@yerapisant Um... wow. You're an idiot. You sit in an office and send trucks to a job, not actually go to the job, and your the subject matter expert. I'm a frac hand jack-ass, and frac'ing is cracking shale rock to let out the oil and/or natural gas. Here in South Texas, it's all oil, and life is good. And I love my job.
Better than yours: "Fight the man!" "Um, Mr Man, can you give me some products that I'm fighting against in order to fight your evil ways that make my life possible? I'm commited to fighting your cause, but I still enjoy all the nice things it gives me"
If you wanna change my mind, go live like an Amish person. Otherwise, your just a squeeky wheel that needs some oil, made possible by fracing. Uh yeah, 10.
@pbjosh16 No, actually that's the way it's always worked. People see problems and they push for change. This industry needs to take greater care. They can because the technology exists. Don't fret, it won't hurt your job.
@TXsharon My apologies for the delayed reply. I was out contaminating your drinking water some more so I could make a few bucks by making the Earth bleed faster. Good God, call EPA. I'm not worried about my job at all, and I'm not at all concerned about changes. But consider this, if energy companies put money into research, who do you think is paying for it? The consumer, that's you. So how much is it worth to you? Are you willing to pay for it, or are you going to cry more when you do?
@pbjosh16 What the fuck does petroleum or oil have to do with fracing? Fracs are for natural gas, I should know, I dispatch the trucks that haul the sand. We're all slaves to oil/gas. The greed machine won't profit much off free energy (solar/wind). Just cuz I work in it doesnt mean I like it, does anyone like their job (besides porn and rock stars) ?
This video was recorded on petroleum based plastic cameras, transmitted through petroleum based plastic coasted fiber-optic cables, transmitted via satellites launched by rockets using petroleum, and watched on computers that are petroleum based plastic. All made more possible by frac hands making more money than the dumb hippie "fighting the cause". Thanks for supporting the need for frac hands, dumb ass!
@pbjosh16 Oh, so your position, then, is using a petroleum product means you must accept any old industry practice and never advocate for improvement. Nice logic that.
You do realize that your "Earthworks' research" that found up to 40 tons of chemical per million gallons of water comes out to just 0.95% - still an outlandish number for most fracs.
You all use petroleum. Either quit using it (aka no cars, roads, plastics, synthetics, etc... no food harvested with ordinary combustion engines, no food transported on asphalt or by engine, no commodities involving this transport or plastic.....or anything) or quit bitching.
... Used that the common person does not actually understand and just defaults that those chemicals must be bad. Oh and also no need to get all shitty with me and take cheap shots.
It has nothing to do with that. I don't like it either however I also hate ignorance. A surfactant it soap.... A biocide can be vinegar... I have no issue with calling a spade a spade but I don't like it when large words are used that the co
@garthridgeway surfactant maybe soap or more correctly detergent. detergents are things i use everyday. BUT i am also very aware that these must be kept away from water supplies.
Haha... Regardless of saying cartions or captions, does anyone actually understand what some of those chemicals are? Or is surfactant bad just because it sounds bad?
@garthridgeway Well, yeah. I actually looked up lots of information on all those chemicals. Not something I want to drink. But, if you think you're man enough I can sure serve you up some on ice or straight up.
JUST SAND? It is a common industry practice to add radioactive tracers to the sand to see if the detonations reached their zone. Then for the flowback, there is a company called Lumnipipe that guarantees a less radioactive flowback. I have kept my son from school when the winds are blowing towards his school (Bailey) during fracking. Friday they had a fluid spill and it was going into the storm water drainage. Pantego is on ground water...lovely!
And again, yes, i know what peer reviewed means. Just because something is peer reviewed doesn't mean crap. I have had something Peer Reviewed by doctors and whats funny is, they were all WRONG, and ended up hurting my son in the long run. So you can take your "peer reviewed" and shove it.
BAHAHAHA you go ahead and think that I am making an ass out of myself, but you are the one that is infact the ass. You are bitching about shale gas for no reason at all because they are going to keep drilling, despite what you say. So keep up the good work of the nothingness that you do all day :)
@danielleey02 I have friends--one family of three with a 7 yo daughter and one lady in Arlington--who have drilling chemicals in their blood. Last night another friend in Flower Mound announced that her teen daughter has drilling chemicals in her blood. That's not funny but your laughter is in line with this ruthless industry.
yes i have, and just because something is peer reviewed still doesn't mean it is correct. I can send something around to a doctor and have it "peer reviewed" and still have it be wrong. Matter of fact I have and guess what... THEY WERE WRONG. But you keep up with your work because it is doing absolutely nothing.
Ok, honey, just because they are professors does not mean that they are right. The president doesn't always make the right decisions and professors don't either. I am just stating that what is in your video actually is dust from the sand. You can argue all you want but they will not stop drilling :) So have fun wasting your breath. And sweetheart, i don't want to know about you so don't get your panties in a bunch :)
My husband has researched as well, it helps that he see's these things with his own eyes also. You, however, just go by what you hear from other people. Not very reliable at all. Coal is by far dirtier than natural gas!!! And your windmill theory doesn't work very well because it doesn't make near enough energy! What you saw in your video was infact dust from the sand, my husband has been there when that has happened and he knows better than yourself.
@danielleey02 You assume you know something about me but you don't really. Okay, sweetie, if your hubby says it's sand then it surely must be sand. If you say coal is dirtier then the Cornell professors surely must be wrong. =D
@danielleey02 You assume you know something about me but you don't really. Okay, sweetie, if your hubby says it's sand then it surely must be sand. If you say coal is dirtier then the Cornell professors surely must be wrong. =D
@danielleey02. So, your husband working in the oilfield is proof that I don't know what I'm talking about? Nice logic that. =D Love those facts =D
FYI, there is a new study out by Cornell that shows n. gas is AS dirty and possibly MUCH dirtier than coal. So, for me...I'd rather have solar and a windmill.
it simply is true, you have no proof. You are just rambling on about stuff you THINK you know. You show me proof and then we can talk. My husband works in the oilfield and knows what he is talking about as he is around it all day. Think about it, would you rather have coal or natural gas? Because if there is not natural gas, then we use coal. That is one positive for you, and another is the fact that this is giving us a boost in jobs which we needed. SN YES FRACKING WAY!!!
@danielleey02 Oh and, Please tell your husband to be very careful. He has one of the most dangerous jobs there are. Tell him to always wear protective gear.
@danielleey02, I'm sure that's what you've been told if you work in the industry but it's simply not true. Casual observers can tell you that sand never smells like chemicals naturally. Environmental testing proves that some of the worst emissions happen during fracking.
From what I saw on "60 minutes", the benefits of Shale gas, outweighs the (limited) environmental concerns. The alternative?..Conflict Oil from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria etc. Nuclear Power Plants (Three Mile Island) No such thing as clean Coal. "Drill, Baby Drill"? Valdez/Louisiana...Why isn't Washington jumping on the bandwagon and throwing it's full weight behind SHALE GAS?
@TXsharon one look at spelbiffs page and its obvious that he (she?) is some kind of shill, maybe working for haliburton. fracking has the potential to contaminate every last drop of ground water in the u.s., as if it isnt poisoned enough.
First of all, when a well is fraced, the zone being fraced is WAYYYY deeper than the water source through about a mile of solid rock. The "slurry" (which is comprised of sand, water, friction reducer, and chemicals,which are usually, biocide and scale inhibitor) is pumped through the perforations in the casing. After flowback, most of the chemicals have spent themselves, and NONE of the flowback comes in contact with the aquifer areas. I have yet to see proof of residual chemical in H20 samples.
@spellbiff Oh really? So, it's perfectly safe? If hydraulic fracturing is so safe, why does Halliburton need indemnification language releasing them from all liability of any kind including death, loss of water, subsurface trespass and radioactivity? IJS
@TXsharon because IF anything were to happen unforseen, then it removes them from liability. Haliburton is a service company. The well, and all things associated are the responsibility of the producer. The producers have engineers that "design" the frac and are on location at all times making the decisions. The service company just performs the task. For instance, if you wondered up on location while they were fracing, and a chickson blew off and hit you or killed you, they couldn't be sued.
@TXsharon The radioactivity part has to do with a radioactive chaser that "SOME" fracs use. Don't see it much anymore. It is a very small amount and spends itself really fast. It is so they can monitor flow downhole.
@spellbiff Ever heard of NORM??? Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material is brought to the surface in concentrated amounts. It is a bone-seeking carcinogen with a 1622 year half life.
@TXsharon Go take a flowback sample for me, and show me this NORM. make a video, run the test, and proove it! you are so full of "theories" and "studies" and horse shit. All of what you are preaching is politically fueled. You arent going to changemy mind or the other millions of Americans minds with your un-proovable crap. So take a hike...Move to Oregon or something.
These hands are not FEEDING EVERYONE! As a matter of fact, I have yet to see a valid argument from the 'pro drillers' in support of hydraulic fracturing...look at your children and imagine them burnt or sick or not being able to breathe...what a sorry culture this is that has been desensitized to the pain and suffering of others...check the FACTS on BOTH sides and THEN bring a good argument to the table..until then, your word is just as good as those who are obviously supporting YOU!
