Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Fracking linked to Earthquakes in US
3 November 11
Fracking Linked To Earthquakes In The U.S. by Cousins
On the heels of yesterday’s report detailing Cuadrilla Resource’s admission that their fracking practices were responsible for small earthquakes in the U.K., new reports are surfacing that link fracking to earthquakes that occurred in January in Oklahoma. According to a new study by the Oklahoma Geological Survey [PDF], fracking is linked to 50 mini-earthquakes that occurred on January 18, 2011 in Oklahoma.
The NRDC describes the events as follows:
The occurrence of so-called “induced seismicity” – seismic activity caused by human actions – in conjunction with fluid injection or extraction operations is a well-documented phenomenon. However, induced earthquakes large enough to be felt at the surface have typically been associated with large scale injection or withdrawal of fluids, such as water injection wells, geothermal energy production, and oil and gas production. It was generally thought that the risk of inducing large earthquakes through hydraulic fracturing was very low, because of the comparatively small volumes of fluid injected and relatively short time-frame over which it occurs. As the controversy over hydraulic fracturing has heated up, however, researchers and the public have become increasingly interested in the potential for fracking to cause large earthquakes.
But this is hardly a new phenomenon. Studies show that fracking practices in the 1970s had caused similar seismic activity in Oklahoma, according to E&E News.
To date, none of the quakes have caused any deaths or any significant damages, but Grist echoed a great point from Joe Romm: “Would we tolerate this sort of impact from any other sort of industry? Would we tolerate it from a renewable energy industry? The answer there is no.”
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Fort Nelson,North-Eastern BC
This biggest frack (hydraulic fracturing) took place
in the isolated, far corner muskeg wilderness of northeastern B.C., about
80 kilometers (as the raven flies) north of the small town of Fort Nelson,
in the middle of a large identified geological formation (1.3 million
hectares) dubbed the Horn River Basin.
For three and a half months, over a 111 day period, from sometime in
January to April 27, 2010, Apache fracked continuously, day and night,
an apparently unprecedented total of 274 fracks, averaging 2 and a
half (2.5) fracks per day. The machines never stopped running, the din
of the giant diesel engines kept blasting their high-pitched frequencies,
far more annoying than the resonating vuvuselas at the 2010 World Cup
in South Africa that the world’s audience kept complaining about.
The fracks occurred on Apache’s remote groomed clearcut (called a
“pad”), identified as APA 70-K Pad. The pad is located at its Two Island Lake Operations area,
which it partner shares with energy giant Encana. Nearby to the 70-K Pad, are more similar multiwell
pad sites, with many more to come, along with a number of Apache and Encana newly
constructed facilities, including a new water treatment plant
in the isolated, far corner muskeg wilderness of northeastern B.C., about
80 kilometers (as the raven flies) north of the small town of Fort Nelson,
in the middle of a large identified geological formation (1.3 million
hectares) dubbed the Horn River Basin.
For three and a half months, over a 111 day period, from sometime in
January to April 27, 2010, Apache fracked continuously, day and night,
an apparently unprecedented total of 274 fracks, averaging 2 and a
half (2.5) fracks per day. The machines never stopped running, the din
of the giant diesel engines kept blasting their high-pitched frequencies,
far more annoying than the resonating vuvuselas at the 2010 World Cup
in South Africa that the world’s audience kept complaining about.
The fracks occurred on Apache’s remote groomed clearcut (called a
“pad”), identified as APA 70-K Pad. The pad is located at its Two Island Lake Operations area,
which it partner shares with energy giant Encana. Nearby to the 70-K Pad, are more similar multiwell
pad sites, with many more to come, along with a number of Apache and Encana newly
constructed facilities, including a new water treatment plant
Carol Linnitt | Gas Fracking War In British Columbia’s Wildlands
Carol Linnitt | Gas Fracking War In British Columbia’s Wildlands
Independent Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in British Columbia are calling upon Premier Christy Clark to launch a comprehensive investigation into hydraulic fracturing. This demand comes late in the game, some say, after the world’s largest fracking operations have already taken place in the remote and pristine wilds of the province.
BC’s two Independent MLAs, Bob Simpson and Vicki Huntington, are not alone in their request for a full examination of the human and environmental health implications of the province’s unconventional gas resources. Supporting the appeal are numerous citizen and environmental groups, journalists, and First Nation’s representatives. They believe the rapid development of gas in BC’s north is taking place without consideration of the costs to public health and safety.
Bob Simpson, MLA for Caribou North, worries that mounting public concern could lead to a high profile confrontation between industry and environmental groups, much like those seen in the 1990s over logging practices. “I’m concerned this is going to be our next war in the woods,” Simpson says.
The growing list of threats to drinking water and public health posed by fracking is the chief driver behind the recent call for a thorough, non-partisan investigation into the process by a special legislative committee.
