Rigzone readers tended toward the conservative side of responses in a recent series of political polls related to the oil and gas industry we posted on Twitter during the first week of May. Rigzone readers tended toward the conservative side of responses in a recent series of political polls related to the oil and gas industry we posted on Twitter during the first week of May. A common theme among oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) types is over-regulation from the federal government. As such, our Twitter poll revealed at 36 percent strongly agree and 27 percent agree governance of hydraulic fracturing should be handled at the local level. Oil & gas industry reg. such as #hydraulic #fracturing , should be imposed at local level w/o federal intervention — Rigzone (@Rigzone) May 3, 2016 And keeping with the theme of the government leaving well enough alone in the […]