@chaisecranston: Got links?? Because you can provide all the information you want with that one simple click of the mouse. You guys crack me up. Now, get some sleep. And get your links in order. i anticipate all that you have to say about "fracking." Better yet. Build yourself a blog site. Now "Get Crackin'.".
Seriously, you mean they are showing TXSharon's video to industry folks?? Well, it's about time somebody explained it to them. 30 years?? No, no, no.
"Horizontal" hydraulic fracturing. Let's get this straight for once. And so the "results" are not "public" because it's a competitive market??? That's very funny. What a lie.
See. We here in the big, fat Barnett Shale ARE the guinea pigs. Thanks for POISONING us slowly, but surely.
Chaisecranston: you're so full of it. I know all about you guys and your mantra. Just go back to your little desk job at the gas industry. You don't even know what you are talking about. Very few people here in North Texas are aware of the dangers of drilling and it's effects. Tool.
@raydan2647 Gashole here.....or whatever you want to call me...(love how you libs have your little childish smerks you think are clever!) That is an awesome response! I go to my "little desk job at the gas industry" everyday PROUDLY! Perhaps you know what you are talking about? Care to elaborate on what you learned in your production engineering degree? And it's not a good idea to sign your post's as "Tool". I think that is a self insult.....just an FYI.....
Everytime I read that people say this is BS tells me the opposite. I just had a meeting last week with an EPA staffer hired by from the gas industry. He told me that the industry knows better but chooses not to do better. So there you go. Kind of like, there's no global warming, huh. Why don't you go up to Baylor Hospital in Dallas and ask why the Leukemia floor is constantly overbooked. I already know the answer. Get back to me on that.
@raydan2647 If you believe everything you hear, you will soon be one that preaches the same falses...Oh wait you are! Sorry, for the interuption......go ahead......
Everytime I read that people say this is BS tells me the opposite. I just had a meeting last week with an EPA staffer hired by from the gas industry. He told me that the industry knows better but chooses not to do better. So there you go. Kind of like, there's no global warming, huh. Why don't you go up to Baylor Hospital in Dallas and ask why the Leukemia floor is constantly overbooked. I already know the answer. Get back to me on that, Gashole.
@chaisecranston and @ccronn: You guys need to watch this closely. That guy standing up there breathing in all those fumes...dead man walking. Or dead man standing...anyway you want to see it... he's in great jeopardy of becoming very ill if not dying from all those toxic fumes. What's wrong this industry? And what is wrong with the people who work in it that they aren't demanding better safety?? TXSharon is just pointing out what should be obvious to everyone who works in gas drilling.
@texasdame She can point out all the fictional data she wants to. She has that right....Toxic fumes....sorry, just gotta laugh! DO SOME HOMEWORK PEOPLE! The people in this country are turning into victims of unintelligent propaganda. TXsharon wants me to expain the entire fracturing process to her in the the 200 character youtube limit, because she does not understand it. I wouldn't waste my time anyway, cuz I'm sure it would just be insulted by the same unintelligent propaganda I speak of.
@chaisecranston I don't need or want you to explain fracking to me. (condescending much?) I consult with petroleum engineers (P.E.) all the time. They worked in the industry so they know all the tricks you use to cut corners.
@TXsharon Now we are getting some where! Finally! Thank You! If they are cutting corners, then there is a problem, and I will most certainly back you on that. Heath, Safely and Environmental should always be #1. If this company, contractor or both to which you refer is not following proper proceedure to ensure all 3 of these are not protected, then the appropriate personel need informed, investigated, and necessary actions implemented. I'm glad we could finally get to the bottom of this!
@chaisecranston ha ha ha! Nice try. Support the FRAC Act and regulate hydraulic fracturing under the SDWA! If it's so safe why do you need an exemption. (HINT: that's a rhetorical question.)
@TXsharon What? So now you are saying they were not cutting corners and following procedure? You are making no sense.....once again. We all know it is regulated under the safe drinking water act, so I'm confused there too. What the hell are you trying to say here?
@TXsharon More regulation than you can shake a stick at! Thanks for that! Most good......some B.S. Now you know why everyone bitches about thier gas bill in the winter.
@TXsharon The company I work for is enforced by state law to conform to these policies and acts. We disclose all MSDS records to the state. Good luck with your monetization. Not sure what that has to do with this discussion....but.
@TXsharon I will not answer that, as it will obviously expose the co. I work for. I work my ass off everyday and I will not jepordize my career. I know.......I see the slams coming, but at least I am honest and have respect for my employer.
@chaisecranston Well okie dokie but any state with drilling activity has many different drillers working there so I suspect you are pretty safe.
BTW, NO state has regulations that cover all the exemptions. That's per a study done by the DOE. Any right now only WY requires full disclosure and that just happened. The public deserves full disclosure.
@TXsharon If you have a political issue, I suggest you address your congressman/representative and stop trying to bite the hand that feeds you, with accusations that they are trying to harm you. You libs need to take a few steps back, take the blindfolds off, and have a look......just plain ignorant assumptions that disgust us trying to provide what you demand.......Don't like the product? Boycot it! You have every right!
@chaisecranston AGAIN, name one thing in the video that is untrue or as you say "ignorant".
AGAIN, you present the false argument that one who uses energy cannot advocate for better practices that will protect our health and the VITAL natural resources we all need to live.
@ccronn Okay, frack hand, what exactly is BS? Name it. So far none of you guys has done anything but call me names because you can't dispute the information in the video. heh.
@TXsharon You are going to have to explain how your little video here proves that "North Texas air quality is the worst in the nation" (see vid tag) due to well fracturing. Ridiculous accusation, and deep down you know it. BTW, there are no facts in your video, so that makes your request even a little challenging.
@chaisecranston Reading comprehension? Is that a challenge for you? The video shows fracking which contributes to our poor air quality along with the entire process of natural gas extraction. You can't address the facts in the video because they are rock solid. =)
google "energyindepth" Go there and read everything before you post back to another one of my comments. Are you aware that your video has been posted several places as an example of a total lack of understanding of fracing? That is partly why you have started getting so many hits in the last few weeks.
@TXsharon No it is not. It is a response to stupid videos like this one. I'll grant you that it may be somewhat slanted, but at least they provide some science and don't just sit out on a gravel road at dark and shoot video of a random well site. Fracing isn't some kind of black art they have been doing it for over 30 years, and millions if not billions has been put into research on the subject. Results are not public because it is a competitive market and not because oil companies are evil.
@benjaminlately Ahm, the video is not the point, it's the annotations that contain the science. I've yet to see you rebut anything in the video. You're just complaining that I took a video. Horizontal fracking is a very new process that is less than 10 years old. It's still in the experimental stage. I happen to live in the county where Mitchell Energy did the first horizontal frack jobs. Results? Do you mean formulas? Yeah, that's what Big Tobacco said and you see what happened there.
@TXsharon Let's flip the switch for sharon.....who cares about everone else that needs fuel, heat in thier home, electricity, transportation, metals, plastics, roads....I can go on and on....Do you REALLY live in Texas? I don't, but WOW, no one is going to buy what you are trying to sell. I used to live there and the citizens are much more intelligent.
@chaisecranston You present a false argument that because we used energy we have to allow their irresponsible and damaging extraction processes. I can use energy and demand better practices at the same time. And again you issue personal attacks rather than disputing any of the facts.
The Federal Government has no place in deciding what should be done with state resources. Why? Their resources (manpower) are already spread thin and there is no way that they would have an adequate understanding of the geology of each state (other than surface geology). Their time is better spent on things they already understand. Thinking the Federal Government is less corrupt than the state government is a joke. Fracing chemicals are already disclosed (not exact amounts).
@TXsharon You didn't have time to go to energyindepth before you replied. States should decided what is done in their state. People need to make it a point to overhaul their state government if they can't do their job, but there are plenty of states that do just fine. No worries this is my last post, but seriously go read some before you make any more videos. (Feel free to delete this comment after you read it. my goal is not a personal attack, but I am quite frustrated.)
@benjaminlately Oh there you go again with the condescending attitude. I've read EID's propaganda and why on earth would I believe a company that PROFITS from this industry. As I've said before, Texas does not regulate hydraulic fracturing. The State of Texas decided that they would give industry free rein and not regulate fracking so...SOS to EPA! You think you're frustrated? I live in the @$%#& gas-patch.
Are people really this stupid to post clips to try and make controversy for thier own enjoyment? Oh yea, we do have Michael Moore, so I stand corrected. TXsharon, listen close, please seek a country that may fit your agenda like, Saudi Arabia or Iran. Oh, sorry they do the same thing. Maybe, China or Venezuela or Australia? Opps no help you there either. All I can think of is Japan, but you'd be getting it from us anyway, so what do you care? It's not your drinking water. Right?
@TXsharon Yet, you have yet to prove a solid point. It is obvious you have little knowledge about fracturing technology. Did you study any of this in the university you attended? I would almost bet it was not even offered.....just assuming becuase, I would not expect one with a production engineering degree to blow big $ on what they think was a bogus education.
