Posted on 03/05/2011 6:02:12 AM PST by thackney
Two natural gas companies agreed Friday to temporarily cease operations of injection wells in an area of central Arkansas that has seen more than 800 earthquakes during the past six months.
Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy and Clarita Operating of Little Rock said they would comply with the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission’s emergency request to stop all injection activities in Greenbriar- and Guy-area wells used to dispose of wastewater from production. The panel’s next regular meeting is March 29.
Geologists are studying a swarm of recent area quakes, most tiny, in an attempt to determine whether there is a connection between the seismic activity and gas-drilling companies’ work in the Fayetteville Shale formation.
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I have no problem with fracturing process.
My complaint is the disposal of millions of gallons of contaminated water.
They have started drilling and injecting to get rid of it, and it costs $ to drill to X feet of depth for injection.
Greed comes in to play and the contractor may inject at depths not down to specification. That is where the problems lies.
Once groundwater is ruined, it may never be suitable for human or animal use in unknown lifetimes. It is occurring here in central Texas, and I’m sure elsewhere.
Now they have started building earthen berms on former farm land in Johnson county, and just dumping the water and contaminants directly on the ground. Let the water evaporate and just leave the remaining materials on top of the soil!/@#!
How suitable is that for contaminated soil? Well, the wind blows strong both from the North and the South at various times, so the dust will be evenly distributed along I35W.
(The last one was incomplete. Oops.)
We are becoming a very weak nation. Our forefathers are probably rolling in their graves. I guess we deserve high prices for our weakness. People in this country are stupid and weak. It is no wonder China is better than us.
“Sorry, we’re in the middle of an energy crisis, don’t have time to drill.”
Excellent point, besides it would take to long before we could get it through production to the end user therefore its a waste of time to start.
Then Canuks are causing the earthquakes somewhere else.
Duh.
LOL....I shoulda kept scrolling. ;(
[[dispose of wastewater from production.]]
There is supposedly a new method of Fracking (I guess that is the term used for this type of drilling) which uses natural gas, or propane isntead of the millions of gallons of water used for this type of drilling- the gas is used under pressure, which works kinda the same as the water I guess- and aftwards, the gas is sucked back out, and cleaned, and can be used again- and you don’t get the problems associated with water which could contaminate wells and rivers etc- Soem company out of Canada I guess has been tryign to get this new method goign here i nthe states- I don’t htink it will help with the earthquakes though, but it sure would help with the waste of millions of gallons of water and possible contaminations to well water-
I’ve noticed on the USGS earthquake site that Oklahoma has one spot with little earthquakes fairly regularly. Do they do injection well drilling there, too? There’s no earthquake fault anywhere nearby.
***Because the flow from very deep down in the earth where the water is warmed by subterranean hot spots. What causes that heat? The devil’s home maybe?****
Don’t laugh! Many years ago in Van Buren County Ark, a well was drilled, hit natural gas and caught on fire! It scared those hillbillies so bad that they would never sign contracts for drilling for decades! They thought the drillers had drilled into Hell and the devil was coming out to get them!
And 'medium' numbers of hurricanes...
Good one, but you’re a nanosecond behind the PC curve.
It’s now AGI ... Anthropogenic Geological Instability
There are injection wells all over Oklahoma. That has been done for decades.
“but you’re a nanosecond behind the PC curve.”
I’m slipping!
My goal is to be 2 decades behind the PC curve!
Hmmm....That's a whole lot of quakes for such a small area....Scary...
here’s the link to the method of Gas Fracking- there’s I guess No residual fluids left behind, and nearly 100% of the gas used to frack with is reclaimed and used again- no massive waste of millions of gallons of water like in hydrolic fracking
http://gasfrac.com/gasfrac_comparison.aspx
This may be the future of fracking- I’m sure the enviros, upon leaernign about htis method, will really be putting the pressure on hydrolic fracking outfits
Hydraulic fracturing is safe.
First, there is zero contact between the fracing fluid and the earth, except in the horizontal portion of the well that is about one mile below the surface.
Second, the entire vertical portion of the well is solid steel pipe. The first 800 feet is encased in concrete. There is ZERO contact between the well and the water table, which does not pass below 700 feet.
Third, they are recovering nearly 100% of the facing fluid and, here in Pennsylvania, they are taking it to processing centers to be filtered, cleaned and prepared to be re-used.
Fourth, fracing fluid that has been processed is cleaner than the best tap water in any city in the world. It is often released into rivers and streams. Our environmentalists still call this frac fluid, even though it is absolutely pure.
Fifth, the only danger comes from surface spills. The fracing fluid is so diluted that an overturned truck with a ruptured fuel tank is more hazardous.
Do not buy the emotion and hysteria. Get educated.
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