The following video contains a few of the 360 pictures taken on a short flight over small portions of Tarrant, Wise and Denton Counties. These pictures depict the destruction caused by natural gas production. Look out Marcellus Shale...
What is the fuss about drilling a Barnett Shale well? A Barnett well site with a drilling rig operating for three months has the same impact as a city of 4,000 people,- Water use, solid waste generation, air emissions and traffic. The O&G industry has been slow to realize this—that it has too big an impact on the environment. However, if we can reduce our environmental ‘footprint,’ we can realize better returns on our investments and cause less fuss in the community. That is a win-win for everyone.
~David Burnett, Director, Global Petroleum Research Institute
Earthquakes caused by drilling activity are a fact!
From Oklahoma State University Energy Symposium Slide #26:
As a reader said: "...all this destruction, so extensive, is for something that is mostly gone in about the time it takes a kitten to
grow up."
Emissions from Natural Gas Production in the Barnett Shale Area and Opportunities for Cost-Effective Improvements
Above study now supported by TCEQ
The water use is not sustainable!