@chaisecranston actually, Japan does more questionable drilling activity than just about anyone. They are after offshore Methane clathrates which might be risky with current technology, but I do know they have one of the most advanced drilling ships in the world working on it. If they get the technology perfected I expect it will probably get adopted around much of the world. Good luck regulating that.
Please feel free to explain the method by which the water can become mobile for over a mile through multiple geologic units that are effectively impermeable. I don't suppose you have the names of your geologists off hand? I find it hard to believe anyone who really understands fracing would be against it. There are a lot of professors have very little understanding of rock properties.
@benjaminlately Please explain why water that is perfectly safe to drink suddenly becomes contaminated after hydraulic fracturing. Of course I have the name of the geologists but I won't put their names here,"benjaminlately".
@TXsharon The water becomes contaminated because the drilling companies screwed up, (a case by case basis) and they should be fined for doing so as well as provide a solution for any problems they cause. My problem is that the current trend it to simply disallow drilling rather than fix the problems. If done correctly fracing should not be a threat to the environment or drinking water. If you want to blame anyone for drinking water problems blame state governments.(Regulation is their job)
@benjaminlately You are distorting here because I've not seen anyone trying to "disallow" drilling except, maybe, in New York City. Almost without exception what people want is for drilling to be better regulated, and, since there is too much corruption at the state level, hydraulic fracturing needs to be regulated at the federal level. We need to pass the FRAC Act. If hydraulic fracturing is so safe, then what do you have to fear? FULL disclosure!
I say that the industry is not only "fracking" these fossil fuel deposits, but they are intentionally "reacting" these deposits with chemicals/catalysts that generate producer "gas" from low grade coal deposits. The main reason for the exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act,,,,they are intentionally injecting/leaving chemicals/catalyst into these depostis that slowly desolve/convert the coal shale to various forms of gases.
the fact that they are exempt from the safe water drinking act is pretty much the biggest crime anybody could commit! What in God's name were human beings thinking when they did that ? Seriously!!!!!!! What good could that possibly do ? One day when we are running out of clean water then they will say oh yea that was a mistake. Why the F can't they use common sense and pro-act vs re-act ?
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@seanreid1970. The music was just a symbol of not having quality air to breathe. I just wanted to partial agree with you, I do see both sides. However the simplicity of my daughter asking about the water cycle made me see that it's our problem now. The steak, burgers, chickens, wheat, veggies...etc exposed to the air/water/food/sludge pits. It's leached into the ground/rivers, caught in the water cycle and raining in someone's dog bowl/garden/pool. It's foresight. Trust me, ignoring is easier.
Haha my grammar.. is that best you can do! ..this isn't a fucking spelling b douchebag! Obviously your head is so far up your ass counting pennies that you don't actually care about the catastrophic effects these kinds of industries can have on the environment.
Do some real research and then tell me I'm wrong. Why have a go at my grammar, is that all your have left in your pathetic money driven life. THE TRUTH IS WHAT MATTERS. Go suck a corporate dick and swallow your pay cheque!
Well your smart aren't you have it all figured out, round of applause for the attorney who says "its all ok"
I'm a mother fucking astronaut so listen up! Your living a lie... over 500 chemicals many of which are extremely poisonous being pumped through the ground. Chemicals that you wouldn't have the brain to comprehend.. Thousands of cases across US and even AU. Heavily polluted water, dead and very sick wildlife, hardcore levels of dangerous emissons ! YOU DRINK IT... propaganda my ass!
@seanreid1970 Wow, liberal propaganda...why not just call the filmmaker a terrorist? Obviously the film has a view point! His objective was to show the consequences when an industry is exempt from playing by the rules. Who cares if they were disgruntled about their leases? That doesn't excuse the operating practices and wholesale destruction of their land. Many of them just happened to live near these rigs and received no compensation for having their water destroyed.
@seanreid1970 Sorry for the multiple posts. Please enlighten me sir about the truth regarding hydraulic fracturing. Since you're a lawyer, you should have no problem dispelling these allegations. Where's your evidence counselor? It's incredibly ignorant to dismiss a film because it's labeled "liberal". I guess if you care about the environment it makes you liberal? I'm sorry if I don't want Cabbot experimenting on my watershed with the potential to cause irreversible damage!
@seanreid1970 Gasland brought this to my attention and after substatial research I've found that very much of what he shows is accurate. Just because the guy isn't a very good journalist doesn't make the film false. Even if only half of it was true, we still have a tremendous problem on our hands. What facts do you have that somehow make the gas drilling safe and discount the fact that they are operating almost completely autonomously? Why are they so afraid to comply with enviro regs?
@seanreid1970 Sadly you miss the point that the oil and gas companies are EXCLUSIVELY exempt from the enviro protections put in place to prevent this. The burden of proof should fall on these companies and not the communities being impacted. Should we just wait until they have poisoned the NY and Del River Basin watersheds permanently? By the way idiot even if you lived in the woods off the grid your water supply will still be effected. You're one ignorant clown...you must work for Halliburton!
I'm hoping that this BASTARDS BARNETT SHALE EXPLODE WITH ALL OF THEIR APPLICANTS AND OWNERS INSIDE SO THEY WILL ALL DIE ALL TOGETHER!!!! FUCK YOU BARNETT SHALE!!!
TXsharon, I appreciate your concern for the environment. In the old days no thought was given to the impact of operations, especially ground water. You are unfortunately not completely informed about these things. I'm a geologist. I suggest you try and meet with one of these companies and get on to the well site with a geologist. They would be more than happy to show you around and explain to you how these things work. As appose to filming from a distance.
@TXsharon maybe condescending, but I'm also a geologist at agree. The sad truth is that very few people understand fracing, and now laws are being created from unfounded fears and misinformation.
@benjaminlately AND? I also know geologists at the university where I work. They are aghast at what is happening and they explain quite well how fracking fluids can find pathways into our drinking water.
@hksayles Good thing we have incompetent geologists like you. Do you think the on site geo is going to spew anything but propaganda? If everyone is so uninformed and these practices are as claimed "perfectly safe" then why are they fighting so hard to not allow proper oversight? What have they got to hide? I guess it's perfectly safe to pump these chemicals in the ground and let them leach into wherever they want? And the people with flammable water are just misinformed too right?
Those "emissions" you refer to in this video that i see are the dust rising from the sandking as it is being loaded buy a sand truck the other emissions i saw
looked like steam as it was cold there according to your dates also drinking water is less than 1500 ft deep if the the surface casing is set properly you have nothing to worry about. You should google chemtrails and h.a.a.r.p
@jmecrg That's all what they want you to believe. Silica is a serious lung irritant similar to asbestos. And what all do you suppose is in that steam?
Yeah, whatever about the water being protected "IF" the casing blah, blah...
@TXsharon why dont you post a video of lab reports that say your water is bad ? hey sharon checkout chemtrails and wile your at it google H.A.A.R.P . and one last thing if you did not want this "BAD STUFF THAT YOU HAVE NO PROOF OF" on your land WHY DID YOU LEASE YOUR LAND TO THE OIL COMPANY????
Keep using Google for your "research", you have no idea or clue about anything you want a water sample, give me an address and I will send you one taken directly from the wellhead, as far as some local taking one for independent study they would have no clue where to take it.
I actually find that reading the comments on this video is substantially more entertaining than the video itself!! TXsharon, I really enjoyed the part where you said you climbed a tree to take picures!! That's devotion to a cause!! Good luck in your ventures on reformation of the process of hydraulic fracturing!! hahahaha
So 2200 meters of overburden is not enough isolation from the aqufer? All sands & fluids flowed back to surface are caught and seperated in a pressure-vessel and shipped for processing to a disposal plant for processing. The water that is left after processing is the equvliant of sea water. FRAC sand is no more dangerous than the sand found on a beach. I have grown cactus in it. This whole artical is nothing more than fear-mongering
Fear-mongering? Oh really? And, just yesterday we learn that industry is using diesel fuel in that "Oh so harmless" frack fluid, thereby breaking their promise to stop using diesel. So, we're not inclined to believe ANYTHING you say. If you work in the oil patch, you have been fooled just like the rest of us. Find a new job.
I have worked in the conventional oil & gas industry in Western Canada for more than a decade. The majority of my experience is with natural gas, both sweet & sour. The first eight years of my experience was with under-balanced completions in the western sedimentary basin. I have in the past worked on the Montney shale play in NW Canada. At present I specialize in the proper abandonment of gas wells.
For the sake of science silica is sand. They are one in the same. Generally speaking it's small particles of quartz.
You present the information in the video as fact when it is really opinion. You have a bubble pointing to dust floating in the air while labeling it as a cloud of chemicals. You even just now admitted that you aren't sure there are chemicals being released into the air. You say it's just possible.
@Whisky2002 Silica acts on the lungs similar to asbestos. That's why silica products come with recommendations to wear protective gear.
Please prove that no chemicals are being released into the air. OR give us access to collect the data. FYI the data has already been collected but industry always rejects the data just like BIG TOBACCO
@Whisky2002 From Wiki: Silicosis (also known as Potter's rot) is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in forms of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.