“It is incumbent on the government to ensure it fully understands the cumulative impacts associated with developing this resource,” says Vicki Huntington, MLA for Delta South, adding that public policy is forcing the rapid expansion of unconventional gas in regions like BC’s northeast.
In light of growing public concerns, the MLAs are demanding a full review of the economic, environmental and health implications of unconventional gas drilling before the province encourages further development.
More courageous jurisdictions, such as Quebec and New York, have called for a moratorium
Independent Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in British Columbia are calling upon Premier Christy Clark to launch a comprehensive investigation into hydraulic fracturing. This demand comes late in the game, some say, after the world’s largest fracking operations have already taken place in the remote and pristine wilds of the province.
BC’s two Independent MLAs, Bob Simpson and Vicki Huntington, are not alone in their request for a full examination of the human and environmental health implications of the province’s unconventional gas resources. Supporting the appeal are numerous citizen and environmental groups, journalists, and First Nation’s representatives. They believe the rapid development of gas in BC’s north is taking place without consideration of the costs to public health and safety.
Bob Simpson, MLA for Caribou North, worries that mounting public concern could lead to a high profile confrontation between industry and environmental groups, much like those seen in the 1990s over logging practices. “I’m concerned this is going to be our next war in the woods,” Simpson says.
The growing list of threats to drinking water and public health posed by fracking is the chief driver behind the recent call for a thorough, non-partisan investigation into the process by a special legislative committee.
“It is incumbent on the government to ensure it fully understands the cumulative impacts associated with developing this resource,” says Vicki Huntington, MLA for Delta South, adding that public policy is forcing the rapid expansion of unconventional gas in regions like BC’s northeast.
In light of growing public concerns, the MLAs are demanding a full review of the economic, environmental and health implications of unconventional gas drilling before the province encourages further development.
More courageous jurisdictions, such as Quebec and New York, have called for a moratorium
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Driller halts Pennsylvania fracking after blowout
Driller halts Pennsylvania fracking after blowout | Reuters
Chesapeake Energy suspended the use of a controversial natural-gas production technique in Pennsylvania on Thursday as it worked to contain a well blowout that spilled toxic fluid into a local waterway.
Chesapeake, one of the state's biggest shale gas producers, will use a mix of plastic, ground-up tires and heavy mud to plug the well - an operation that echoes BP's "top kill" effort to seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well last year.
The company said it still did not know the cause of the blowout a day and a half after it occurred.
The accident in northeastern Pennsylvania has stoked an already fierce debate in the United States over hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" - a process to release gas trapped in shale formations by blasting a mix of water, sand and chemicals into the rock.
Proponents say extracting shale gas through fracking will slash U.S. reliance on foreign oil and cut carbon emissions.
President Barack Obama has made natural gas the cornerstone of his energy policy, in part thanks to the huge reserves unlocked by the use of fracking. Shale gas now accounts 23 percent of U.S. natural gas....
Workers lost control of the hydraulic fracturing well in the state's Marcellus Shale natural gas formation at 11:45 p.m. (1545 GMT) on Tuesday.
Tests from the nearby Towanda Creek indicated little contamination, Chesapeake added.
Gas drilling in Pennsylvania, and in particular in the Marcellus Shale play, has drawn the attention of major energy companies due to estimates that the region holds enough gas to meet total U.S. needs for a decade or more.
Senator Jim Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, on Thursday defended the use of fracking as a way to boost U.S. energy supplies, and said the technique has not resulted in any documented cases of groundwater contamination in his home state, where it has been used since 1948.
The Pennsylvania spill "has nothing to do with hydraulic fracturing," Inhofe said in an interview with Fox News Radio, noting the spill was above ground.
Experts mulled the possibility that the company might abandon the well after the operation to plug it.
Local residents were evacuated from the scene. All but one family had returned to their homes by Wednesday night, and Chesapeake said no one was hurt.
Chesapeake Energy suspended the use of a controversial natural-gas production technique in Pennsylvania on Thursday as it worked to contain a well blowout that spilled toxic fluid into a local waterway.
Chesapeake, one of the state's biggest shale gas producers, will use a mix of plastic, ground-up tires and heavy mud to plug the well - an operation that echoes BP's "top kill" effort to seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well last year.
The company said it still did not know the cause of the blowout a day and a half after it occurred.
The accident in northeastern Pennsylvania has stoked an already fierce debate in the United States over hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" - a process to release gas trapped in shale formations by blasting a mix of water, sand and chemicals into the rock.
Proponents say extracting shale gas through fracking will slash U.S. reliance on foreign oil and cut carbon emissions.
President Barack Obama has made natural gas the cornerstone of his energy policy, in part thanks to the huge reserves unlocked by the use of fracking. Shale gas now accounts 23 percent of U.S. natural gas....
Workers lost control of the hydraulic fracturing well in the state's Marcellus Shale natural gas formation at 11:45 p.m. (1545 GMT) on Tuesday.
Tests from the nearby Towanda Creek indicated little contamination, Chesapeake added.
