Drilling Rig Emissions

[heyseed817]

That's just the heat off of the water coming out of the ground which is 120 degrees it's no big deal. The increase in emissions in the DFW area is mainly cause by automobiles which increases yearly due to the increase of population. Maybe you should raise hell about that instead.

[driller329]

When you stop driving your vehicles and turn your electricity off to your home and wearing the clothes and makeup from the store.I might listen to you. How do you think your putting that crap on your computer happens. all this just magicaly happens it is all made to happen with the fossil fuels that we DRILL for, you hypocrite. Thanks

[ikieone]

How do you think that fracturing a pay zone 7000 to 12000 feet below ground will affect your ground water when the fresh water producing zones are at 250 to 750 feet from the surface with various barrier rock between them?? A land fill that you send wast to leaches more in to the ground water from the surface!

[TXsharon]

EPA will require aggregation of emissions and then Big Gas will be forced to clean up their act.

WAHOO!!!!

[ArubaGreed]

I would love to leave. Should we just walk away from the house and lose the equity we have in it, or stay and possibly ruin our health? Aruba wrecked our home. Own 10 acres, can only use 5.5. Ten of thousands of acres that make up the Barnett Shale, and Aruba has to show up in my back yard? If digging holes in the ground is the best you can do, try going back to school- you'll get a better job, and your health will improve, and you'll be around to enjoy your family for many more years to come.

[TXsharon]

Going back to school will enable you to find a better job where you won't be exposed to the very toxic and dangerous chemicals and all the diesel emissions. That will improve your health. It will also help with your reasoning skills so you can make those kinds of connections. Best of luck to you.

[TXsharon]

Industry takes shortcuts at every opportunity. I've caught them and photographed them and I expose it on my blog.

What good are jobs when we have contaminated water and polluted air? The industry can do a better job of protecting our environment.

You can call me every name in the book and I will not be deterred AND it doesn't change the FACTS. You wouldn't keep coming back here if you didn't KNOW this is true.

We can have both: Jobs that feed our families and a cleaner environment.

[lpaudit]

Maybe you can come out to my place for your drinking water and you can put that into your mouth as well. Come on, the nice friendly gas company execs at Aruba Petroleum told me it was 'safe'. That's all I need, is just the word from some gas company ass.

[TXsharon]

So, let's get this straight. The drillers have affordable methods at their disposal to prevent much of this pollution BUT because other industry also pollutes we should just have sex and forget about it.

Great reasoning skills.

[tommyg773]

The Gas companies have no regard whatsoever about the well being of our planet. They are getting very rich and we will all pay the price of the toll it takes on our planet. Destruction to earth's crust, emissions into the air millions of gallons of diesel they burn to drill, frac, run compressors, water trucks which transport liquid from deep within the earth to be forced into the earth at an injection site. The list of pollution and damage( like earthquakes in cleburne TX) is endless.

[tommyg773]

Drill baby drill - its all about greed.

[TXsharon]

STATE DATA SUPPORTS CONCLUSIONS OF EDF/SMU STUDY ON BARNETT SHALE EMISSIONS

TCEQ's numbers confirm the study by Dr. Armandariz.

Emissions of smogforming nitrogen oxides and volatile organic emissions for the entire 19-counties of the Barnett Shale area were approximately 200 tons per day.

The oil and gas industry stubbornly disputed Armandariz's study allowing these emissions to continue and thereby endangering public health and safety.

[chapeautie]

well if they're driling in flower mound, same as they'd drill in the jonah field, just proves how democratic they are ... and how dangerous it is to play in the garden of hierarchies!

"I weep for you the Walrus said: I deeply sympathize.

With sobs and tears he sorted out those of the largest size, Holding his pocket-handkerchief before his streaming eyes."

DRILL WITH DISREGARD ANYWHERE I SAY... OR NOWHERE AT ALL.

[TXsharon]

Scott, sure, you are correct. Now consider what's in that mud. There are many toxins in drilling mud plus the toxic hydrocarbons (VOCs) that come back up from the formation and the RADIOACTIVE WASTE.

[scott76252]

It's a winter morning and that's water vapor coming off the mud pits. The down well ground temps warm up the mud. It's the same as steam coming off a warm pond on a cold day. How do I know? I experienced it personally. I used to work on a drilling rig.

[60bunnies]

This country is going insane. This kind of drilling and ruining of our air, thus our lungs, thus our lives needs to be stopped now!!!

[etniesskater7494]

they are supposed to put a drill on the bridlewood golf course! in my neighborhood! thats less than 3000 feet from my house! its rediculous. texas is rediculous denton county sucks. I am in my room and i can here 2 drills simultaneously going. it sounds like growling cats ready to scratch you. Have you heard about the bridlewood ordeal in flower mound?

[TXsharon]

Yeah, I've heard about Bridlewood. I can't believe they are drilling in Flower Mound! That's supposed to be an upscale neighborhood.

We have gone mad!

[etniesskater7494]

yea man, its retarded. thankfully one of the drills outside the neighborhood was moved but there is still the growling cat sound :/

[TXsharon]

Oh, just the water with all the toxic chemicals in it. No problem.

[haynesvilledriller]

Thats just the water in the drilling mud evaporating because it has heated up underground.