New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years
Who would have ever believed the rock is not impermeable?
And
Who would have ever believed natural fissures are migration pathways?
And
Who would have ever believed that pulverizing every inch of shale would create permeability?
Only us insurgents, that’s who.
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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.
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YEE HAW your radical movement post a video that gets big Al fired and now you’re identifying with insurgents? Whos running your PR? Y’all are a ridiculous bunch of bafoons. Somebody should save you from self destruction!
Actually, industry called us insurgents. I have it on tape. Do you have your copy of the US Army/Marine Corp Insurgency Manual? Industry advises all industry people to download and follow it when dealing with Americans. Who is running your PR?
I think, ‘radical movement’ is the idea that the people who are getting sick from fracking chemicals have to make a;
‘radical movement’ to get the hell to safety.
I’m certain that’s what @Tom Clayborn is referring to.
After reading through a few a your posts and the comments tha followed, i am inclined to believe you were referred to as insurgents. So your embracing the term like a badge of honor. Adds to the legitimacy of your claims.
Since you know a little something about migration pathways, why dont you encourage EPA to take a look at them in Pavillio, WY? Seems thats one pesky area they left out of the draft. Ever heard the term correlation does not equal causation?
An independent hydrologist has confirmed the Wyoming contamination was caused by fracking. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/01/474711/independent-analysis-confirms-that-hydraulic-fracturing-caused-drinking-water-contamination-in-wyoming/
Dr. Al may have been a victim of racism?
http://downwindersatrisk.org/_blog/News_Plume/post/The_Stink_of_Racism_that_Fuels_the_Armendariz_Witch_Hunt
This study is Park Foundation garbage, based on “computer modeling”. I could set up a “computer model” that predicts a very high probability of Jessica Alba floating down into into a Pittsburgh Pirates world series game on a parachute made of $100 dollar bills to propose to me….
The real geologists, and over 60 years of case studies show that it doesn’t happen. We don’t have Marcellus brine leeching up into our aquifers right now, do we…in areas that haven’t been drilled yet?
An industry study admits that drilling can cause earthquakes. Seismicity in the Oil Field.
http://www.slb.com/~/media/Files/resources/oilfield_review/ors00/sum00/p2_17.ashx
I don’t understand why Pro Industry continues to come on this site; when all you do Sharon, is advocate safe drilling and log negative environmental and health effects put on American Citizens negatively impacted by Shale Exploration.
They’re just acting out in ridiculous childish play.
If they were so ‘convinced’ that their methods were safe, then, they would not feel the need to argue their case and point.
I’ve seen plenty of Industry blogs, etc that say the cheap casing industry buys in China fails.
Simply put we can all get along when:
Minimum 1 mile set backs
Vapor Recovery Units
Non Diesel drill rigs in urban areas
Replace casing each time a well is fracked.
Water and Sand only in Frack jobs.
It’s simple…Industry drill safe or live with the consequences.
I would recommend that Industry stops shooting itself in the foot and pissing so many people off.
Well, industry people don’t weigh in on most of these sites becasuse what is the incentive? Cheap casing from China? Replace casng each time a well is frac’d? Minimum one mile set-backs? Have you ever looked at any of the guidelines for casing design & water protection? You act like the industry has no knowledge of downhole dynamics or any of the other technical parameters involved. Drill safe or live with the consequences? So how is an unsafe operation a solid business model? I don’t agree with your base assumptions because they don’t reflect any connection to reality. I have suggested a couple items on this blog before. At the risk of being repetitive, if earthquakes are related to oil & gas operations, there is plenty of data available for a reputable university to study & correlate. Just because one “independent” hydrologist makes an isolated finding based on computer modeling does not make it bullet proof. Yes, the oil & gas industry needs some “polish” when it comes to PR. That does not make the majority of operators “outlaws”…Most things in life just are not that simple…
I suppose you are responding to some of the other comments here and I’ve not read all of them but I should point out that the hydrologist’s findings where not isolated. He agreed with the EPA’s findings.
The oil & gas industry needs a great deal of polish.
I have seen some of the details on the EPA’s findings in WY and this guy (probably) picked the wrong horse. Once all the facts & details are out, I think the EPA may loose quite a bit of creditability on this matter in Pavillion. Let’s see where the scientific chips fall once creditable peer review has been completed…
Of course! We all know that fracking has never, ever, EVER contaminated any groundwater.
And of course, we ALL know that everyone in the industry conducts themselves like Chesapeake and that NONE of these environmental studies done by various anti-industry groups has EVER been off the mark. Everybody “hold your fire” and let’s see what the facts & science reveal…:)