Silicosis (especially the acute form) is characterized by shortness of breath, fever, and cyanosis (bluish skin). It may often be misdiagnosed as pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), pneumonia, or tuberculosis.
Quartz sand (silica) as main raw material for commercial glass production. Inhaling finely divided crystalline silica dust in very small quantities over time can lead to silicosis, bronchitis or (much more rarely) cancer, as the dust becomes lodged in the lungs and continuously irritates them, reducing lung capacities (silica does not dissolve over time).
Thank you. I know what silicosis is since I have worked around fly ash which is a much finer silica product than 100 mesh sand. It is, as listed below, an occupational disease caused by inhalation of fine grain silica. The key word being occupational since those are the folks that are exposed to it day in and day out even in the smallest of quantities. I certainly hope the guys out there wear the proper gear.
@Whisky2002 Just think about the poor folks who live around the fracking!!! And their animals! They can't punch out and go home because they live there 24/7. If there are multiple wells, the fracking can take several weeks exposing these citizens to these substances endlessly. The last time I witnesses fracking the air was thick with this stuff and one home in the area was covered all the time. It's reckless.
Three weeks is hardly an endless amount of time. I can understand it being a nuisance. Cleaning sand and grit out of your ears and nose is no fun. It's about the same as living on a dirt road in a dry climate. Even though you can't punch out for those three weeks the hand running the equipment has to move on with the crew to the next location and continues to be exposed.
Third party studies as recently as 2009 have shown that 80,000kg worth of overblown environmentalists can be used in each frac process, resulting in 70% less misinformation. Call your State rep today to express your support for this important initiative.
Who ever made this video needs to get some things straight. All that so called, "Emissions", is that sand truck blowing sand into the sand storage unit. At least if your gonna video something at least know whats going on.
You sound like one of those people from the gas company. You have nothing to back up what you say. It's like listening to the execs at Aruba Petroleum telling me they won't poison my well water. I don't believe them, either.
If a company is putting flowback or drilling mud into frac ponds they deserve to be reported. It would be very bad if the pond overflowed due to rain. Regulations are in place to prevent that and it sounds like they were enforced when reported. I just don't want to see unnecessary additional regulations like to frac act to burden the industry. Existing regulations work they just need to enforce them better. Most companies already go further in their policies than are required.
Hydraulic fracturing is NOT REGULATED at all in Texas. And the regulations we do have are extremely lax and slanted toward the industry.
Industry claims that the FRAC Act would place undue burdens have been proven false. It's one of the most profitable industries in the world. They can afford to take better care and they have proven that they won't unless forced.
I have no hard feelings toward the people who work in the industry. You are just doing the best you can. Read my blog & see what ..
So, because YOU've never seen it, does that mean it doesn't happen? I can assure you that the pit in the video is full of flowback from a well about 1/2 mile away. This is know because I reported them for dumping it in the creek and they were fined. Then they used that same flowback to frack the well.
You are correct that is is hard to determine where fracs go in the Barnett because of its complex natural fractures. However when fracs do get out of zone they go down into the Ellenburger formation which is a water zone with over 200,000 total dissolved solids. This makes production hard and we try to prevent it. The Barnett has a very solid cap rock. Regarding poor cement jobs, in Texas a cement log is required before the frac to ensure that there are no gaps.
Cement logs are not infallible and who keeps those logs? Industry is left to the honor system and that's not good enough when the chemicals are deadly. Besides the cement can get damaged and that happens more than you know.
I have a white paper written by a petroleum engineer that exposes how inadequate the current unregulated cementing and fracking are in Texas. I don't have a way to post it on YouTube.
Please explain how frac fluid can migrate up through at least 5000 feet of impermable cap rocks and other oil and gas formations and contaminate water aquifers. So you have your info right if a pit is lined and there is no well next to it, it is a fresh water holding pond (frac pond) not a mud pit. I noticed half of the "waste pits" were frac ponds. I'm not trying to start an argument with you. I don't want to ruin the environment either but i know the industry and the precautions we take.
You can Google this: "Hydraulic Fracture: Precise or Imprecise?" And see in the industry's own words how it can and does happen. Here is a quote from the manual Halliburton uses, Manual for the Independent Operator:
An improperly designed or poorly performed stimulation treatment can allow a hydraulic fracture to enter a water zone.
If you read that manual, you will see many more examples of that same language.
Regarding the pit: If you're referring to the pit in the picture, it was full of flowback. Google this: Hey, Braden Exploration! Are you illegally dumping drilling waste in Wise County?
I climbed a tree and got pictures of the drilling waste floating on the surface. Then I reported them and the fluid was tested, found to be drilling waste and they were fined.
They were also caught dumping drilling mud in that same pit.
@yerapisant Um... wow. You're an idiot. You sit in an office and send trucks to a job, not actually go to the job, and your the subject matter expert. I'm a frac hand jack-ass, and frac'ing is cracking shale rock to let out the oil and/or natural gas. Here in South Texas, it's all oil, and life is good. And I love my job.
pbjosh16 4 months ago
Better than yours: "Fight the man!" "Um, Mr Man, can you give me some products that I'm fighting against in order to fight your evil ways that make my life possible? I'm commited to fighting your cause, but I still enjoy all the nice things it gives me"
If you wanna change my mind, go live like an Amish person. Otherwise, your just a squeeky wheel that needs some oil, made possible by fracing. Uh yeah, 10.
pbjosh16 8 months ago
@pbjosh16 No, actually that's the way it's always worked. People see problems and they push for change. This industry needs to take greater care. They can because the technology exists. Don't fret, it won't hurt your job.
TXsharon 8 months ago
@TXsharon My apologies for the delayed reply. I was out contaminating your drinking water some more so I could make a few bucks by making the Earth bleed faster. Good God, call EPA. I'm not worried about my job at all, and I'm not at all concerned about changes. But consider this, if energy companies put money into research, who do you think is paying for it? The consumer, that's you. So how much is it worth to you? Are you willing to pay for it, or are you going to cry more when you do?
pbjosh16 7 months ago
@pbjosh16 I am stunned and awed by your prowess in logical thought and your ability to articulate that.
TXsharon 7 months ago
@pbjosh16 What the fuck does petroleum or oil have to do with fracing? Fracs are for natural gas, I should know, I dispatch the trucks that haul the sand. We're all slaves to oil/gas. The greed machine won't profit much off free energy (solar/wind). Just cuz I work in it doesnt mean I like it, does anyone like their job (besides porn and rock stars) ?
yerapissant 4 months ago
This video was recorded on petroleum based plastic cameras, transmitted through petroleum based plastic coasted fiber-optic cables, transmitted via satellites launched by rockets using petroleum, and watched on computers that are petroleum based plastic. All made more possible by frac hands making more money than the dumb hippie "fighting the cause". Thanks for supporting the need for frac hands, dumb ass!
pbjosh16 8 months ago
@pbjosh16 Oh, so your position, then, is using a petroleum product means you must accept any old industry practice and never advocate for improvement. Nice logic that.
TXsharon 8 months ago
You do realize that your "Earthworks' research" that found up to 40 tons of chemical per million gallons of water comes out to just 0.95% - still an outlandish number for most fracs.
sbdjaro 8 months ago
You all use petroleum. Either quit using it (aka no cars, roads, plastics, synthetics, etc... no food harvested with ordinary combustion engines, no food transported on asphalt or by engine, no commodities involving this transport or plastic.....or anything) or quit bitching.
jtsaad 8 months ago
... Used that the common person does not actually understand and just defaults that those chemicals must be bad. Oh and also no need to get all shitty with me and take cheap shots.
garthridgeway 1 year ago
@garthridgeway Look up those big words on The Endocrine Disruption Exchange.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@garthridgeway the 40 tons of chemicals per million gallons is ludicrious. 40 tons of plain old sand maybe.
PokemonMaster1015 10 months ago
It has nothing to do with that. I don't like it either however I also hate ignorance. A surfactant it soap.... A biocide can be vinegar... I have no issue with calling a spade a spade but I don't like it when large words are used that the co
garthridgeway 1 year ago
@garthridgeway surfactant maybe soap or more correctly detergent. detergents are things i use everyday. BUT i am also very aware that these must be kept away from water supplies.
whalie3 8 months ago
Haha... Regardless of saying cartions or captions, does anyone actually understand what some of those chemicals are? Or is surfactant bad just because it sounds bad?
garthridgeway 1 year ago
@garthridgeway Well, yeah. I actually looked up lots of information on all those chemicals. Not something I want to drink. But, if you think you're man enough I can sure serve you up some on ice or straight up.
TXsharon 1 year ago
Regardless
garthridgeway 1 year ago
your cartions are nice, if you understood what a biocide or surfactant is maybe there could be some constructive discussion...
garthridgeway 1 year ago
@garthridgeway Cartions??? Spellchecker is your friend.
