Inside the Bakken: National Impacts and How You Can Help Thu, Jul 23, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT Register here Show in My Time Zone North Dakota’s Bakken Shale is one of the two biggest fracking oil fields in the … [Read more...]
Several days worth of devastating fracking news
I need to recap the recent bad news for fracking because it's coming fast and furious and I will need to find it later. First, listen to my favorite fracking song. The Trade by Anne Hills. +++ Why the Scientific Case Against Fracking Keeps … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Quebec town wiped out from fireball when train carrying crude oil derailed.
About 30 buildings were destroyed and 60 people are believed to be missing, but the force of the fire has prevented rescue workers from searching for survivors. Sixty missing and scores feared dead as runaway train carrying hundreds of tons of oil … [Read more...]
What to do with all the H2S in Bakken crude?
Shall we transport it via pipeline, or on the railroad, or both? Enbridge had sought on May 8 to limit to 5 ppm the amount of sulfide gas in the crude after the company said it found 1,200 ppm (parts per million) in one of its tanks, noting levels … [Read more...]
Flaring off the gas from oil filled rail cars in Bakken
I received this email and photo from someone in the Bakken Shale. This photo was taken at the Dore MT rail car oil loading facility. The flare burning is coming from the gas produced from the oil in the railroad cars ready to transport by … [Read more...]
Deadly flowback vapors killed 21-year-old Montana man
UPDATE: Here is a radio update on Dustin's death. How is it that in this "information age" people are not informed about the dangers of hydrocarbon gases? It's not like there haven't been blog posts and media reports about the impacts of … [Read more...]
Court decision in Bakken Shale ups ante for fracking surface damages in split estate
North Dakota rivals Texas in their lax regulations and drilling friendly elected officials so it is a welcome surprise to learn that North Dakota federal district court judge Dan Hovland considered landowners' interests in calculating damages in … [Read more...]
Monte Besler, owner of FRACN8R and fracking debater makes front page news
It's not my birthday or anything but I must be the luckiest girl in the world. Monte Besler, owner of FRACN8R. Remember that guy--the gift that keeps on giving. He wrote me a love letter because I did a blog post about intimidation tactics in the … [Read more...]
Monte Besler, Hohn Engineering principal and owner of FRACN8R challenges us to fracking debate
Monte Besler has been "Cracking rock in North Dakota since 1981" or so says his card or license plate. He owns a company he named FRACN8R and also is a principal for Hohn Engineering. He says he knows a lot about fracking and he challenged us to a … [Read more...]
FracN8tr a Bakken Shale fracking company sends me a love letter
It’s not my birthday or Christmas or even close to Valentines’ Day but today I received a love letter from Monte Besler who works for a fracking company called FracN8r that operates in the Bakken Shale. As Upton Sinclair taught us, “It is difficult … [Read more...]