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BREAKING: TCEQ finds nothing in Barnett Shale air (sarcasm)

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There is no cause for concern and with the except of 2 sites all chemicals were well below levels of immediate concern.

People! All of the above was sarcasm. Surely you know me better than that by now. Actually a little more than 25% of the wells had high levels of benzene. You have to read the whole post. =)

Why do TCEQ test results conflict with repeated testing by SMU and Wolf Eagle? When Don Young posed this same question at the press release, the answer given was that TCEQ findings are very similar to the Wolf Eagle and SMU findings. And, we have always been at war with Oceania.

Devon was mentioned several times in http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/assets/public/implementation/barnett_shale/2010.01.27-BarnettShaleMonitoringReport.pdf. This in Wise County:

Devon Energy Glen P. Shoop “F” 10H, 15H, and 16H natural gas well-head where VOCs were prevalent including: 45,000,000* ppbv of ethane, 15,000,000* ppbv of propane, 3,900,000 ppbv of isobutane, 4,000,000 ppbv of n-butane, 1,500,000 ppbv of isopentane, 880,000 ppbv of n-pentane, and 15,000* ppbv of benzene.

From Mike Lee’s excellent report in the Star-Telegram:

State: 1 in 5 gas well sites emits too much benzene

Benzene levels exceeded the recommended safe levels at 21 of 94 sites, the agency said.

IRONY
Picture by Don Young

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Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    No surprise! If you want low numbers call the TCEQ. They are at the polluter's becon call. The TCEQ is noted for not being able to see anything, hear anything, nor smell anything!

  2. trappedinchico says

    Lovely report. Insufficient data. What exactly did they set out to accomplish, other than wasting money and reinforcing the point that they're inept?

    If you look at the report site, there isn't a single long-term monitoring site in Wise County.