SmokingFrack

[jckdann7]

Txbowman79 is right, that is sand blowing off the sandkings. all the chemicals are added in the blender right before they inject it down hole.

[TXsharon]

And what do you think breathing in all that silica will do to your lungs?

[TXsharon]

Something else is going on there because the fumes and odors during fracking are horrible. Someone needs to collect canisters of these odors and test them and it needs to be done on a regular basis. I've watched this process many times and I can tell you this: It's not just sand. If you work in the oil patch I encourage you to start asking questions and start investigating. There are many oil patch workers with cancer.

[txbowman79]

the reason it appears to be fog or vapors, because it is being illuminated by light towers on the location

[TXsharon]

Right! The vapor which consists of frack chemicals and silica and who knows what else shows up better at night because of the lights.

[jckdann7]

didn't say it was good for you, just that it is just sand not all the other chemicals.

[txbowman79]

I agree with the previous posters, that is sand blowing in the wind of the sand kings

[TXsharon]

Most of the chemicals are top secret but I know they use chromium, which is highly toxic, to inhibit corrosion.

The sand is probably silica mixed with the frack chemicals. Read the cautions on silica use.

[comet337]

The chemicals used are not top secret. Each frac job is required to keep a MSDS book on location at all times to account for every chemical that is being used, how to protect the workers, the enviroment, the NFPA rating, toxicoligy info, and anything else you would want to know about said chemicals on the job site.

[TXsharon]

Oh really! Do you mean you can get a list of the exact constituents used?

Please, please get me one. I won't hold my breath while you work on that.

[comet337]

Go to any frac company and i'm sure they will provide a MSDS upon request.

[TXsharon]

Go get one! Then tell me what it says. I don't want to hear about propants and lubricants and etc. I want a complete list of the chemical constituents.

See, they don't have to list ALL the chemicals or the chemical constituents because they say it's a trade secret.

Let me know when you have that MSDS with ALL the chemicals.

[craigster817]

ryanpayne is right and looks to me like sand dust. and do you even know what the chems do? man in all ur vids i seen you dont realy seem like you know what your talking about.

[TXsharon]

Um...it's not smoke and it's not sand. It's vapors. Some of it might be sand mixed with the fracture chemicals. In this case they used flow back water to frack the well. Now, what all do you suppose is in that flow back? rhetorical question.

[ryanpayne25]

thats not smoke ....... its sand beign blown into sand movers