TXsharon 1 year ago
you must see this video : WO shale gaz. A message from a group of artists in Québec Canada
NONmareenoire 1 year ago
JUST SAND? It is a common industry practice to add radioactive tracers to the sand to see if the detonations reached their zone. Then for the flowback, there is a company called Lumnipipe that guarantees a less radioactive flowback. I have kept my son from school when the winds are blowing towards his school (Bailey) during fracking. Friday they had a fluid spill and it was going into the storm water drainage. Pantego is on ground water...lovely!
kimfeilgood 1 year ago
check in to the Marcellus Shale Coalition Press.
danielleey02 1 year ago
And again, yes, i know what peer reviewed means. Just because something is peer reviewed doesn't mean crap. I have had something Peer Reviewed by doctors and whats funny is, they were all WRONG, and ended up hurting my son in the long run. So you can take your "peer reviewed" and shove it.
danielleey02 1 year ago
BAHAHAHA you go ahead and think that I am making an ass out of myself, but you are the one that is infact the ass. You are bitching about shale gas for no reason at all because they are going to keep drilling, despite what you say. So keep up the good work of the nothingness that you do all day :)
danielleey02 1 year ago
@danielleey02 I have friends--one family of three with a 7 yo daughter and one lady in Arlington--who have drilling chemicals in their blood. Last night another friend in Flower Mound announced that her teen daughter has drilling chemicals in her blood. That's not funny but your laughter is in line with this ruthless industry.
TXsharon 1 year ago
what's the matter you felt the need to flag my comment because it's true? And you don't want anyone to know about it??
danielleey02 1 year ago
@danielleey02 I did not flag your comment. Why would I do that and deprive you of the privilege of making an ass or yourself.
TXsharon 1 year ago
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yes i have, and just because something is peer reviewed still doesn't mean it is correct. I can send something around to a doctor and have it "peer reviewed" and still have it be wrong. Matter of fact I have and guess what... THEY WERE WRONG. But you keep up with your work because it is doing absolutely nothing.
danielleey02 1 year ago
Ok, honey, just because they are professors does not mean that they are right. The president doesn't always make the right decisions and professors don't either. I am just stating that what is in your video actually is dust from the sand. You can argue all you want but they will not stop drilling :) So have fun wasting your breath. And sweetheart, i don't want to know about you so don't get your panties in a bunch :)
danielleey02 1 year ago
@danielleey02 Ever heard of peer reviewed?
TXsharon 1 year ago
My husband has researched as well, it helps that he see's these things with his own eyes also. You, however, just go by what you hear from other people. Not very reliable at all. Coal is by far dirtier than natural gas!!! And your windmill theory doesn't work very well because it doesn't make near enough energy! What you saw in your video was infact dust from the sand, my husband has been there when that has happened and he knows better than yourself.
danielleey02 1 year ago
@danielleey02 You assume you know something about me but you don't really. Okay, sweetie, if your hubby says it's sand then it surely must be sand. If you say coal is dirtier then the Cornell professors surely must be wrong. =D
TXsharon 1 year ago
@danielleey02 You assume you know something about me but you don't really. Okay, sweetie, if your hubby says it's sand then it surely must be sand. If you say coal is dirtier then the Cornell professors surely must be wrong. =D
TXsharon 1 year ago
@danielleey02. So, your husband working in the oilfield is proof that I don't know what I'm talking about? Nice logic that. =D Love those facts =D
FYI, there is a new study out by Cornell that shows n. gas is AS dirty and possibly MUCH dirtier than coal. So, for me...I'd rather have solar and a windmill.
TXsharon 1 year ago
it simply is true, you have no proof. You are just rambling on about stuff you THINK you know. You show me proof and then we can talk. My husband works in the oilfield and knows what he is talking about as he is around it all day. Think about it, would you rather have coal or natural gas? Because if there is not natural gas, then we use coal. That is one positive for you, and another is the fact that this is giving us a boost in jobs which we needed. SN YES FRACKING WAY!!!
danielleey02 1 year ago
@danielleey02 Oh and, Please tell your husband to be very careful. He has one of the most dangerous jobs there are. Tell him to always wear protective gear.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@danielleey02, I'm sure that's what you've been told if you work in the industry but it's simply not true. Casual observers can tell you that sand never smells like chemicals naturally. Environmental testing proves that some of the worst emissions happen during fracking.
TXsharon 1 year ago
did you know that what you see is actually dust from the sand and not toxic emissions. maybe you should get your facts straightened out.
danielleey02 1 year ago
where is the barnett at is it bt Ft Worth,TX? justmegarry
justmegarry 1 year ago
From what I saw on "60 minutes", the benefits of Shale gas, outweighs the (limited) environmental concerns. The alternative?..Conflict Oil from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria etc. Nuclear Power Plants (Three Mile Island) No such thing as clean Coal. "Drill, Baby Drill"? Valdez/Louisiana...Why isn't Washington jumping on the bandwagon and throwing it's full weight behind SHALE GAS?
plasmatv 1 year ago
Oh. Well. Then maybe you can answer this question: Is Hydraulic precise or imprecise?
In Supreme Court, Garza vs. Coastal, industry was faced with paying $14 million for a subsurface trespass so they stressed how imprecise fracking is:
"…fracture stimulation isn’t a precise science
You may plan a fracture that will go 1,000 feet, and it might go 2,000."
There's more but I'm tired. Another day, perhaps.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon one look at spelbiffs page and its obvious that he (she?) is some kind of shill, maybe working for haliburton. fracking has the potential to contaminate every last drop of ground water in the u.s., as if it isnt poisoned enough.
vengencefrom1979 1 year ago
First of all, when a well is fraced, the zone being fraced is WAYYYY deeper than the water source through about a mile of solid rock. The "slurry" (which is comprised of sand, water, friction reducer, and chemicals,which are usually, biocide and scale inhibitor) is pumped through the perforations in the casing. After flowback, most of the chemicals have spent themselves, and NONE of the flowback comes in contact with the aquifer areas. I have yet to see proof of residual chemical in H20 samples.
spellbiff 1 year ago
@spellbiff Oh really? So, it's perfectly safe? If hydraulic fracturing is so safe, why does Halliburton need indemnification language releasing them from all liability of any kind including death, loss of water, subsurface trespass and radioactivity? IJS
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon because IF anything were to happen unforseen, then it removes them from liability. Haliburton is a service company. The well, and all things associated are the responsibility of the producer. The producers have engineers that "design" the frac and are on location at all times making the decisions. The service company just performs the task. For instance, if you wondered up on location while they were fracing, and a chickson blew off and hit you or killed you, they couldn't be sued.
spellbiff 1 year ago
@TXsharon The radioactivity part has to do with a radioactive chaser that "SOME" fracs use. Don't see it much anymore. It is a very small amount and spends itself really fast. It is so they can monitor flow downhole.
spellbiff 1 year ago
@spellbiff Ever heard of NORM??? Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material is brought to the surface in concentrated amounts. It is a bone-seeking carcinogen with a 1622 year half life.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon Go take a flowback sample for me, and show me this NORM. make a video, run the test, and proove it! you are so full of "theories" and "studies" and horse shit. All of what you are preaching is politically fueled. You arent going to changemy mind or the other millions of Americans minds with your un-proovable crap. So take a hike...Move to Oregon or something.
spellbiff 1 year ago
These hands are not FEEDING EVERYONE! As a matter of fact, I have yet to see a valid argument from the 'pro drillers' in support of hydraulic fracturing...look at your children and imagine them burnt or sick or not being able to breathe...what a sorry culture this is that has been desensitized to the pain and suffering of others...check the FACTS on BOTH sides and THEN bring a good argument to the table..until then, your word is just as good as those who are obviously supporting YOU!
howardse22 1 year ago
@chaisecranston: Got links?? Because you can provide all the information you want with that one simple click of the mouse. You guys crack me up. Now, get some sleep. And get your links in order. i anticipate all that you have to say about "fracking." Better yet. Build yourself a blog site. Now "Get Crackin'.".
texasdame 1 year ago
@bejaminlately: Sorry I didn't see your comment sooner.
Seriously, you mean they are showing TXSharon's video to industry folks?? Well, it's about time somebody explained it to them. 30 years?? No, no, no.
"Horizontal" hydraulic fracturing. Let's get this straight for once. And so the "results" are not "public" because it's a competitive market??? That's very funny. What a lie.