Gas drilling in Pennsylvania, and in particular in the Marcellus Shale play, has drawn the attention of major energy companies due to estimates that the region holds enough gas to meet total U.S. needs for a decade or more.
Senator Jim Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, on Thursday defended the use of fracking as a way to boost U.S. energy supplies, and said the technique has not resulted in any documented cases of groundwater contamination in his home state, where it has been used since 1948.
The Pennsylvania spill "has nothing to do with hydraulic fracturing," Inhofe said in an interview with Fox News Radio, noting the spill was above ground.
Experts mulled the possibility that the company might abandon the well after the operation to plug it.
Local residents were evacuated from the scene. All but one family had returned to their homes by Wednesday night, and Chesapeake said no one was hurt.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Fracking Banned In New Jersey/ S-2576
Tim Scolnick Fracking Banned In New Jersey
On Friday, New Jersey legislators unanimously voted for S-2576, a bill which prohibits hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) for natural gas in the state.
S-2576 is largely symbolic since New Jersey does not use fracking to drill for natural gas. This bill does, however, send a clear message to the industry as well as neighbouring states looking to tap into the Marcellus Shale formation which reaches into New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and northwestern N.J.
In February, New York announced it will lift its 7-month moratorium on fracking in June despite public opposition and nearly two weeks ago, Pennsylvania’s Republican Governor Tom Corbett overturned a de-facto ban on leasing sensitive forest land for shale gas development. Additionally, the New Jersey decision to ban dangerous fracking is timely since the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), an intra-state agency overseeing the health of the Delaware River, is presently drafting regulations to control how and where fracking may proceed in the River’s bordering states.
As the New York Times has revealed, hydraulic fracturing poses a significant risk to water quality, public health and the environment.. The claim that gas is “clean” energy is also challenged by the sizable amounts of global warming pollution, comparable to coal, emitted in the entire life cycle of gas production and consumption.
In a Senate hearing earlier in the week, fracking lobbyists argued that Marcellus Shale offers vast and cheap reserves of natural gas. Ed Waters, Director of government affairs for the Chemistry Industry Council of New Jersey said, "If we don’t have that cheap supply of natural gas, we can’t compete in the global markets."
Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex), Chairman of the Environment Committee, accepted that natural gas seems on the surface to represent a cheap supply of energy, but countered that:
On Friday, New Jersey legislators unanimously voted for S-2576, a bill which prohibits hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) for natural gas in the state.
S-2576 is largely symbolic since New Jersey does not use fracking to drill for natural gas. This bill does, however, send a clear message to the industry as well as neighbouring states looking to tap into the Marcellus Shale formation which reaches into New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and northwestern N.J.
In February, New York announced it will lift its 7-month moratorium on fracking in June despite public opposition and nearly two weeks ago, Pennsylvania’s Republican Governor Tom Corbett overturned a de-facto ban on leasing sensitive forest land for shale gas development. Additionally, the New Jersey decision to ban dangerous fracking is timely since the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), an intra-state agency overseeing the health of the Delaware River, is presently drafting regulations to control how and where fracking may proceed in the River’s bordering states.
As the New York Times has revealed, hydraulic fracturing poses a significant risk to water quality, public health and the environment.. The claim that gas is “clean” energy is also challenged by the sizable amounts of global warming pollution, comparable to coal, emitted in the entire life cycle of gas production and consumption.
In a Senate hearing earlier in the week, fracking lobbyists argued that Marcellus Shale offers vast and cheap reserves of natural gas. Ed Waters, Director of government affairs for the Chemistry Industry Council of New Jersey said, "If we don’t have that cheap supply of natural gas, we can’t compete in the global markets."
Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex), Chairman of the Environment Committee, accepted that natural gas seems on the surface to represent a cheap supply of energy, but countered that:
Rondeau and the Gas Industry/Sinclair Field
Province of Manitoba | News Releases
Provincial initiatives to spur oil investment include:
· a retail sales tax exemption for drilling and service rigs and other equipment used for oil and gas exploration, and
· a change in the Manitoba Drilling Incentive Program to encourage investment in water-flood projects in which salt water is re-injected into oil pools to increase oil recovery.
The future also looks promising for Sinclair field, Manitoba’s newest and most significant oil field, said Rondeau. Last year 304 wells were drilled in Sinclair. The field now accounts for more than 30 per cent of the province’s total oil production. A new 18-kilometre pipeline now carries more than 7,500 barrels of crude oil per day from the Sinclair field to Cromer where it enters the Enbridge interprovincial pipeline system.
Provincial initiatives to spur oil investment include:
· a retail sales tax exemption for drilling and service rigs and other equipment used for oil and gas exploration, and
· a change in the Manitoba Drilling Incentive Program to encourage investment in water-flood projects in which salt water is re-injected into oil pools to increase oil recovery.
