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Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge on June 27, 2011 at 2:49

Finally, someone comes up with something factual.

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Permalink Reply by P.G. on June 27, 2011 at 3:44

Seems like "Yes We Can" has become "Why We Can't"...

Maybe articles like this one can help get us back on track...huh?

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Permalink Reply by Katie McCullin on June 27, 2011 at 3:46

That's the hope. Feel free to please share this with everyone you know. As you can tell, there is obviously a lot of misinformation.

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Permalink Reply by Mmcf/d on June 27, 2011 at 7:29

Katie, would you mind giving us your take on which misinformation could be the most damaging to the industry's image?

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Permalink Reply by Katie McCullin on June 27, 2011 at 8:22

Hey Mmcf/d! Collectively, they all create a bad image for the industry. Each operating area offers its own set of challenges and each area's citizens have their own perceptions of drilling and natural gas. Unfortunately, irresponsible operators or misinformation in one play is reflected on the industry as a whole, therefore each is considered equally as dangerous. An article containing skewed or incorrect statements can travel quickly, so it's important to get articles such as this one, which is open, honest and truthful, out to as many as possible. 

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Permalink Reply by Clyde T. Williams on June 28, 2011 at 8:41

Like most things associated with the Shale Gas, little evidence and lots of opinions go a look way.  Reminds me of the smoking industry - how many people have their water wells tested for all sorts of things before drilling is done.

 

Here in California we get the same screams - but here we have faults deep enough so that oil and gas come to the surface in many places and we have effects coming from secondary/enhanced recovery. We have had uplifts and subsidences of a few to 10s ft. 

 

By the way, I did a study three decades ago that suggested that the losses of swamps and wetlands along the LA coast may reflect production of large oil, gas, and water from the onshore, near, and off shore developments.

 

So yeah given the injection of water at 10,000psi so effects may occur along fractures and faults

 

What is the big deal about saying what is in the 0.5-1.0% of the fracking liquids (including benzene, remember that Perrier bottled water starts with spring water contaminated by benzene but is treated before putting in the bottle).

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Permalink Reply by John on June 28, 2011 at 9:19

Very good article. Thanks for the link. Hope many get to read this info since the fear stories are already out there. This offsets so much of the bad image created with facts.

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Permalink Reply by LP on June 28, 2011 at 14:27

Very good article. Facts explained in easily understandable language. The challenge is to get people to read it. As for the dedicated opponents, no amount of explanation, reason and logic is going to change their mission to save the world from fossil fuels. Just read the "comments" following the article to see that no matter what the facts and studies show, they still run around screaming that the sky is falling and water is burning.

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