See. We here in the big, fat Barnett Shale ARE the guinea pigs. Thanks for POISONING us slowly, but surely.
texasdame 1 year ago
Chaisevranston=gashole.
raydan2647 1 year ago
Chaisecranston: you're so full of it. I know all about you guys and your mantra. Just go back to your little desk job at the gas industry. You don't even know what you are talking about. Very few people here in North Texas are aware of the dangers of drilling and it's effects. Tool.
raydan2647 1 year ago
@raydan2647 Gashole here.....or whatever you want to call me...(love how you libs have your little childish smerks you think are clever!) That is an awesome response! I go to my "little desk job at the gas industry" everyday PROUDLY! Perhaps you know what you are talking about? Care to elaborate on what you learned in your production engineering degree? And it's not a good idea to sign your post's as "Tool". I think that is a self insult.....just an FYI.....
chaisecranston 1 year ago
Everytime I read that people say this is BS tells me the opposite. I just had a meeting last week with an EPA staffer hired by from the gas industry. He told me that the industry knows better but chooses not to do better. So there you go. Kind of like, there's no global warming, huh. Why don't you go up to Baylor Hospital in Dallas and ask why the Leukemia floor is constantly overbooked. I already know the answer. Get back to me on that.
raydan2647 1 year ago
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@raydan2647 If you believe everything you hear, you will soon be one that preaches the same falses...Oh wait you are! Sorry, for the interuption......go ahead......
chaisecranston 1 year ago
Everytime I read that people say this is BS tells me the opposite. I just had a meeting last week with an EPA staffer hired by from the gas industry. He told me that the industry knows better but chooses not to do better. So there you go. Kind of like, there's no global warming, huh. Why don't you go up to Baylor Hospital in Dallas and ask why the Leukemia floor is constantly overbooked. I already know the answer. Get back to me on that, Gashole.
raydan2647 1 year ago
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OzarkTroutBum 1 year ago
I live in a gas producing area and have witnessed a few frac jobs. This is accurate as to the procedures and emissions.
There is nothing clean about natural gas, all the pollution is on the front end, the part that the industry doesn't want you to talk about or see.
OzarkTroutBum 1 year ago
I see the GASHOLES are at it again. GASHOLES you are going down! The EPA is going to kick your ass!
davidmcfatridge 1 year ago
@chaisecranston and @ccronn: You guys need to watch this closely. That guy standing up there breathing in all those fumes...dead man walking. Or dead man standing...anyway you want to see it... he's in great jeopardy of becoming very ill if not dying from all those toxic fumes. What's wrong this industry? And what is wrong with the people who work in it that they aren't demanding better safety?? TXSharon is just pointing out what should be obvious to everyone who works in gas drilling.
texasdame 1 year ago
@texasdame She can point out all the fictional data she wants to. She has that right....Toxic fumes....sorry, just gotta laugh! DO SOME HOMEWORK PEOPLE! The people in this country are turning into victims of unintelligent propaganda. TXsharon wants me to expain the entire fracturing process to her in the the 200 character youtube limit, because she does not understand it. I wouldn't waste my time anyway, cuz I'm sure it would just be insulted by the same unintelligent propaganda I speak of.
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston I don't need or want you to explain fracking to me. (condescending much?) I consult with petroleum engineers (P.E.) all the time. They worked in the industry so they know all the tricks you use to cut corners.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon Now we are getting some where! Finally! Thank You! If they are cutting corners, then there is a problem, and I will most certainly back you on that. Heath, Safely and Environmental should always be #1. If this company, contractor or both to which you refer is not following proper proceedure to ensure all 3 of these are not protected, then the appropriate personel need informed, investigated, and necessary actions implemented. I'm glad we could finally get to the bottom of this!
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston Sorry, please strike the word "not" from "not protected". I didn't proof read before posting.
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston ha ha ha! Nice try. Support the FRAC Act and regulate hydraulic fracturing under the SDWA! If it's so safe why do you need an exemption. (HINT: that's a rhetorical question.)
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon What? So now you are saying they were not cutting corners and following procedure? You are making no sense.....once again. We all know it is regulated under the safe drinking water act, so I'm confused there too. What the hell are you trying to say here?
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston
Repeal industry exemptions from federal environmental statutes
Safe Drinking Water Act (Halliburton Loophole) Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
National Environmental Policy Act
• Toxic Release Inventory under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon More regulation than you can shake a stick at! Thanks for that! Most good......some B.S. Now you know why everyone bitches about thier gas bill in the winter.
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston You see, oil and gas is exempt from all those federal laws listed. Those laws that were meant to keep us safe.
Hey, thanks a bunch for all the hits you're putting on my video. They should ask me to monetize any day now.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon The company I work for is enforced by state law to conform to these policies and acts. We disclose all MSDS records to the state. Good luck with your monetization. Not sure what that has to do with this discussion....but.
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston Oh yeah? What state are you in?
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon I will not answer that, as it will obviously expose the co. I work for. I work my ass off everyday and I will not jepordize my career. I know.......I see the slams coming, but at least I am honest and have respect for my employer.
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston Well okie dokie but any state with drilling activity has many different drillers working there so I suspect you are pretty safe.
BTW, NO state has regulations that cover all the exemptions. That's per a study done by the DOE. Any right now only WY requires full disclosure and that just happened. The public deserves full disclosure.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon If you have a political issue, I suggest you address your congressman/representative and stop trying to bite the hand that feeds you, with accusations that they are trying to harm you. You libs need to take a few steps back, take the blindfolds off, and have a look......just plain ignorant assumptions that disgust us trying to provide what you demand.......Don't like the product? Boycot it! You have every right!
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston AGAIN, name one thing in the video that is untrue or as you say "ignorant".
AGAIN, you present the false argument that one who uses energy cannot advocate for better practices that will protect our health and the VITAL natural resources we all need to live.
Is that all you've got?
TXsharon 1 year ago
From a frac hand and an engineer, I can say this video is BS and has totally ghey music.
ccronn 1 year ago
@ccronn Okay, frack hand, what exactly is BS? Name it. So far none of you guys has done anything but call me names because you can't dispute the information in the video. heh.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon You are going to have to explain how your little video here proves that "North Texas air quality is the worst in the nation" (see vid tag) due to well fracturing. Ridiculous accusation, and deep down you know it. BTW, there are no facts in your video, so that makes your request even a little challenging.
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston Reading comprehension? Is that a challenge for you? The video shows fracking which contributes to our poor air quality along with the entire process of natural gas extraction. You can't address the facts in the video because they are rock solid. =)
TXsharon 1 year ago
google "energyindepth" Go there and read everything before you post back to another one of my comments. Are you aware that your video has been posted several places as an example of a total lack of understanding of fracing? That is partly why you have started getting so many hits in the last few weeks.
benjaminlately 1 year ago
@benjaminlately Energy in Depth is an industry propaganda arm.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon No it is not. It is a response to stupid videos like this one. I'll grant you that it may be somewhat slanted, but at least they provide some science and don't just sit out on a gravel road at dark and shoot video of a random well site. Fracing isn't some kind of black art they have been doing it for over 30 years, and millions if not billions has been put into research on the subject. Results are not public because it is a competitive market and not because oil companies are evil.
benjaminlately 1 year ago
@benjaminlately Ahm, the video is not the point, it's the annotations that contain the science. I've yet to see you rebut anything in the video. You're just complaining that I took a video. Horizontal fracking is a very new process that is less than 10 years old. It's still in the experimental stage. I happen to live in the county where Mitchell Energy did the first horizontal frack jobs. Results? Do you mean formulas? Yeah, that's what Big Tobacco said and you see what happened there.
TXsharon 1 year ago
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@TXsharon Thank you for your highly intelligent and informative comment. You have added so much to the conversation.
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@TXsharon Let's flip the switch for sharon.....who cares about everone else that needs fuel, heat in thier home, electricity, transportation, metals, plastics, roads....I can go on and on....Do you REALLY live in Texas? I don't, but WOW, no one is going to buy what you are trying to sell. I used to live there and the citizens are much more intelligent.
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston You present a false argument that because we used energy we have to allow their irresponsible and damaging extraction processes. I can use energy and demand better practices at the same time. And again you issue personal attacks rather than disputing any of the facts.
TXsharon 1 year ago
The Federal Government has no place in deciding what should be done with state resources. Why? Their resources (manpower) are already spread thin and there is no way that they would have an adequate understanding of the geology of each state (other than surface geology). Their time is better spent on things they already understand. Thinking the Federal Government is less corrupt than the state government is a joke. Fracing chemicals are already disclosed (not exact amounts).
benjaminlately 1 year ago
@benjaminlately Oh bull. You're comment is so dumb I'm not going to bother rebutting it.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon You didn't have time to go to energyindepth before you replied. States should decided what is done in their state. People need to make it a point to overhaul their state government if they can't do their job, but there are plenty of states that do just fine. No worries this is my last post, but seriously go read some before you make any more videos. (Feel free to delete this comment after you read it. my goal is not a personal attack, but I am quite frustrated.)
benjaminlately 1 year ago
@benjaminlately Oh there you go again with the condescending attitude. I've read EID's propaganda and why on earth would I believe a company that PROFITS from this industry. As I've said before, Texas does not regulate hydraulic fracturing. The State of Texas decided that they would give industry free rein and not regulate fracking so...SOS to EPA! You think you're frustrated? I live in the @$%#& gas-patch.
TXsharon 1 year ago
Are people really this stupid to post clips to try and make controversy for thier own enjoyment? Oh yea, we do have Michael Moore, so I stand corrected. TXsharon, listen close, please seek a country that may fit your agenda like, Saudi Arabia or Iran. Oh, sorry they do the same thing. Maybe, China or Venezuela or Australia? Opps no help you there either. All I can think of is Japan, but you'd be getting it from us anyway, so what do you care? It's not your drinking water. Right?
