas Wells in Utah
(Deseret News; 5/8/2012)
An announcement was made that Anadarko will be allowed to develop 3,675 new natural gas wells over the next decade in Uintah County. The project will support more than 4,000 jobs while safeguarding critical wildlife habitat and air quality. Click here to read more.
New Anadarko Natural Gas Project Praised by Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
(Deseret News; 4/6/2012)
Environmentalists are lauding a natural gas drilling project proposed for Uintah County as the way to do business. Click here to read more.
NOTICE TO OPERATORS (2/28/2012) -
Operators Encouraged to Report on Hydraulic Fracturing Activities
Hydraulic fracturing has been a commonly used method for stimulating production from oil and gas wells for many years. The process, however, has become an increasingly controversial topic. As a way to address some of the public's concerns, all Utah well operators are hereby encouraged to voluntarily report the chemical content of their hydraulic fracturing fluids to the website FracFocus, located at http://fracfocus.org. To read Director John Baza's Notice to Operators, click here.
Hydraulic Fracturing - What Is It? (2/8/2012)
There are a lot of stories in the media these days about hydraulic fracturing - a method used for nearly 65 years to increase production in oil and natural gas wells. Here are a few websites that will help you learn more about this process:
- FracFocus (Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission)
- Energy in Depth (Independent Petroleum Association of America)
- Hydraulic Fracturing (American Petroleum Institute)
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