Oil and gas drilling can be done and not harm the local environment. The whole work area is less than a football field and the road in is made with due regard to erosion and other disturbance.
Once the well is producing, the work area shrinks even more and the collecting tanks or pipeline are not that noticeable.
We can have affordable energy as well as a nice view of nature.
When we are done with this (dual lateral horizontal) well, we will have tapped 640 acres of reservoir from one site.
Trucks are only used to haul oil here until the pipeline tie-in is completed.
There are at least 10 other rigs in the immediate area, and we've been busy for three years now.
I'm liking it. I enjoy getting a steady paycheck. Not like the Clinton Years.
In most places, the wellheads can be sunken so that you can't even see them.
We drilled several wells across from and behind the Ramada Inn in Laurel, MS. You won't see them unless you know where they are.