Williams O&G wants to deliver used drilling waste pit liners to cement kilns to burn for fuel. Other companies have stopped using drilling waste pits but Williams still uses them in some areas.Colorado delays decision on drilling-waste change … [Read more...]
Ok Look! Drilling waste pits have benzene.
If you're surprised by this, you haven't been paying attention.Subdivision study finds problems from oil pitsBy Hayley KappesAn environmental study by InControl Technologies concluded abandoned oil pits in that section contain traces of benzene and … [Read more...]
Radioactive contamination widespread in Barnett Shale
RADIATION DANGER FOUND IN OILFIELDS ACROSS THE NATIONBy KEITH SCHNEIDER, Special to The New York TimesPublished: December 3, 1990They're finally paying attention to the radium that is in every oil and gas producing area and they've found the … [Read more...]
CRUDE: A Joe Berlinger Film, Texaco and Chevron Atrocities in Ecuador.
A documentary about Texaco and Chevron Atrocities in Ecuador. Movie website.I was lucky enough to get a screening copy of this powerful film, my thanks to Mrs. Burns. The movie will be released on February 23rd and you can pre-order it HERE. I … [Read more...]
Tell Chevron to Clean Up Its Toxic Mess in Ecuador
Targeting: John Watson (Chevron CEO)Sponsored by: Rainforest Action NetworkOver the course of twenty-six years of oil drilling in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, U.S. oil giant Chevron deliberately dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic … [Read more...]
Some of that "harmless" drilling pit waste
In Texas, linking and fencing is not required for drilling waste pits.Click on this picture so you can get a good look at that gunk.Aruba Petroleum waste pitNew Mexico passed new pit rules recently because they ended up with quite a bit of … [Read more...]
Pit Liners Still Too Toxic to Handle
What happens to the Barnett Shale drilling waste pit liners? Texas does not require lining or fencing around drilling waste pits but occasionally some companies use liners. I'm just wondering what happens to those liners because I remember that … [Read more...]
Chevron Weasels Out of Ecuador Payments
All you Shalers remember this because the same activity that polluted Ecuadorian water happens here.From: GreenwireAn E&E Publishing ServiceOIL AND GAS: Chevron maneuvering to fight Ecuador suit in U.S (Monday, July 20, 2009)Chevron Corp. … [Read more...]
Drilling Waste Pit Liners too Toxic for Disposal
As you read this keep in mind that Texas does not require that drilling waste pits be lined or fenced. We have hundreds of abandoned drilling waste pits littering North Texas.Garfield County, CO won't accept pit liners at the landfill anymore.She … [Read more...]
New Barnett Shale Waste Pit Pictures
I took these on July 4th. The arrogance and total disregard for our environment astounds me! They don't even pretend to try. click to enlarge … [Read more...]
You know how we're told that all that drilling waste is supposed to be safe enough to spread on our farmland, and leave lying around in pits for cattle to drink and to run off into our streams? Well, it seems the Texas Railroad Commission admits … [Read more...]