Posted on 04/28/2015 4:11:06 AM PDT by thackney
Local governments wouldn’t be able to ban fracking under a bill the Florida House passed.
The House voted 82-34 for the bill Monday. It calls for a study of hydraulic fracturing and regulation of the drilling practice.
Democrats opposed the bill, saying fracking should be banned in Florida because of the potential to contaminate groundwater.
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Ground water in my neighborhood is 6 feet below my house. How do I know? I jetted my own sprinkler well. Then I went to the next level of 35 feet to get under the coquina layer to get at water with less sediment. I could go no further.
As somewhat of an industry expert on all things petrol, what is the average drilling depth required to get to the “fracking zone” and are those drillings also not jacketed?
drillings are jacketed?
Fracking has been around for 50 years. If the locals can ban this...then they can ban anything. How about....no fishing on our shores.
All power should flow upward, that’s for sure. Centralize, centarlize, centralize.
Really? There is something to frac? Not just water and sink holes ?
Keep in mind, hydraulic fracturing is used in all types of formations, not just the tight formations like the shale plays, Bakken and Eagle Ford for example.
Most of the shale plays that has resulted in the US oil production growth is thousands of feet deep. There are multiple levels of casing and cement to seal in the well from ground water. A simple illustration of the work, step by step, can be found at:
This is something that should definitely have to get permits from the town or city where it's happening. It's hard enough trying to get government officials to not allow things that benefit them but hurt their communities. Anything that takes control of use of property further from the people is a bad thing.
Thank you Sir. Exactly the response I was expecting and hoping for.
These fracking people aren’t taking land by eminent domain.
With respect to the depths of gas/oil drilling in the Gulf, would this also be something that can be duplicated on shore just as it is off considering the depths?
Having the local college kids get drummed up by a beer and pizza party to vote against the rural voters can be a bad thing as well.
Denton lost because outside dollars got enough of the 51,000 college students to register locally and outweigh the property owners on the outskirts of town.
People should be allowed to lease their mineral rights; not shut down by the townies.
Are you asking if hydraulic fracturing is done offshore? If so, not as often due to the expense of handling the volumes of fluid required.
No, it was directed more at the post you made about not much oil in Florida. The deep drilling in the Gulf is netting huge results and my question was can this also not be done onshore considering Florida has more shoreline on the Gulf than it does on the Atlantic.
It requires the right sedimentary rock combined with cap rock for the reservoir to exist. Oil isn’t everywhere. It is different in every field it is found.
as my education on this topic continues.
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