In Washington State? Give me a break.
Your misuse of industry terminology indicates to me you are a fraud. A wellhead is a piece of hardware, no matter where it sits, and explosives are not used in fracking, at least not in these parts.
While I haven't worked in Nevada in 20 years, I have worked in the oil industry for 35 years and I have never heard a DRILLING LEASE called a "fracking lease".
When I leased out my own minerals, the word "fracking" wasn't on the paperwork anywhere. So excuse me if I think you are full of it.
prior lease sales and upcoming BLM lease sales in Nevada
While it has been a while since I worked wells in Nevada, the major production was in Eureka County (Blackburn Field) and over by Ely, Grant Canyon, and Railroad Valley. The source rock is the Chainman Shale, and I would think that might be the primary target of interest. More information on that here
Note that the areas of greatest interest are in Eastern Nevada.
I am a geologist who has experience in states from Nevada to North Dakota, and have been working the Bakken play from pretty much day one. The only well I worked in Southern Nevada (about 20 miles south and east of Groom, Nevada) was a dry hole, devoid of the organic rich shale and devoid of any oil or gas shows.
Here is a list complete to 2008 of wells in Nevada, and just scanning down the Clark County list of Abandoned and Plugged and Abandoned wells, the last was done in 1989.
So don't try to shout me down with Natural News links (one of which did not work), if you have some real data, post a link. Lease Sales are a matter of public record.
You are too quick to make judgements. Of course I am not fracking in Washington State. I am an allocation holder in Stanley, Berthold, Dickinson and Trenton ND. My involvement in fracking spans from Bakken wellhead to terminal and terminal transport to Washington state by rail or by pipe to the East Coast. I am working on getting Bakken crude to Cushing and my sales are throughout the USA where transport is economical.
At this very minute I have an employee in Montana and North Dakota who is checking out a new pipe that just came online this past Wednesday. No I am not a pipeline operator or anything like that as I expect you to draw a conclusion based on incomplete considerations. I am merely a new shipper who has passed financial review for the new pipeline.
My non-fracking business spans the globe. But fracking is starting seemingly everywhere.
I didn't read the rest of your post because you are trigger happy. If you think I should read it, if there is anything you think worthwhile in it, let me know but start your reply off with an apology because I did not deserve what was dished out above.