Monday, April 11, 2011

SPECIFIC WATER ISSUES INVOLVING SHALE GAS AND COAL‐BED METHANE



Certain industries create insatiable demand for or unique challenges related to water and water
protection. None are more topical then the extraction of natural gas from coal beds and shale deposits.
Can the demand for energy be safely balanced against the protection of vast volumes of groundwater?
Attend and find out about the risk, opportunities and whether the regulatory frameworks and common
law and civil law protections are up to the task.
Speakers:
Sander Duncanson, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Mark Boling, Executive Vice‐President of Southwestern Energy Corporation
Chair:
Jim Thistle Q.C., McInnes Cooper

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