West Virginia Okays Fracking Under The Ohio River

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

W.Va. OKs Fracking Under Ohio River; Critics Leery | The Columbus Dispatch

 

"West Virginia has opened the Ohio River to fracking.

 

The state government announced that companies can ask to drill beneath the Ohio River for natural gas and oil.

 

Those companies would pay the state a per-acre fee as well as royalties on the oil and gas. It is a move that could bring millions of dollars into West Virginia, which has tapped into its rainy-day fund to prop up its budget.

 

But environmental activists say that cash infusion could come at the expense of clean drinking water for thousands of people on both sides of the river."

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

The Ohio River is the source of drinking water for over 3 million people in 6 states, and West Virginia politicians have decided that it's prudent to allow fracking to take place beneath the river.

 

Thanks, West Virginia. You have proven you are still a bunch of poorly educated slack-jaws.

Edited December 9, 2014 by Colonels_Wear_Blue

[Flotsam]

and that government of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations, shall not perish from the earth.

[spindoc]

It's West Virginia. Just sayin'.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

Energy and drilling companies argue that the fracturing chemical additives and constituents that they pump into the ground at each well-site only make up a small percentage of the materials that they pump into the ground, and that the rest is generally a mixture of clean water, sand, and nitrogen. However, what they fail to mention is that that they are pumping a total of 1.6 million gallons of total material down into their fracking wells....so even if the fracturing chemicals only make up a mere 1/2% of the total material pumped into the well, then we're still talking about 8,000 gallons of that noxious chemical mixture that they are pumping down into the ground. If you look here on Halliburton's disclosure page for their fracking chemicals, you'll see that in some areas of West Virginia, their cocktail of fracking chemicals makes up 2.95% of the total material that they pump into the well. That's 47,200 gallons of those chemicals (many that Halliburton themselves disclose as being "hazardous") that are being pumped into the ground - and in this case, may be pumped into the ground immediately below one of the nation's largest watersheds.

 

For an idea of what kind of chemicals we're talking about...here are the common uses of several of the chemical components that Halliburton has listed:

• Paint
  
• Industrial Acid Corrosion Inhibitor for Cooling Towers and Boilers
  
• Disinfectant Toilet Cleaner
  
• Industrial / Commercial Metal Cutting Agent
  
• Car Wash Detergent
  
• Arts & Crafts Ceramic Glaze
  
• Deodorizer
  
• Car Polish
  
• Herbicide
  
• Laundry Stain Remover
  
• Industrial Cleaning Solution
  
• Tire Repair
  
• Agricultural Insecticide
  
• Ice Melter
  
• Furniture Refinisher
  
• Paint Thinner
  
• Mothballs
  
• Agricultural Insecticide
  
• Industrial Paint
  
• Cement and Grout Cleaner
  
• Industrial Concentrated Metal Cleaner
  
• Industrial Solvent
  

[stickymitts]

Looks like a list of ingredients from the chinese buffet down the road.

 

Your original post gave us the reason for the decision.

 

Those companies would pay the state a per-acre fee as well as royalties on the oil and gas. It is a move that could bring millions of dollars into West Virginia, which has tapped into its rainy-day fund to prop up its budget.

[spindoc]

It's fracking West Virginia, we shouldn't be surprised.

[BIG BLACK JACK]

Almost heaven....

[spindoc]

Almost heaven....

Almost is a very loose term

[broadcaster240]

Perhaps using coal isn't so bad after all.

[gametime]

They'll frack literally anything that moves in West Virginia...

[BigVMan23]

Don't that let them do that by law as 14 year olds and 1st cousins in WV Already?

 

Oh wait a minute...you said frack. Nevermind

[SportsGuy41017]

I'm not against fracking, but under a major water source? Not a good idea.

[plantmanky]

What happens when the frackin, leads to crackin and all the water goes away?

[spindoc]

They'll frack literally anything that moves in West Virginia...

 

They invented relative humidity.