A 6-acre oil field waste pit in Jim Wells County with dead birds floating in it was shut down and the gate locked. Oil-based fluids were being dumped there but the pit owner was permitted only for disposal of water-based fluids not "the potentially … [Read more...]
Loopholes for Fracking Industry Allow Contamination and Climate Impacts
Everyone needs to understand the Loopholes for Polluters. These loopholes in our federal environmental laws allow the fracking industry to operate in a manner that would be illegal for other industries. The RCRA loophole: In 1980, Congress … [Read more...]
Haul off your drilling poison Dick!
Oil and Gas Waste Pits
Our beloved Mrs. Burns took her famous spatula on a road trip. Waste pits are one of my pet peeves. Texas is covered in abandoned pits. Here is a video of Mrs. Burns' pits on Rancho Los Malulos. The most recent cases--I know … [Read more...]
Frack Pit Song
Pit fire? Ground flare? Or…
I'm not sure what this is that's burning in Brazos County, TXOPEN PIT BURNING IN BIG BRAZOSThis is at a well site which I think is a freshly drilled oil well. The pit was at this very location, but looks like the made a burm to hide this burning. … [Read more...]
No more EOG pits for Montague County.
EOG wants to be sure you know that they did not make this policy change to stop digging sludge pits and burying them in Montague County simply because a bunch of Lutheran farmers and ranchers got fed up with their abuse. No, this policy change has … [Read more...]
CONFIRMED: water contaminated by Barnett Shale drilling waste pits
Natural gas extraction creates MASSIVE amounts of toxic and radioactive waste. Industry has no viable plan for how to safely handle that waste and our regulators fail to protect our VITAL natural resources. Drilling pits taint Montague County water … [Read more...]
WFAA tonight @ 10:00: Drilling waste
Watch WFAA tonight @ 10:00 PM for a story about drilling waste. Natural gas extraction creates MASSIVE amounts of toxic and radioactive waste. What happens to it all?My pet peeve. … [Read more...]
EOG buries oil based drilling mud in Montague County
Over 50 fired up landowners in Montaque County met tonight to brainstorm ideas on how to keep their water safe and uncontaminated.Montague sits on top of the oily part of the Barnett Shale. EOG is the main operator up there and they are burying oil … [Read more...]
Drilling waste pit contaminates drinking water
The reporter and landowner in this story are shocked but burying drilling waste is nothing new, especially in the Barnett Shale. I've been sounding the alarm on this for years.VIDEO:Groundwater: Protecting East Texas' water supply from … [Read more...]