drwater wrote:I want to ask all the oil and gas industry insiders (Rockman, Rockdoc, all you other rock stars..) what they think about the risks to groundwater from fracking. I have read the new EPA report on fracking that just came out, and while they put some caveats in the executive summary, there is really minimal evidence of groundwater pollution due to fracking - maybe a handful of cases out of the tens of thousands of wells. Or am I missing something that you insider folks may have a better handle on?
Two categories: (A) Pollution directly from frac'd wells (actually any well...frac'd or not) and (B) Pollution from improperly/illegally disposed oil field fluids (recovered frac fluids, salt water, etc).
Perhaps it would help to say that, as Rockman pointed out, protecting the environment is a secondary issue for the O&G companies
Finally, when discussing fracking with the uninitiated: the fracking fluids stay in the borehole for the duration of the frac job, i.e. for very short time only, right? After that, they are pumped to the surface and disposed. I imagine that any remaining fluids that have seeped into the fractures are quickly washed out by the oil or gas when production begins. Now if there was a mechanism that allowed residual frac fluids to migrate through thousands of feet to the surface or shallow aquifers within months, then why is the oil or gas still down there? And if there was a way, how long would it take for a fluid to reach the surface - isn't that a matter of decade
ROCKMAN wrote: With many tens of thousands of frac jobs over the years there should be hundreds of DOCUMENTED cases if it truly isn't a rare event.
...U-tube video is from September 2015. This is not a scam.". Do they claim the NG in the water came from drilling nor frac'ng? An if they do how do you know the NG isn't there naturally? I've seen naturally occurring NG flamed from numerous water wells in Texas for more then 4 decades.
TW the video means nothing anyway: I can produce the same erffect using my propane bottle from my BBQ grill. You want to PROVE your point it's real simple: post links to third party documented examples. With many tens of thousands of frac jobs over the years there should be hundreds of DOCUMENTED cases if it truly isn't a rare event.
User avatar
dohboi wrote:"...the oil industry...extends itself to be above reproach in environmental matters..."
Well, when your main business is destroying the world, it's nice to put up nice appearances once in a while!
Return to Environment, Weather & Climate
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 17 guests