This morning I had email. We had a 2.6 earthquake in Azle Tx on Eagle Mountain Lake where they are Fracking less than 2 blocks away. They say you shouldn't feel it but my bed jerked and hit the wall and I was awake and my spouse awoke from his … [Read more...]
Fracking: Jobs, exports, subsidence, water and hounding
I've been way too busy to keep up with all the news lately so this is a compilation. Fracking Jobs: OIL FIELD SERVICES: Workers in Eagle Ford file suit over wages, hours Gayathri Vaidyanathan, E&E reporter Published: Monday, January 14, … [Read more...]
Sinkholes in the Eagle Ford Shale
When I was in the Eagle Ford Shale a few months ago, a landowner told me sinkholes appeared on her land shortly after fracking took place adjacent to her. She wasn't blaming the sinkholes on fracking and I'm not either. But it is the most curious … [Read more...]
Ever wonder what happens when you take too much out of the ground?
The ground opens up and swallows you. … [Read more...]
Big Gas Mafia drilling us dry
We're America's Natural Gas an here's what we did for you today: We ran your water dry. Ground water levels dropping in North Texas I've been telling you this would happen. Now watch for the subsidence. Land subsidence and fissuring provide … [Read more...]
Subsidence from oil and gas development
Subsidence is the downward displacement of the Earth’s surface relative to a fixed datum. Subsidence has been building up in my backlog of important Barnett Shale blogging topics that I can't get to because all hell breaks loose daily. You see, … [Read more...]