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston Thank you for your highly intelligent and informative comment. You have added so much to the conversation.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon Yet, you have yet to prove a solid point. It is obvious you have little knowledge about fracturing technology. Did you study any of this in the university you attended? I would almost bet it was not even offered.....just assuming becuase, I would not expect one with a production engineering degree to blow big $ on what they think was a bogus education.
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston Disprove anything stated in the video. You can't so you make personal attacks against me.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon What personal attacks? What are you talking about?
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston Sorry...No personal attacks intended. The false propaganda and lack of research/knowledge of technology is what upsets me.
chaisecranston 1 year ago
@chaisecranston actually, Japan does more questionable drilling activity than just about anyone. They are after offshore Methane clathrates which might be risky with current technology, but I do know they have one of the most advanced drilling ships in the world working on it. If they get the technology perfected I expect it will probably get adopted around much of the world. Good luck regulating that.
benjaminlately 1 year ago
Please feel free to explain the method by which the water can become mobile for over a mile through multiple geologic units that are effectively impermeable. I don't suppose you have the names of your geologists off hand? I find it hard to believe anyone who really understands fracing would be against it. There are a lot of professors have very little understanding of rock properties.
benjaminlately 1 year ago
@benjaminlately Please explain why water that is perfectly safe to drink suddenly becomes contaminated after hydraulic fracturing. Of course I have the name of the geologists but I won't put their names here,"benjaminlately".
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon The water becomes contaminated because the drilling companies screwed up, (a case by case basis) and they should be fined for doing so as well as provide a solution for any problems they cause. My problem is that the current trend it to simply disallow drilling rather than fix the problems. If done correctly fracing should not be a threat to the environment or drinking water. If you want to blame anyone for drinking water problems blame state governments.(Regulation is their job)
benjaminlately 1 year ago
@benjaminlately You are distorting here because I've not seen anyone trying to "disallow" drilling except, maybe, in New York City. Almost without exception what people want is for drilling to be better regulated, and, since there is too much corruption at the state level, hydraulic fracturing needs to be regulated at the federal level. We need to pass the FRAC Act. If hydraulic fracturing is so safe, then what do you have to fear? FULL disclosure!
TXsharon 1 year ago
I say that the industry is not only "fracking" these fossil fuel deposits, but they are intentionally "reacting" these deposits with chemicals/catalysts that generate producer "gas" from low grade coal deposits. The main reason for the exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act,,,,they are intentionally injecting/leaving chemicals/catalyst into these depostis that slowly desolve/convert the coal shale to various forms of gases.
dreamwvr57 1 year ago
the fact that they are exempt from the safe water drinking act is pretty much the biggest crime anybody could commit! What in God's name were human beings thinking when they did that ? Seriously!!!!!!! What good could that possibly do ? One day when we are running out of clean water then they will say oh yea that was a mistake. Why the F can't they use common sense and pro-act vs re-act ?
iRECKONER 1 year ago
7/4/1776-Declaration of United States of America. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the RIGHT of WE THE PEOPLE to Alter OR to Abolish it, and to institute NEW Government, laying its foundation on such PRINCIPLES and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their SAFETY and HAPPINESS. Amen
emmalenesmom 1 year ago
@emmalenesmom AMEN!
TXsharon 1 year ago
@seanreid1970. The music was just a symbol of not having quality air to breathe. I just wanted to partial agree with you, I do see both sides. However the simplicity of my daughter asking about the water cycle made me see that it's our problem now. The steak, burgers, chickens, wheat, veggies...etc exposed to the air/water/food/sludge pits. It's leached into the ground/rivers, caught in the water cycle and raining in someone's dog bowl/garden/pool. It's foresight. Trust me, ignoring is easier.
emmalenesmom 1 year ago
@seanreid1970
Haha my grammar.. is that best you can do! ..this isn't a fucking spelling b douchebag! Obviously your head is so far up your ass counting pennies that you don't actually care about the catastrophic effects these kinds of industries can have on the environment.
Do some real research and then tell me I'm wrong. Why have a go at my grammar, is that all your have left in your pathetic money driven life. THE TRUTH IS WHAT MATTERS. Go suck a corporate dick and swallow your pay cheque!
importscene 1 year ago
Well your smart aren't you have it all figured out, round of applause for the attorney who says "its all ok"
I'm a mother fucking astronaut so listen up! Your living a lie... over 500 chemicals many of which are extremely poisonous being pumped through the ground. Chemicals that you wouldn't have the brain to comprehend.. Thousands of cases across US and even AU. Heavily polluted water, dead and very sick wildlife, hardcore levels of dangerous emissons ! YOU DRINK IT... propaganda my ass!
importscene 1 year ago
@seanreid1970 Wow, liberal propaganda...why not just call the filmmaker a terrorist? Obviously the film has a view point! His objective was to show the consequences when an industry is exempt from playing by the rules. Who cares if they were disgruntled about their leases? That doesn't excuse the operating practices and wholesale destruction of their land. Many of them just happened to live near these rigs and received no compensation for having their water destroyed.
at32degrees 1 year ago
@seanreid1970 Sorry for the multiple posts. Please enlighten me sir about the truth regarding hydraulic fracturing. Since you're a lawyer, you should have no problem dispelling these allegations. Where's your evidence counselor? It's incredibly ignorant to dismiss a film because it's labeled "liberal". I guess if you care about the environment it makes you liberal? I'm sorry if I don't want Cabbot experimenting on my watershed with the potential to cause irreversible damage!
at32degrees 1 year ago
@seanreid1970 Gasland brought this to my attention and after substatial research I've found that very much of what he shows is accurate. Just because the guy isn't a very good journalist doesn't make the film false. Even if only half of it was true, we still have a tremendous problem on our hands. What facts do you have that somehow make the gas drilling safe and discount the fact that they are operating almost completely autonomously? Why are they so afraid to comply with enviro regs?
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@seanreid1970 Sadly you miss the point that the oil and gas companies are EXCLUSIVELY exempt from the enviro protections put in place to prevent this. The burden of proof should fall on these companies and not the communities being impacted. Should we just wait until they have poisoned the NY and Del River Basin watersheds permanently? By the way idiot even if you lived in the woods off the grid your water supply will still be effected. You're one ignorant clown...you must work for Halliburton!
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at32degrees 1 year ago
I'm hoping that this BASTARDS BARNETT SHALE EXPLODE WITH ALL OF THEIR APPLICANTS AND OWNERS INSIDE SO THEY WILL ALL DIE ALL TOGETHER!!!! FUCK YOU BARNETT SHALE!!!
Goomoonryong 1 year ago
@seanreid1970 Comment to ignorant for reply
TXsharon 1 year ago
TXsharon, I appreciate your concern for the environment. In the old days no thought was given to the impact of operations, especially ground water. You are unfortunately not completely informed about these things. I'm a geologist. I suggest you try and meet with one of these companies and get on to the well site with a geologist. They would be more than happy to show you around and explain to you how these things work. As appose to filming from a distance.
hksayles 1 year ago
@hksayles
Condescending much?
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon maybe condescending, but I'm also a geologist at agree. The sad truth is that very few people understand fracing, and now laws are being created from unfounded fears and misinformation.
benjaminlately 1 year ago
@benjaminlately AND? I also know geologists at the university where I work. They are aghast at what is happening and they explain quite well how fracking fluids can find pathways into our drinking water.
TXsharon 1 year ago
@hksayles Good thing we have incompetent geologists like you. Do you think the on site geo is going to spew anything but propaganda? If everyone is so uninformed and these practices are as claimed "perfectly safe" then why are they fighting so hard to not allow proper oversight? What have they got to hide? I guess it's perfectly safe to pump these chemicals in the ground and let them leach into wherever they want? And the people with flammable water are just misinformed too right?
at32degrees 1 year ago
@hksayles If you're a geologist then no wonder these companies get away with poisoning our water!
at32degrees 1 year ago
Those "emissions" you refer to in this video that i see are the dust rising from the sandking as it is being loaded buy a sand truck the other emissions i saw
looked like steam as it was cold there according to your dates also drinking water is less than 1500 ft deep if the the surface casing is set properly you have nothing to worry about. You should google chemtrails and h.a.a.r.p
jmecrg 1 year ago
@jmecrg That's all what they want you to believe. Silica is a serious lung irritant similar to asbestos. And what all do you suppose is in that steam?
Yeah, whatever about the water being protected "IF" the casing blah, blah...
TXsharon 1 year ago
@TXsharon why dont you post a video of lab reports that say your water is bad ? hey sharon checkout chemtrails and wile your at it google H.A.A.R.P . and one last thing if you did not want this "BAD STUFF THAT YOU HAVE NO PROOF OF" on your land WHY DID YOU LEASE YOUR LAND TO THE OIL COMPANY????
jmecrg 1 year ago
Putting gas in your car and heating your home is also a health hazzard.
Let the bastards freeze (and walk) in the dark!
JGMagoo 1 year ago
Keep using Google for your "research", you have no idea or clue about anything you want a water sample, give me an address and I will send you one taken directly from the wellhead, as far as some local taking one for independent study they would have no clue where to take it.