The future also looks promising for Sinclair field, Manitoba’s newest and most significant oil field, said Rondeau. Last year 304 wells were drilled in Sinclair. The field now accounts for more than 30 per cent of the province’s total oil production. A new 18-kilometre pipeline now carries more than 7,500 barrels of crude oil per day from the Sinclair field to Cromer where it enters the Enbridge interprovincial pipeline system.
Virden,Manitoba
ListMineralRights.com
Listing ID: 111255
Name: Manjit Singh Sahota
Company Name: Amco Oil & Gas LLC
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Washington City: Blaine Phone Number: 303-246-3062 sahota@amcooil.com
MINERAL RIGHTS AND ROYALTIES WANTED
Country: Canada State Manitoba
Closest Town/City: Virden R0M 2C0
Land Description: DALY FIELD, SINCLAIR, VIRDEN FIELD
Area Name: MANITOBA Survey System: DLS (Twp., Rge.) Township: 1
Range: 1 Meridian: W 1 M
Comments: OUR COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR LEASES IN MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA
Listing ID: 111255
Name: Manjit Singh Sahota
Company Name: Amco Oil & Gas LLC
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Washington City: Blaine Phone Number: 303-246-3062 sahota@amcooil.com
MINERAL RIGHTS AND ROYALTIES WANTED
Country: Canada State Manitoba
Closest Town/City: Virden R0M 2C0
Land Description: DALY FIELD, SINCLAIR, VIRDEN FIELD
Area Name: MANITOBA Survey System: DLS (Twp., Rge.) Township: 1
Range: 1 Meridian: W 1 M
Comments: OUR COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR LEASES IN MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA
South-Western Manitoba
Fracking is also in high demand in the Bakken natural gas field in southern Saskatchewan, where 1,000 wells have been drilled and fracked over the past five years. PSAC is predicting 1,935 new wells will be drilled there in 2010, and 300 new wells in Manitoba.
As a result, Alberta has just announced that it is removing environmental and regulatory "hurdles" in order to entice the natural-gas industry back.
Huge shale developments are also planned for Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Utica shale gas play in Quebec covers an area of 5,000 square kilometres that runs along the St. Lawrence River from Montreal to Quebec City
As a result, Alberta has just announced that it is removing environmental and regulatory "hurdles" in order to entice the natural-gas industry back.
Huge shale developments are also planned for Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Utica shale gas play in Quebec covers an area of 5,000 square kilometres that runs along the St. Lawrence River from Montreal to Quebec City
Nova Scotia
Hydraulic Fracturing: Factsheet | Ecology Action Centre
The most serious concerns with fracking are that:
•it involves large quantities of water;
•relies on toxic chemicals;
•involves clearing the land of trees and vegetation; and
•leaves toxins in the ground to interact with drinking water.
These impacts are done all in the name of an energy resource that is neither cheaper nor cleaner.
The Ecology Action Centre cares about our water, our land and our people. This document will provide an introduction to the technique, and concludes that it is a method not suitable for Nova Scotia.
1.What is Fracking?
2.Fracking Requires Massive Amounts of Water
3.Fracking Uses Toxic Chemicals That Threaten the Environment and People
4.Fracking Is Linked to Drinking Water Contamination
5.Fracking Produces Toxic Waste That Cannot Be Treated in Nova Scotia
6.Fracking has a Negative Impact on Ecosystems
7.Fracking is Coming to Nova Scotia
The most serious concerns with fracking are that:
•it involves large quantities of water;
•relies on toxic chemicals;
•involves clearing the land of trees and vegetation; and
•leaves toxins in the ground to interact with drinking water.
These impacts are done all in the name of an energy resource that is neither cheaper nor cleaner.
The Ecology Action Centre cares about our water, our land and our people. This document will provide an introduction to the technique, and concludes that it is a method not suitable for Nova Scotia.
1.What is Fracking?
2.Fracking Requires Massive Amounts of Water
3.Fracking Uses Toxic Chemicals That Threaten the Environment and People
4.Fracking Is Linked to Drinking Water Contamination
5.Fracking Produces Toxic Waste That Cannot Be Treated in Nova Scotia
6.Fracking has a Negative Impact on Ecosystems
7.Fracking is Coming to Nova Scotia
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Gasland's Josh Fox on Three Big Lies of Natural Gas
Gasland's Josh Fox on Three Big Lies of Natural Gas (VIDEO) : TreeHugger
As for the panel and conversation with the audience, it was interesting, although not entirely surprising, to see that the majority of the questions were about the recent surge of earthquakes that have rattled Arkansas.
Since last fall there have been thousands of earthquakes in Arkansas - 30+ this week alone - many citizens were wondering if the earthquakes were connected to the hydraulic fracturing. According to the Arkansas Geological Survey as quoted in the New York Times, "while there is no discernible link between earthquakes and gas production, there is "strong temporal and spatial" evidence for a relationship between these quakes and the injection wells." However, that was enough of a connection for the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission to request on Wednesday that two companies shut down 2 injection wells thought to be connected to the earthquakes.
