Sunday, December 15, 2013, Calvin Tillman and I stopped to record some video at the Burlington Resources Slidell Compressor Station. There was an intense odor and visible emissions venting from the vent pipes on the tanks. The handheld MiniRAE … [Read more...]
Forbes: Fracking emissions accelerate climate change and fracks future generations
Forbes: Fugitive Methane Caught in the Act of Raising GHG Fugitive losses include loss of methane from the well-head during flow-back return of the fluids, during drill-out following fracturing and during well-venting, plus losses from equipment … [Read more...]
Aruba Petroleum Barnett Shale operations hazardous to health
Aruba Petroleum arrogantly continues to cause health problems in Barnett Shale residents.The Aruba Petroleum business model calls for, among other abhorrent actions, performing workovers at their wellsites only on the weekends when regulators are … [Read more...]
U.S. GAO calls for capture of vented and flared natural gas
Federal Oil and Gas Leases: Opportunities Exist to Capture Vented and Flared Natural Gas, Which Would Increase Royalty Payments and Reduce Greenhouse GasesThe above link has a video and includes several recommendations for executive action.You can … [Read more...]
HELP!!! EPA!!! Aruba Petroleum Condensate Spill and Venting
Make Aruba Petroleum a poster child for bad operator of the Barnett Shale.Since there is still no emergency contact information for the Aruba Petroleum, Wright 7H & 8H well, The Ruggieros called the Texas Railroad Commission when they discovered … [Read more...]
IR Video: Aruba Petroleum Venting in Barnett Shale
The VOCs measured 100 ppm during this release.This sure looks like venting but Gil Brujano, P.E., Assistant Director Technical Permitting, Oil and Gas Division, Texas Railroad Commission, said at the Denton Town Hall meeting that venting is not … [Read more...]
Federal Agency: Venting "inherently unsafe." Aruba Petroleum venting again.
The recent explosion at a natural gas power plant in Middletown, CT killed 6 people and injured about a dozen others is being blamed on venting. A federal agency investigating the blast issued a warning saying that venting was "inherently … [Read more...]