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EFD August 2015 Newsletter
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Hess releases 2014 Sustainability Report 
EFD Scorecard assessment discussed on page 50.
"Hess is also a sponsor and active member of the Environmentally Friendly Drilling (EFD) program. The EFD program is a partnership among multiple oil and gas companies, academia and environmental organizations and is coordinated by the Houston Advanced Research Center. It aims to provide unbiased science and develop solutions to address environmental issues associated with oil and gas development....EFD developed a scorecard that provides oil and gas companies with a means for objectively assessing and continually improving their environmental performance and that of their service providers...." Read more here.
 Shale Oil & Gas Business Magazine features cover story on Scott Sheffield,
CEO, Pioneer Natural Resources
"Sheffield's forward-thinking leadership and intuition, fine-tuned by nearly a lifetime of experience in the industry, have positioned the company as a leader in the oil and gas sector." Read the article here.
Health Effects Institute Special Scientific Committee on Unconventional Oil and Gas Development
Draft Strategic Research Agenda on the Potential Impacts of 21st Century Oil and Gas Development in the Appalachian Region and BeyondAgenda is out for comments. Reviews are due August 14, 2015.
EPA's Draft on Hydraulic Fracturing Drinking Water Assessment comment deadline approaching
As part of the Public Comment and Peer Review Process, EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) published a Federal Register Notice announcing a public meeting and three teleconferences. The deadline to submit public comment for the SAB Panel's consideration is August 28, 2015.
Comments on these materials may be submitted using the e-Government Regulations website. From the site, select "Environmental Protection Agency" and the keyword "EPA-HQ-OA-2015-0245" (for the docket ID).
EFD Program featured in Shale Play Water Management Magazine July/August, 2015 edition 'Industry and Academia Collaboration Addresses Water-Management Challenges" "The EFD program has teamed with a number of solution providers to take a systems approach to water management with the goal to deliver information to stakeholders."
Read article reprint.
EFD Sponsors can call upon the EFD Team to work with them to meet the challenges of the program. The EFD Team could assist sponsors with identification and implementation of best practices to reduce methane emissions. In addition, the EFD Team would work with sponsors to establish a standardized method to track progress and emission reductions.
Contact rhaut@HARCresearch.org
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EFD is going offshore!
The National Academy of Sciences has awarded the EFD Program a grant to develop the Virtual Offshore Disaster Training (VODT) Site. Using the hot spot identification strategies similar to the EFD Virtual Site, the VODT Site will demonstrate actions and behaviors that the middle-skilled worker can practice in order to minimize and mitigate environmental impacts from disasters.
More information to follow. Contact awilcox@HARCresearch.org for more details.
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 Petra: Basic Overview Class 
August 11-12, 2015
Brooks Hall, West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
This two-day, hands-on computer training course is designed to introduce participants to computer mapping, database management, data manipulation and cross-section construction using the PETRA software program. Information and registration here.
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The EFD program, funded by federal, state and foreign government agencies, industry and environmental organizations, provides unbiased science to policy makers and identifies, develops and tests new technologies, processes and systems to reduce the environmental footprint associated with oil and gas activities, from well site selection through natural gas compression. The program, approximately $4 million per year, is engaged in research and technology transfer activities from the Western Slope of the Rockies to the Ukraine, and from the North Slope of Alaska to Columbia (South America). Research includes land, air and water issues, as well as public perception investigations. The program was honored with the Chairman's Stewards Award for Environmental Partnership at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. For more information, see: www.efdsystems.org.
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