The companies agreed to halt operations:
Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy and Clarita Operating of Little Rock told the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission on Friday that they have halted operation of the wells near Greenbrier and Guy pending the panel's next regular meeting on March 29.
While this temporary halt to operations is a small step in the right direction, it will only affect two injection wells, which means there are still other wells operating and more toxic chemicals being pumped into the ground across Arkansas.
Asked what TreeHugger readers and other people moved to action should do to make a difference, Fox laid out the big picture and the steps people should take to help get there:
As for the panel and conversation with the audience, it was interesting, although not entirely surprising, to see that the majority of the questions were about the recent surge of earthquakes that have rattled Arkansas.
Since last fall there have been thousands of earthquakes in Arkansas - 30+ this week alone - many citizens were wondering if the earthquakes were connected to the hydraulic fracturing. According to the Arkansas Geological Survey as quoted in the New York Times, "while there is no discernible link between earthquakes and gas production, there is "strong temporal and spatial" evidence for a relationship between these quakes and the injection wells." However, that was enough of a connection for the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission to request on Wednesday that two companies shut down 2 injection wells thought to be connected to the earthquakes.
The companies agreed to halt operations:
Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy and Clarita Operating of Little Rock told the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission on Friday that they have halted operation of the wells near Greenbrier and Guy pending the panel's next regular meeting on March 29.
While this temporary halt to operations is a small step in the right direction, it will only affect two injection wells, which means there are still other wells operating and more toxic chemicals being pumped into the ground across Arkansas.
Asked what TreeHugger readers and other people moved to action should do to make a difference, Fox laid out the big picture and the steps people should take to help get there:
70 signatores denounce Lucien Bouchard
70 personalities denounce the government's energy strategy Charest Le Devoir
Lucien Bouchard has been appointed head of Oil and Gas Development in Quebec re- Fracking. Against is Louise Vandalac- Enviromental Studies UQAM;Thomas Mulcair; Paul Rose former CNS.... let the games begin...Oddly enough Pauline Marois (PQ Leader) wants 49% share. Always did love her house on Ile Bizard.
DÉCLARATION MAÎTRES CHEZ NOUS 2011
Nous, citoyennes et citoyens du Québec, reconnaissons le patrimoine collectif que nous ont légué Adélard Godbout, Jean Lesage
et René Lévesque avec:
- la prise en charge de notre potentiel énergétique à partir de 1944 et la nationalisation des infrastructures de production,
distribution et transport d'électricité ET de gaz naturel de la Montreal, Light, Heat and Power, et la création d'Hydro-Québec puis,
- la tenue par le gouvernement Lesage, en 1962, d’une élection générale anticipée à caractère référendaire sur le thème «Maîtres
chez nous» afin d’obtenir de la population le mandat de nationaliser les entreprises oeuvrant dans le domaine de la production, du
transport et de la distribution de l’électricité.
Les résultats de cette consultation électorale furent éloquents tant en termes de vote populaire que de distribution des sièges à
l’Assemblée Nationale. Jean Lesage, grâce à ce mandat non équivoque, a pu prendre possession au nom du Québec de ses
ressources électriques pour le mieux-être de TOUS les Québécois et Québécoises.
C’est ainsi qu’Hydro-Québec est devenu un «navire amiral» de l’économie québécoise et l’un des principaux symboles de fierté du
Lucien Bouchard has been appointed head of Oil and Gas Development in Quebec re- Fracking. Against is Louise Vandalac- Enviromental Studies UQAM;Thomas Mulcair; Paul Rose former CNS.... let the games begin...Oddly enough Pauline Marois (PQ Leader) wants 49% share. Always did love her house on Ile Bizard.
DÉCLARATION MAÎTRES CHEZ NOUS 2011
Nous, citoyennes et citoyens du Québec, reconnaissons le patrimoine collectif que nous ont légué Adélard Godbout, Jean Lesage
et René Lévesque avec:
- la prise en charge de notre potentiel énergétique à partir de 1944 et la nationalisation des infrastructures de production,
distribution et transport d'électricité ET de gaz naturel de la Montreal, Light, Heat and Power, et la création d'Hydro-Québec puis,
- la tenue par le gouvernement Lesage, en 1962, d’une élection générale anticipée à caractère référendaire sur le thème «Maîtres
chez nous» afin d’obtenir de la population le mandat de nationaliser les entreprises oeuvrant dans le domaine de la production, du
transport et de la distribution de l’électricité.
Les résultats de cette consultation électorale furent éloquents tant en termes de vote populaire que de distribution des sièges à
l’Assemblée Nationale. Jean Lesage, grâce à ce mandat non équivoque, a pu prendre possession au nom du Québec de ses
ressources électriques pour le mieux-être de TOUS les Québécois et Québécoises.
