Wyoming High Court Rejects Ruling that Protects Fracking Secrets

From Ring of Fire:

On Wednesday, the Wyoming Supreme Court revived a lawsuit against the state’s energy regulator, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC), calling for a review of the agency’s decision to allow Halliburton and other companies to conceal information about the chemicals they use during the fracking process.

The high court ruled that a lower court must consider whether the state regulator complied with public records law when granting requests by energy companies for “trade secret” protection on fracking chemicals, Law360 reports.

The 2012 lawsuit, filed by the Powder River Basin Resource Council, the Wyoming Outdoor Council, Earthworks, and the Center for Effective Government, challenged WOGCC’s decision to grant industry requests for concealment and attempted to force Halliburton and other companies to disclose all the chemicals used in their fracking processes.

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