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Showing posts with label aquifer contamination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aquifer contamination. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Fracking failures Colorado and the oil and gas Industry fear being published
Below are some of the most relevant talking points (COGCC facts) about OG/Frack Mining in Colorado.
Please feel free at any time to reach out to me with any questions. Stay tuned for new data/research coming as well.
Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Data and Failures
ü 43% of all operator spills result in groundwater contamination.
ü 3.1% of all operator spills result in surface water contamination.
ü 57% of all protective berms fail to prevent secondary industrial liquid waste migration.
ü 2003-2012 Weld County, CO - 1.7 million gallons of produced water and oil never recovered from the ground after operator spills. It's still in the environment.
ü 2.4 billion square feet of surface has been contaminated by 1,000 O&G surface spills. Study:1,000 spills in Weld County, CO
ü Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifer was contaminated with toluene and thermogenic gas by an O&G operation in 2009 - Weld County, CO
ü Colorado has 129,073 Completed O&G wells. ~48,000 are active and ~81,000 are inactive.
ü Early statistics show that ~55% of all abandoned wells are being re-entered/re-drilled.
ü Colorado has over 5,000 reported industrial waste spills on record.
ü There have been 3,552 oil and gas related public complaints filed with the COGCC.
ü The burden of expense has been shifted to the local emergency response departments to battle any fires or mishaps. This expense has been shifted by the oil and gas industry to citizen tax payers, meaning 'you.'
ü There have been 3,964 'Notice of Alleged Violations' filed by the COGCC.
ü There are 825 unique oil and gas operators listed at COGCC.
ü There are 693 'UIC SIMULTANEOUS DISPOSAL', 'UIC ENHANCED RECOVERY', 'UIC DISPOSAL' sites in Colorado. Approximately 300 are active.
ü There are over 5,000 pits in Colorado of all statuses.
ü There are 11 gas storage facilities in Colorado.
ü There are 168 gas processing plants in Colorado.
ü There are 183 gas compressor stations in Colorado.
ü There are 108 gas gathering systems in Colorado.
ü There are more than 4,000 active oil and gas wells closer to homes than the COGCC 350' setback mandates, thus denying the state to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts to human health... EPIC FAILURE BY THE STATE?
ü COGCC has failed to prevent or mitigate adverse environmental and human health impacts in accordance with their mission statement.
LARAMIE FOX-HILLS AQUIFER CONTAMINATION (EPA know frack fluid Toluene and thermogenic 'frack gas' contaminates private well water and Colorado's largest aquifer)
Home Explodes, Resident Transported to Burn Center - Cause: Orphaned Natural Gas Well
KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS BENZENE SPILL CONTAMINATES GROUNDWATER 17 UG/L
GROUNDBREAKING - Air Pollution and Natural Gas Operations Air Study Report
http:www.fractivist.blogspot.
SouthWestern Energy Sends Letter to COGCC - Recognizing Setback Loophole
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* SIERRA CLUB AND 12 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DEMAND IMMEDIATE CLOSURE OF THE COGCC SETBACK LOOPHOLE
Hidden Climate Threat - Not so Hidden Really?
Research Published and sent to the Gov et al - The Gov clearly needs to admit the State of Colorado has failed to prevent adverse impacts to the environment and its citizens. Governor, you are grossly negligent!
O&G EXEMPTIONS
Much more in the blog have a look around...
Shane
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Fracking and Nature do not Mix [IMAGES]
Below are images from where I live in Colorado along the Rocky Mountains. You can see the absolute beauty behind the ugly heavy, toxic industry called oil and gas development. The Rockies have numerous peaks that reach over 14,000 feet and are admired by the rest of the world.
Each day, these Rocky Mountains are covered with a beautiful sunset, as immortalized in a song by John Denver. The beauty we call, Colorado, is now blocked and ravaged by fracking rigs that rip up our soils, contaminate ground and surface waters, spew chemicals in the air such as:trimethylbenzene that impairs your respiratory system, causes brain and nerve disorders, affects your immune system, causes cancer and tumors, affects your genetic makeup, is considered an endocrine disruptor and causes liver and kidney failure. Other chemical found are acetaldehyde, acetone,cyclohexane, formaldehyde, fluorene and hundreds of other very harmful chemicals.
These chemicals are placed into our environment by the oil and gas industry and are currently harming our environment and our citizens. As you know, the oil and gas industry lavishes in its numerous federal exemptions at the expense of our health and the health of our future children.
The oil and gas industry is imposing severe, and catastrophic damage to our environment and 'your' health on a scale that will ultimately be grave when all is said and done. It's already shocking to me as I uncover the truth about oil and gas in Colorado. I have over 75 active oil and gas wells within a one mile radius of my home and cannot wait to move out of this forsaken 'Superfund' County.