C’est ainsi qu’Hydro-Québec est devenu un «navire amiral» de l’économie québécoise et l’un des principaux symboles de fierté du
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
BPT 2nd shale gas well to spud North Dakota
yourindustrynews » BPT 2nd shale gas well to spud and 2nd US shale well flowing
NORTH DAKOTA:Beach is expecting its second shale gas well, Holdfast-1, to spud later today. Beach’s second shale oil well in North Dakota USA,
Henderson Federal 4-26H, is flowing at 1,900 bopd during its clean up stage.
Despite recent localised rain in the Cooper Basin, Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT, “Beach”) is expecting to spud its second shale gas well, Holdfast-1, later today. Holdfast-1 is approximately 24 kilometres to the northeast of the first shale gas well, Encounter-1. The well is targeting the same Roseneath-Epsilon-Murteree shales which are expected to be of a similar order of thickness to the first well. Holdfast-1 is planned to reach a total depth (TD) of 3,625 metres in around 60 days. Further extensive coring is planned for this second well which will assist with gas in place estimates as well as assessing the mechanical properties of the rock for optimizing fracture stimulation design.
The Henderson Federal 4-26H well (Beach ~18.4% working interest, 14.7
NORTH DAKOTA:Beach is expecting its second shale gas well, Holdfast-1, to spud later today. Beach’s second shale oil well in North Dakota USA,
Henderson Federal 4-26H, is flowing at 1,900 bopd during its clean up stage.
Despite recent localised rain in the Cooper Basin, Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT, “Beach”) is expecting to spud its second shale gas well, Holdfast-1, later today. Holdfast-1 is approximately 24 kilometres to the northeast of the first shale gas well, Encounter-1. The well is targeting the same Roseneath-Epsilon-Murteree shales which are expected to be of a similar order of thickness to the first well. Holdfast-1 is planned to reach a total depth (TD) of 3,625 metres in around 60 days. Further extensive coring is planned for this second well which will assist with gas in place estimates as well as assessing the mechanical properties of the rock for optimizing fracture stimulation design.
The Henderson Federal 4-26H well (Beach ~18.4% working interest, 14.7
Thursday, January 20, 2011
England ...you say?
Warning over UK shale gas projects | Environment | The Guardian
Ministers are being urged to halt controversial projects to drill for shale gas over fears that it poses significant risks to public health and the environment.
A new report prepared for the Co-op warns that the full impact of drilling for shale gas — an energy resource that has sparked a frenzy of exploration in the US — should be assessed before the go-ahead is given projects in the UK.
The warning comes as mining company Cuadrillo Resources prepares to begin more drilling at a find near Blackpool, Lancashire, which it says is the first true shale gas find in Europe.
Cuadrilla Resources, which includes former BP chief and Whitehall non-executive director Lord Browne on its board, said preliminary drilling confirmed and "possibly exceeded" its expectations.
Cuadrilla is planning more extensive drilling later this month which could involve a controversial technique needed in shale gas extraction called "fracking" - when the rock is fractured using chemicals
Ministers are being urged to halt controversial projects to drill for shale gas over fears that it poses significant risks to public health and the environment.
A new report prepared for the Co-op warns that the full impact of drilling for shale gas — an energy resource that has sparked a frenzy of exploration in the US — should be assessed before the go-ahead is given projects in the UK.
The warning comes as mining company Cuadrillo Resources prepares to begin more drilling at a find near Blackpool, Lancashire, which it says is the first true shale gas find in Europe.
Cuadrilla Resources, which includes former BP chief and Whitehall non-executive director Lord Browne on its board, said preliminary drilling confirmed and "possibly exceeded" its expectations.
Cuadrilla is planning more extensive drilling later this month which could involve a controversial technique needed in shale gas extraction called "fracking" - when the rock is fractured using chemicals
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Shale gas: The public is not reassured-St.Hilaire
Shale gas: The public is not reassured | Politics | Radio-Canada.ca
At an information meeting held Saturday, with citizens in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, a group of experts has called for a moratorium on shale gas.
According to them, the economic benefits of this industry would be negligible for Quebec.
"My view is that we have the worst business model in North America. That is to say that Quebec that there will be less money going back into the pockets of the real owners of resources that are Quebecers, "argued Normand Mousseau, a professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Montreal.
In addition, scientific information is insufficient to assess environmental risks.
The PQ member of Borduas, who attended the event, believes that the government could have done things differently.
What we can say is it's not too late, and then one of the clearest applications from all citizens, is "thus imposing a moratorium."
- Pierre Curzi
The Parti Quebecois leader, for his part criticized the handling of the case by the Minister of Natural Resources, who has admitted Friday it had made mistakes .
In Sherbrooke, where she gave the kickoff of a regional tour, Pauline Marois argued that concrete action from the Minister Natalie Normandeau would further mitigate people's fears.
At an information meeting held Saturday, with citizens in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, a group of experts has called for a moratorium on shale gas.
