There are no documented cases of hydraulic fracturing contaminating ground water. The process of hydraulic fracturing sends water, chemicals, and sand into the rocks thousands of feet below the surface to help unlock the natural gas and oil. Some people are worried that this process could potentially lead to contamination…
Geologists, Administrative Assistants, Engineers, Accountants, Land/Lease Analysts, Water Sampling Coordinators, Landmen and Regulatory Technicians – The oil and natural gas industry has and continues to have a positive impact on the economy, creating job and turning those jobs into careers for hundreds of thousands people across the nation. HIS…
It is true; people do indeed still own their land while oil and gas companies are drilling a well. In most countries the government owns rights to minerals that are found within the Earth. But in the United States mineral rights are given to the owner of the surface in…
Then Cabot must acquire the necessary permits before construction can begin – sometimes upwards of 45 different state and federal permits are required to move forward. When construction officially begins, an access road is built first followed by the well pad site. Depending on the terrain of the location…
This theory is a little too shaky. Hydraulic fracturing has been occurring in the United States since the 1940’s. It is estimated that over 1.5 million wells have been completed using hydraulic fracturing since then. Recent studies have shown that there is no connection between earthquakes and hydraulic fracturing….
Water accounts for about 70% of the Earth’s surface, and is crucial to many energy making industries such as: coal, nuclear, oil,biofuel and even natural gas. But how much of the earth’s water does frac’ing actually use?! A typical Cabot well (in Susquehanna County, PA) requires about 6,650,000 gallons of…