I have uncovered many things in Colorado and the State appears to be negligent in its address to the safety and concerns of its citizens. I call upon the State of Colorado to fully address the harmful impacts the oil and gas industry is imposing on the environment and its citizens with a full health impact study. (I will submit an official letter to this statement).
Colorado citizens are being invaded by oil and gas development at an alarming rate. We currently have ~47,000 active wells and are set to more than double that number in the near future. One County, namely Weld County, or 'Well County' as I call it, comprises ~40% of the states active well count with 18,000 active wells as you can see in the image at the top right of this blog page.
In Weld County, our Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifer was confirmed by the COGCC in Aug of 2009 with thermogenic methane and toluene oil and gas development. Yes, this aquifer was contaminated by mining that uses fracking methods and where in the hell is the EPA? The operator who reportedly contaminated the aquifer was fined a mere $46,200. LINK
Further investigation appears to show that this aquifer has and continues to be contaminated with thermogenic methane and toluene over the last three decades by oil and gas mining. I find it shocking that our own County Commissioners even state there are no public complaints on record that stem from oil and gas development in Weld County. That's a blatant lie, and one that requires these officials either be removed from their positions for being ineffective and not addressing the real safety concerns of its citizens, or submit a public apology to the current 642 citizen complaints and admittance of lack of due diligence immediately.
What was once a beautiful Rocky Mountain view is now, forever marred by the sick industry that uses harmful, unregulated, unconventional methods to extract a mineral far less valuable than that which we need to survive. Make no mistake, this unregulated industry is causing far more harm than any 'positive' benefit they purport. Thus the much needed federal exemptions LINK
The State of Colorado has failed miserably to prevent and mitigate adverse impacts to the environment and human health.
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE
MORE IMAGES LINK
Each day, these Rocky Mountains are covered with a beautiful sunset, as immortalized in a song by John Denver. The beauty we call, Colorado, is now blocked and ravaged by fracking rigs that rip up our soils, contaminate ground and surface waters, spew chemicals in the air such as:trimethylbenzene that impairs your respiratory system, causes brain and nerve disorders, affects your immune system, causes cancer and tumors, affects your genetic makeup, is considered an endocrine disruptor and causes liver and kidney failure. Other chemical found are acetaldehyde, acetone,cyclohexane, formaldehyde, fluorene and hundreds of other very harmful chemicals.
These chemicals are placed into our environment by the oil and gas industry and are currently harming our environment and our citizens. As you know, the oil and gas industry lavishes in its numerous federal exemptions at the expense of our health and the health of our future children.
The oil and gas industry is imposing severe, and catastrophic damage to our environment and 'your' health on a scale that will ultimately be grave when all is said and done. It's already shocking to me as I uncover the truth about oil and gas in Colorado. I have over 75 active oil and gas wells within a one mile radius of my home and cannot wait to move out of this forsaken 'Superfund' County.
I have uncovered many things in Colorado and the State appears to be negligent in its address to the safety and concerns of its citizens. I call upon the State of Colorado to fully address the harmful impacts the oil and gas industry is imposing on the environment and its citizens with a full health impact study. (I will submit an official letter to this statement).
Colorado citizens are being invaded by oil and gas development at an alarming rate. We currently have ~47,000 active wells and are set to more than double that number in the near future. One County, namely Weld County, or 'Well County' as I call it, comprises ~40% of the states active well count with 18,000 active wells as you can see in the image at the top right of this blog page.
In Weld County, our Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifer was confirmed by the COGCC in Aug of 2009 with thermogenic methane and toluene oil and gas development. Yes, this aquifer was contaminated by mining that uses fracking methods and where in the hell is the EPA? The operator who reportedly contaminated the aquifer was fined a mere $46,200. LINK
Further investigation appears to show that this aquifer has and continues to be contaminated with thermogenic methane and toluene over the last three decades by oil and gas mining. I find it shocking that our own County Commissioners even state there are no public complaints on record that stem from oil and gas development in Weld County. That's a blatant lie, and one that requires these officials either be removed from their positions for being ineffective and not addressing the real safety concerns of its citizens, or submit a public apology to the current 642 citizen complaints and admittance of lack of due diligence immediately.
What was once a beautiful Rocky Mountain view is now, forever marred by the sick industry that uses harmful, unregulated, unconventional methods to extract a mineral far less valuable than that which we need to survive. Make no mistake, this unregulated industry is causing far more harm than any 'positive' benefit they purport. Thus the much needed federal exemptions LINK
The State of Colorado has failed miserably to prevent and mitigate adverse impacts to the environment and human health.
CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE
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