According to them, the economic benefits of this industry would be negligible for Quebec.
"My view is that we have the worst business model in North America. That is to say that Quebec that there will be less money going back into the pockets of the real owners of resources that are Quebecers, "argued Normand Mousseau, a professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Montreal.
In addition, scientific information is insufficient to assess environmental risks.
The PQ member of Borduas, who attended the event, believes that the government could have done things differently.
What we can say is it's not too late, and then one of the clearest applications from all citizens, is "thus imposing a moratorium."
- Pierre Curzi
The Parti Quebecois leader, for his part criticized the handling of the case by the Minister of Natural Resources, who has admitted Friday it had made mistakes .
In Sherbrooke, where she gave the kickoff of a regional tour, Pauline Marois argued that concrete action from the Minister Natalie Normandeau would further mitigate people's fears.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
CBC News - Technology & Science - Sask. farmers worried about CO2 leaks
CBC News - Technology & Science - Sask. farmers worried about CO2 leaks
A Saskatchewan farm couple say greenhouse gases that were supposed to be stored permanently underground are leaking out, killing animals and sending groundwater foaming to the surface like shaken-up soda pop.
Cameron and Jane Kerr, who own land above the Weyburn oilfield in eastern Saskatchewan, have released a consultant's report that claims to link high concentrations of carbon dioxide in their soil to gas injected underground every day.
Energy giant Cenovus injects 8,000 tonnes of the gas every day in an attempt to enhance oil recovery and fight climate change.
Cameron Kerr says ponds on his land have developed algae blooms, clots of foam and scum, while small animals have been found dead a few metres away.
A consultant found high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the soil that matches the carbon dioxide Cenovus has been injecting, he says.
The Saskatchewan NDP government had agreed to conduct a year-long study to find out what was going on, but that hasn't happened since the government changed in 2007.
The suggestion that the Weyburn capture-and-storage project might be leaking could have implications for similar projects that try to store carbon underground, a technique being studied around the world with billions of dollars of public financing.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/01/11/sk-carbon-complaint-1101.html#ixzz1AlTqbelB
A Saskatchewan farm couple say greenhouse gases that were supposed to be stored permanently underground are leaking out, killing animals and sending groundwater foaming to the surface like shaken-up soda pop.
Cameron and Jane Kerr, who own land above the Weyburn oilfield in eastern Saskatchewan, have released a consultant's report that claims to link high concentrations of carbon dioxide in their soil to gas injected underground every day.
Energy giant Cenovus injects 8,000 tonnes of the gas every day in an attempt to enhance oil recovery and fight climate change.
Cameron Kerr says ponds on his land have developed algae blooms, clots of foam and scum, while small animals have been found dead a few metres away.
A consultant found high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the soil that matches the carbon dioxide Cenovus has been injecting, he says.
The Saskatchewan NDP government had agreed to conduct a year-long study to find out what was going on, but that hasn't happened since the government changed in 2007.
The suggestion that the Weyburn capture-and-storage project might be leaking could have implications for similar projects that try to store carbon underground, a technique being studied around the world with billions of dollars of public financing.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/01/11/sk-carbon-complaint-1101.html#ixzz1AlTqbelB
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Fracking the life out of Arkansas and beyond | Food Freedom
Fracking the life out of Arkansas and beyond | Food Freedom
7 UPDATE: Missing from this report is the information that the US military apparently drilled 500 deep wells in Central Arkansas to dispose of phosgene, a highly toxic gas that causes the respiratory system to explode. (As reported below, deep well drilling causes earthquakes.) According to the EU Times, Russia’s spy agency, GRU, reported that the US relocated 63,000 metric tons of phosgene from Iraq to the Arkansas’ Pine Bluff Arsenal, the nation’s premier chemical and bio weapons lab. Some or most of this material was and continues to be relocated to Afghanistan.
The GRU report claims that while transporting the gas via a US Air Force KC-767 tanker aircraft, a “malfunction” occurred in the aerial spraying system on December 30, killing 100,000 fish along a 20-mile stretch of the Arkansas River near Roseville. The next day, on another KC-767, again the aerial spraying system “malfunctioned” killing 5,000 blackbirds near Beebe.
7 UPDATE: Missing from this report is the information that the US military apparently drilled 500 deep wells in Central Arkansas to dispose of phosgene, a highly toxic gas that causes the respiratory system to explode. (As reported below, deep well drilling causes earthquakes.) According to the EU Times, Russia’s spy agency, GRU, reported that the US relocated 63,000 metric tons of phosgene from Iraq to the Arkansas’ Pine Bluff Arsenal, the nation’s premier chemical and bio weapons lab. Some or most of this material was and continues to be relocated to Afghanistan.
The GRU report claims that while transporting the gas via a US Air Force KC-767 tanker aircraft, a “malfunction” occurred in the aerial spraying system on December 30, killing 100,000 fish along a 20-mile stretch of the Arkansas River near Roseville. The next day, on another KC-767, again the aerial spraying system “malfunctioned” killing 5,000 blackbirds near Beebe.
