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Hydraulic Fracturing of a Barnett Shale gas well in Wise County.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Barnett Shale
• natural gas
• drilling

[jckdann7]

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

[TXsharon]

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

[TXsharon]

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

[txbowman79]

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

[TXsharon]

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

[jckdann7]

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

[txbowman79]

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

[TXsharon]

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

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

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

[comet337]

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

[TXsharon]

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

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