Posted on 05/22/2014 5:46:52 AM PDT by thackney
Not to mention, the industry pays far more in taxes and fees than it receives in services.
China town......
Compared to the water used to feed that family it is a drop in the proverbial bucket.
Depends on the well. And any water produced after initial chemicals recovered is salt or brine water. Not a big deal.
Do they chlorinate it? The reason I am asking is that my understanding is that bacteria 'polymerize' methane into oil in the first place; hence, we don't want to be killing those in situ.
-— The production from the field is going to push it all back out.
That makes sense.
-— Where hydrofrac water is left in the ground is the disposal of the water along with produced water during production. It is injected into deep formation, but this is not an injection into a producing well. -—
I thought the fracking water was held in a retention area and later reclaimed. Is injecting it into an inactive well the normal means of disposal?
bacteria ‘polymerize’ methane into oil
False. Some bacteria breaks down oil into components. I don’t see it going the otherway.
Fracturing Fluid additives:
http://energyindepth.org/docs/frac-fluid.pdf
“Decision to invest is private concern not government.”
I tend to agree.
I am obviously no expert in these (water, petroleum, etc.) industries. In the past, I might have assumed that an industry in America was largely free market. Now my general assumption is that an industry is significantly regulated.
I’m thinking about water access. I assume much water comes from government controlled dams. If I were in charge, I might charge everyone the same rate for a gallon of water and leave it up to consumers, farmers, heavy industry, and others to buy as much or as little water as they choose.
But I no longer assume that market allocation is the major way business is done in America. I suspect that committees meet to discuss and decide how to allocate water. These committees are influenced by political clout. As decisions have cash value, there is the possibility of corruption in the form of paying for policy, or using insider knowledge.
I have little problem with government paying for studies and making the results available for all. There are significant fixed costs in research, but the marginal cost of distributing it can be very low.
I thought the fracking water was held in a retention area and later reclaimed.
Sometimes
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Is injecting it into an inactive well the normal means of disposal?
Most often because it is the cheapest method of handling it.
Junk
The same guy convinced NASA to spend a fortune prior to the first moon landing because he claimed the surface was so pounded into dust it would not support the wait of an astronaut or the lander. He claimed it would be like landing on water.
Lots of problems with the aboitic theory.
You might want to read through some of the links and information I provided on this thread related to the claims of aboitic oil formation.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3048930/posts
When liberals write about the environment, it’s time to pick your boots up off the floor. It gets deep quick.
If you drive through the valley there are numerous signs about Boxer and Pelosi and congress in general “caused this dustbowl”.
"Our oil production estimates, combined with a dearth of knowledge about geological differences among the oil fields, led to erroneous predictions and estimates," he added.
Without knowing the differences in the geology of the formations, how could they even begin to make estimates?
How the Marcellus (predominantly shale derived natural gas play) could be equated with the Bakken (primarily a tight reservoir oil play) is beyond me.
If this is the sort of analysis going out there, one thing is certain: The idea of one-size-fits all rules for hydraulic fracturing should be DOA.
“Some bacteria breaks down oil into components.”
Was this the “solution” to BP’s Gulf oil spill?
Like any one can believe anything from this jivea$$ administration.
That was part of it.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow/gulf-oil-eating-microbes-slide-show/
This report has a better basis in science and real data than the initial over-estimated report.
Thanks!
I have to wonder if the press will remember this the next time there is an oil spill.
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