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19 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 329 (2012-2013)
Indiana Oil and Gas Update

handle is hein.journals/twlr19 and id is 341 raw text is: INDIANA OIL AND GAS UPDATE STA T 1816 By: Karen Greenwell & Ben Keller TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION................................... 329 II. THE EMERGENCY HYDRAULIC FRACTURING REPORTING REGULATIONS FOR OIL AND GAS WELLS.. 330 III. THE AMENDMENT OF INDIANA'S OIL AND GAS Acr ... 331 IV. EMERGENCY COAL BED METHANE REGULATIONS ..... 332 V. EMERGENCY COAL SEAM PROTECTION REGULATIONS . 333 I. INTRODUCTION Although Indiana is not necessarily in the forefront of major new oil and gas exploration, it enjoys robust oil and gas operations in its New Albany Shale and elsewhere. Between 250 and 300 wells are typically completed in Indiana each year.' Indiana's lawmakers have responded to public concern regarding the safety of hydraulic fractur- ing to increase gas production. In 2012, the Indiana Legislature re- quired the Department of Natural Resources to address the public's need for additional information and transparency concerning the hy- draulic fracturing process for oil and gas wells. Prior to that, in 2011, Indiana lawmakers enacted a comprehensive amendment to the state's Oil and Gas Act, which was followed by several emergency regulations from the Department of Natural Resources to implement the amendment.' Included in those emergency regulations were pro- 1. New Rules Expand Hydraulic Fracturing Reports, IND. DEP'T OF NATURAL RES., http://www.in.gov/activecalendar/EventList.aspx?fromdate=6/1/2012&todate=6/ 30/2012&display=Month&type=public&eventidn=56709&view=EventDetails&infor mationid=113877 (last visited Feb. 4, 2013). 2. See generally IND. CODE § 14-37 (2006), amended by 2010 Ind. Acts 872; see, e.g., 20110727 Ind. Reg. 312110432ERA (July 22, 2011) [hereinafter Emergency Coal 329

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