SuperNk1978 1 year ago
I actually find that reading the comments on this video is substantially more entertaining than the video itself!! TXsharon, I really enjoyed the part where you said you climbed a tree to take picures!! That's devotion to a cause!! Good luck in your ventures on reformation of the process of hydraulic fracturing!! hahahaha
payroll6278 1 year ago
So 2200 meters of overburden is not enough isolation from the aqufer? All sands & fluids flowed back to surface are caught and seperated in a pressure-vessel and shipped for processing to a disposal plant for processing. The water that is left after processing is the equvliant of sea water. FRAC sand is no more dangerous than the sand found on a beach. I have grown cactus in it. This whole artical is nothing more than fear-mongering
brokenpine284 1 year ago
Fear-mongering? Oh really? And, just yesterday we learn that industry is using diesel fuel in that "Oh so harmless" frack fluid, thereby breaking their promise to stop using diesel. So, we're not inclined to believe ANYTHING you say. If you work in the oil patch, you have been fooled just like the rest of us. Find a new job.
TXsharon 1 year ago
the video is cool, but what's with the gay music.
tinram745 1 year ago
I have worked in the conventional oil & gas industry in Western Canada for more than a decade. The majority of my experience is with natural gas, both sweet & sour. The first eight years of my experience was with under-balanced completions in the western sedimentary basin. I have in the past worked on the Montney shale play in NW Canada. At present I specialize in the proper abandonment of gas wells.
brokenpine284 1 year ago
If you can come up to NYS and tell folks what life is really like now inTexas. Thanks
avkurt 2 years ago
For the sake of science silica is sand. They are one in the same. Generally speaking it's small particles of quartz.
You present the information in the video as fact when it is really opinion. You have a bubble pointing to dust floating in the air while labeling it as a cloud of chemicals. You even just now admitted that you aren't sure there are chemicals being released into the air. You say it's just possible.
Whisky2002 2 years ago
@Whisky2002 Silica acts on the lungs similar to asbestos. That's why silica products come with recommendations to wear protective gear.
Please prove that no chemicals are being released into the air. OR give us access to collect the data. FYI the data has already been collected but industry always rejects the data just like BIG TOBACCO
TXsharon 2 years ago
@Whisky2002 From Wiki: Silicosis (also known as Potter's rot) is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in forms of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.
Silicosis (especially the acute form) is characterized by shortness of breath, fever, and cyanosis (bluish skin). It may often be misdiagnosed as pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), pneumonia, or tuberculosis.
TXsharon 2 years ago
@Whisky2002 Health effects
Quartz sand (silica) as main raw material for commercial glass production. Inhaling finely divided crystalline silica dust in very small quantities over time can lead to silicosis, bronchitis or (much more rarely) cancer, as the dust becomes lodged in the lungs and continuously irritates them, reducing lung capacities (silica does not dissolve over time).
TXsharon 2 years ago
Thank you. I know what silicosis is since I have worked around fly ash which is a much finer silica product than 100 mesh sand. It is, as listed below, an occupational disease caused by inhalation of fine grain silica. The key word being occupational since those are the folks that are exposed to it day in and day out even in the smallest of quantities. I certainly hope the guys out there wear the proper gear.
Whisky2002 2 years ago
@Whisky2002 Just think about the poor folks who live around the fracking!!! And their animals! They can't punch out and go home because they live there 24/7. If there are multiple wells, the fracking can take several weeks exposing these citizens to these substances endlessly. The last time I witnesses fracking the air was thick with this stuff and one home in the area was covered all the time. It's reckless.
TXsharon 2 years ago
Three weeks is hardly an endless amount of time. I can understand it being a nuisance. Cleaning sand and grit out of your ears and nose is no fun. It's about the same as living on a dirt road in a dry climate. Even though you can't punch out for those three weeks the hand running the equipment has to move on with the crew to the next location and continues to be exposed.
Whisky2002 2 years ago
@Whisky2002 There you go again! It's not sand. And, sometimes there are many wells in the same area. It's a human health hazard.
TXsharon 2 years ago
@Whisky2002
No, no, no, Whisky. I said possibly asbestos. =)
TXsharon 2 years ago
and chemicals... ;-)
Whisky2002 2 years ago
@Whisky2002 Possible asbestos and probably chemicals.
TXsharon 2 years ago
Except it's not just sand. It's silica and sand and possibly asbestos and chemicals.
TXsharon 2 years ago
Some of it is diesel exhaust and the rest is dust created when sand is transferred from a transport truck to the containers on location.
Whisky2002 2 years ago
Umm, those are diesel engines running, just like the dump truck with a diesel engine driving past you on the freeway.
wapiti92002 2 years ago
@wapiti92002 Sure, some of it is diesel. MOST of it is the crap they use to frack.
TXsharon 2 years ago
do you want to live in the dark
brushcreekfarmer45 2 years ago
Excellent video on rape.
101101101777 2 years ago 2
Third party studies as recently as 2009 have shown that 80,000kg worth of overblown environmentalists can be used in each frac process, resulting in 70% less misinformation. Call your State rep today to express your support for this important initiative.
FortNelsonPete 2 years ago
funny, blowing sand dust is dangerous. Get a job w/ halliburton so you can see what is really going on.
wagawagawaga1 2 years ago
wow dude you are so misinformed, you are so wrong lol....
mongration 2 years ago
Okay, well dude, set me straight. I can't wait. LOL
TXsharon 2 years ago
Who ever made this video needs to get some things straight. All that so called, "Emissions", is that sand truck blowing sand into the sand storage unit. At least if your gonna video something at least know whats going on.
zyx1011 2 years ago
I know exactly what's going on. I have conferred with scientists and experts.
TXsharon 2 years ago
You sound like one of those people from the gas company. You have nothing to back up what you say. It's like listening to the execs at Aruba Petroleum telling me they won't poison my well water. I don't believe them, either.
lpaudit 2 years ago
If a company is putting flowback or drilling mud into frac ponds they deserve to be reported. It would be very bad if the pond overflowed due to rain. Regulations are in place to prevent that and it sounds like they were enforced when reported. I just don't want to see unnecessary additional regulations like to frac act to burden the industry. Existing regulations work they just need to enforce them better. Most companies already go further in their policies than are required.
peaster48 2 years ago
Hydraulic fracturing is NOT REGULATED at all in Texas. And the regulations we do have are extremely lax and slanted toward the industry.
Industry claims that the FRAC Act would place undue burdens have been proven false. It's one of the most profitable industries in the world. They can afford to take better care and they have proven that they won't unless forced.
I have no hard feelings toward the people who work in the industry. You are just doing the best you can. Read my blog & see what ..
TXsharon 2 years ago
I have never seen any company put flow back or drilling mud into frac ponds. All flow back goes into frac tanks. And is hauled off to disposals.
azbarton1 2 years ago
So, because YOU've never seen it, does that mean it doesn't happen? I can assure you that the pit in the video is full of flowback from a well about 1/2 mile away. This is know because I reported them for dumping it in the creek and they were fined. Then they used that same flowback to frack the well.
TXsharon 2 years ago
You are correct that is is hard to determine where fracs go in the Barnett because of its complex natural fractures. However when fracs do get out of zone they go down into the Ellenburger formation which is a water zone with over 200,000 total dissolved solids. This makes production hard and we try to prevent it. The Barnett has a very solid cap rock. Regarding poor cement jobs, in Texas a cement log is required before the frac to ensure that there are no gaps.
peaster48 2 years ago
Cement logs are not infallible and who keeps those logs? Industry is left to the honor system and that's not good enough when the chemicals are deadly. Besides the cement can get damaged and that happens more than you know.
TXsharon 2 years ago
I have a white paper written by a petroleum engineer that exposes how inadequate the current unregulated cementing and fracking are in Texas. I don't have a way to post it on YouTube.
TXsharon 2 years ago
Please explain how frac fluid can migrate up through at least 5000 feet of impermable cap rocks and other oil and gas formations and contaminate water aquifers. So you have your info right if a pit is lined and there is no well next to it, it is a fresh water holding pond (frac pond) not a mud pit. I noticed half of the "waste pits" were frac ponds. I'm not trying to start an argument with you. I don't want to ruin the environment either but i know the industry and the precautions we take.
peaster48 2 years ago
Response, PART 1:
You can Google this: "Hydraulic Fracture: Precise or Imprecise?" And see in the industry's own words how it can and does happen. Here is a quote from the manual Halliburton uses, Manual for the Independent Operator:
An improperly designed or poorly performed stimulation treatment can allow a hydraulic fracture to enter a water zone.
If you read that manual, you will see many more examples of that same language.
TXsharon 2 years ago
Response, PART 2;
Regarding the pit: If you're referring to the pit in the picture, it was full of flowback. Google this: Hey, Braden Exploration! Are you illegally dumping drilling waste in Wise County?
I climbed a tree and got pictures of the drilling waste floating on the surface. Then I reported them and the fluid was tested, found to be drilling waste and they were fined.
They were also caught dumping drilling mud in that same pit.
TXsharon 2 years ago