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Permalink Reply by Snake Stewart on July 27, 2008 at 16:28

When they start leveling some of the old shopping centers to build drilling locations we may begin to see what their plans may be.Their are plenty of sites that are 500' from dwellings and or structures and plenty of people that will let them drill there for the right price. I would hate to know I just bought a $300,000 house thats going to have a drilling rig parked beside it.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on July 27, 2008 at 17:39

Well, yeah that rig will be there for a few months, but after that it's just a 8 ft tall tree. No big deal, not at all like a oil well.

Randy

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Permalink Reply by sesport on July 27, 2008 at 18:34

What about the other environmental issues such as the ones just now coming to the forefront in the Barnett Shale play?

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• drilling_facts_issues.pdf, 44 KB

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Permalink Reply by alleyboy on July 28, 2008 at 4:30

After reading the pdf article I came up with one reason for leasing in urban areas. First, if the shale is lucrative underneath, there are plenty of drilling sites,i.e., shopping centers, parking lots , etc. Another obvious reason is anywhere they want to drill there is a fire hydrant very close. Put a meter on it AND get all the water they need at a fraction of the cost of trucking t or drilling for it

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Permalink Reply by Randy on July 28, 2008 at 8:36

Many times we still have to truck in our own water, the amount we use can put a strain on municipal water supplies. That's not always true, it's an avenue we check but rarely is allowed.

The environmental issues are from when Barnett first began, over the years they have developed new techniques for drilling in an urban environment that eliminate the vast majority of the problems. A few these things are closed-loop systems, sound abatement, diesel-electric drilling rigs, stringent surface restoration.... These are not your grandpas drilling rigs or drillsites. They are clean and orderly, from start to finish.

Randy

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Permalink Reply by sesport on July 28, 2008 at 7:15

Where did Randy go?
KB, that's exactly why everyone better take their eyes off the $$$$ prize for a little while and start thinking about long term effects. The wells don't appear by magic, the gas (in the future) won't get to market by magic.
Think about what the neighborhoods have to contend with out by Libby Glass & Atlas (is that still the name) Refinery. Yes, both industries bring economic benefits to the area, as did GM, I just think certain precautions should be exercised to preserve our property values & our quality of life.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on July 28, 2008 at 8:38

I'm here, I posted up a little about what we are going to do to preserve everyones...sanity.... if they ever had it to begin with.

I work during the day, beating on doors and talking on the phone and stuff ;)

Randy

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Permalink Reply by herefordsnshale on July 28, 2008 at 10:43

I've wondered about this myself. Urban drilling and leasing just seems like a nightmare from everyone's standpoint, the homeowners and the companies. From the actual drilling to the maintanence to the routing of pipelines--I'm glad I'm not involved either way!

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Permalink Reply by P.G. on July 28, 2008 at 11:02

Yes!
It's hard to imagine they will be able to drill a well in every section and get them all connected to a pipeline!
Imagine all the utilities like sewer, water, buried cables, etc. and streets they'll have to cut across!
Sounds almost impossible!

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Permalink Reply by herefordsnshale on July 28, 2008 at 11:28

It's going to be very interesting to watch! As I said I'm glad I'm not involved!

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