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No shale-gas exploration interest; driller certifications water/monitoring/geothermal only

Record
ma-rec-02
State
MA
Category
wells · well_activity_baseline
Status
collected
Period
current
Quality
Unreviewed
Review state
Pending review
Native ID
MA-SHALE-NO-INTEREST-2012

Fields

driller certification rule
All well drillers are required to be certified by regulation with MADEP before they are allowed to drill any wells in Massachusetts.
driller certification scope
In addition, to our knowledge no well driller has requested certification (310 CMR 46.00) from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP) to drill any well within Massachusetts other than water, monitoring, and geothermal wells.
exploration interest
To our knowledge, no companies have expressed any interest in exploring for or developing shale gas in Massachusetts.

Evidence

  1. exploration interest: To our knowledge, no companies have expressed any interest in exploring for or developing shale gas in Massachusetts.
    https://www.umass.edu/geological-survey/news/shale-gas-and-hydraulic-fracturing-massachusetts · FAQ answer 1, first sentence · source ma-src-04 · visit ma-visit-04
  2. driller certification scope: In addition, to our knowledge no well driller has requested certification (310 CMR 46.00) from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP) to drill any well within Massachusetts other than water, monitoring, and geothermal wells.
    https://www.umass.edu/geological-survey/news/shale-gas-and-hydraulic-fracturing-massachusetts · FAQ answer 1, certification sentence · source ma-src-04 · visit ma-visit-04
  3. driller certification rule: All well drillers are required to be certified by regulation with MADEP before they are allowed to drill any wells in Massachusetts.
    https://www.umass.edu/geological-survey/news/shale-gas-and-hydraulic-fracturing-massachusetts · FAQ answer 1, rule sentence · source ma-src-04 · visit ma-visit-04

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-MA. Still missing: post 2012 interest recheck.