Posted on 01/03/2013 9:54:57 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-The new movie "Promised Land" digs into the fierce national debate over fracking, the technique that's generated a boom in U.S. natural gas production while also stoking controversy over its possible impact on the environment and human health.
Written by and starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski, the film comes at an opportune time for a big-screen exploration of the issues surrounding the shale gas revolution, with cheap natural gas transforming the nation's energy landscape and "fracking" now a household word.
But viewers shouldn't necessarily expect a realistic treatment of drilling and fracking. It's not that kind of film...
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
And here's Haliburton's list of chemicals used. Again, nothing 'scary' for anyone with a basic understanding of science but 'scary names' that the eco-Marxists can use to herd the sheep.
None of the "Chemicals" are secret. The specific companies keep their proportion used in various formations 'proprietary' for competitive advantage, but both the state regulators here in Pennsylvania and the Fed EPA know exactly what is being pumped down each well. They are just not allowed to tell Co A what formulation Co B is using a few miles away.
But none of it is going to ever 'poison' anyone.
If these folks were truly concerned about the environment they would be PROMOTING drilling and mining in the U.S.A. where we have so many rules and regulations regarding environmental and worker’s safety. But by shutting down activities here it shoves it off to places like China, Indonesia and Nigeria where neither the worker or the environment gets a second look.
I was at a mine in Indonesia and they had something in the company news letter about their highly rated safety rating. I was there for only three months and there were two deaths!
The chemical you are speaking of is an emulsifier and surfacant.
Essentially it makes water wetter, enabling the pressure of the wash combined with granules of sand and rock to displace oil from the many cavities and fractures pushing the oil to pumps and out of the ground.
It works even better when heated and wanna know what it is?
Soap that is low sudsing.
I used to sell Amway LOC soap to oil companies and it becomes 100 times wetter when heated.
They will call it by different names under different manufacturers but essentially that’s what they use.
Also, there are no studies proving that displacement technologies result in polluting ground water.
For various reasons it isn’t even likely it would happen.
I can’t go into the why’s and why not’s because I want to catch up on the news.
You have nothing to worry about making an area uninhabitable for 100 years except....Sinkholes.
You blow out what was supporting underground caverns and sometimes it will lose structure but, they happen without fracking anyway.
I think between thackney and my explanation you should be up to speed, Cliffs Notes Style.
Halliburton is an excellent resource.
They were my customer in the 80’s as well as Noble Drilling, Cherokee, Schlumberger, Amerada Hess(I will always be grateful to Mr. Hess, who passed some years ago) Every oil company in Cushing, Drumright, Yale, most of Western Oklahoma except Bartlesville based Phillips.
LOC!!!!
LMFAO.
Sold Amway, too.
Oh, crap, that is funny.
On a semi serious note, I may not be quite as dumb as I look, but I have NEVER been hesitant to admit what I DON’T know.
The only things besides playing bass I have a professional class knowledge of are document imaging and political polling.
Good resources. Thanks
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