Thomas Jefferson & Food
If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.”
~Thomas Jefferson, 1781
~Thomas Jefferson, 1781
Oil and Gas Collection: Hydraulic Fracturing, Toxic Chemicals and the Surge of Earthquake Activity in Arkansas
Oil and Gas Collection: Hydraulic Fracturing, Toxic Chemicals and the Surge of Earthquake Activity in Arkansas
The last four months of 2010, nearly 500 earthquakes rattled Guy, Arkansas. [1] The entire state experienced 38 quakes in 2009. [2] The spike in quake frequency precedes and coincides with the 100,000 dead fish on a 20-mile stretch of the Arkansas River that included Roseville Township on December 30. The next night, 5,000 red-winged blackbirds and starlings dropped dead out of the sky in Beebe. [3] Hydraulic fracturing is the most likely culprit for all three events, as it causes earthquakes with a resultant release of toxins into the environment. [4]
A close look at Arkansas’ history of earthquakes and drilling reveals a shocking surge in quake frequency following advanced drilling. The number of quakes in 2010 nearly equals all of Arkansas’ quakes for the entire 20th century. The oil and gas industry denies any correlation, but the advent of hydrofracking followed by earthquakes is a story repeated across the nation. It isn’t going to stop any time soon, either. Fracking has gone global.
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) pumps water and chemicals into the ground at a pressurized rate exceeding what the bedrock can withstand, resulting in a microquake that produces rock fractures. Though initiated in 1947, technological advances now allow horizontal fracturing, vastly increasing oil and gas collection. [5] In 1996, shale-gas production in the U.S. accounted for 2 percent of all domestic natural gas production, reports Christopher Bateman in Vanity Fair. “Some industry analysts predict shale gas will represent a full half of total domestic gas production within 10 years.” [6] In 2000, U.S. gas reserve estimates stood at 177 trillion cubic feet, but ramped up to 245 tcf in 2008. These new technologies prompt experts to increase global gas reserve estimates ninefold. [7]
The grid below shows a section of the Arkansas River, with Roseville Township at bottom, where the first reports of the fish kill originated. The green lines surrounding and crossing the river indicate gas pipes, ranging from 8-20” in diameter. Any number of leaks in the pipes can explain the fish kill. Gas wells are shown by yellow ‘suns’ (see red arrows) and range from 1,500 to 6,500 feet deep. (Disposal wells, where drilling waste products are injected at high pressures, go as deep as 12,000 feet.) The red numbers next to the ‘suns’ give the number of gas wells in that spot, numbering close to 50 in this small area. [8]
The last four months of 2010, nearly 500 earthquakes rattled Guy, Arkansas. [1] The entire state experienced 38 quakes in 2009. [2] The spike in quake frequency precedes and coincides with the 100,000 dead fish on a 20-mile stretch of the Arkansas River that included Roseville Township on December 30. The next night, 5,000 red-winged blackbirds and starlings dropped dead out of the sky in Beebe. [3] Hydraulic fracturing is the most likely culprit for all three events, as it causes earthquakes with a resultant release of toxins into the environment. [4]
A close look at Arkansas’ history of earthquakes and drilling reveals a shocking surge in quake frequency following advanced drilling. The number of quakes in 2010 nearly equals all of Arkansas’ quakes for the entire 20th century. The oil and gas industry denies any correlation, but the advent of hydrofracking followed by earthquakes is a story repeated across the nation. It isn’t going to stop any time soon, either. Fracking has gone global.
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) pumps water and chemicals into the ground at a pressurized rate exceeding what the bedrock can withstand, resulting in a microquake that produces rock fractures. Though initiated in 1947, technological advances now allow horizontal fracturing, vastly increasing oil and gas collection. [5] In 1996, shale-gas production in the U.S. accounted for 2 percent of all domestic natural gas production, reports Christopher Bateman in Vanity Fair. “Some industry analysts predict shale gas will represent a full half of total domestic gas production within 10 years.” [6] In 2000, U.S. gas reserve estimates stood at 177 trillion cubic feet, but ramped up to 245 tcf in 2008. These new technologies prompt experts to increase global gas reserve estimates ninefold. [7]
The grid below shows a section of the Arkansas River, with Roseville Township at bottom, where the first reports of the fish kill originated. The green lines surrounding and crossing the river indicate gas pipes, ranging from 8-20” in diameter. Any number of leaks in the pipes can explain the fish kill. Gas wells are shown by yellow ‘suns’ (see red arrows) and range from 1,500 to 6,500 feet deep. (Disposal wells, where drilling waste products are injected at high pressures, go as deep as 12,000 feet.) The red numbers next to the ‘suns’ give the number of gas wells in that spot, numbering close to 50 in this small area. [8]
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