Powder River Basin Resource Council v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20072
No(s). 94650-C (D. Wyo. Mar 21, 2013) (WIlking, J.)

A district court held that individual ingredients of hydraulic fracturing formulas are trade secrets and do not need to be publicly disclosed. The Wyoming Public Records Act does not define trade secrets, but the Wyoming oil and gas commission's policy for evaluating trade secrets is reasonable and ...