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Cabot Guilty. Cabot not guilty and the dog ate my homework.

March 31, 2009 By TXsharon

In the Marcellus Shale after Cabot fractured some gas wells, suddenly methane was found in people’s water wells. One of the wells blew up and threw the concrete lid up into the air. (I made a prediction in that post about the outcome of the investigation.)

Investigation conducted to see if the methane contamination was caused by the hydraulic fracturing.

Cabot found guilty because methane matched methane in shale.

More investigation…

Conclusion: Because they found no frack fluid in the water, water contamination was not caused by hydraulic fracturing.

OK. My logic meter is buried way deep in the WTF column.

  • water fine.
  • hydraulic fracture of shale to release gas.
  • gas now in water
  • gas in water is same as gas in shale
  • hydraulic fracture not cause of gas in water

How the hell does anybody buy this bullshit?

My questions:

  • Wouldn’t the methane travel up through the fractures faster than the frack fluid?
  • If so, wouldn’t it make sense that the methane would show up before and possibly way before the frack fluid?
  • If so, isn’t it premature to absolve Cabot of responsibility? Especially considering that HB 7231 is pending and would remove the exemption of frack chemicals from monitoring by EPA under the SWDA? BINGO! SEE?

There is no proof that smoking causes cancer.
Thank you for smoking.

There is no proof the water contamination was caused by fracking.
Thank you for drilling.

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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.

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  1. Anonymous says

    March 31, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    Maybe it’s as simple as the Turkey’s didn’t even look for fracking fluid chemicals when they did the water analysis–after all, THAT’S A BIG DEEP DARK SECRET–how would they know what to analyze for!! This way “mother nature” did it–not the fracking. The big boys are pretty slick!! Ask for the lab analysis and ask what did they “look for”??

  2. Peacegirl says

    April 1, 2009 at 2:50 am

    I wish I could be a fly on the wall in the back rooms or wherever these situations are discussed and the cover-ups devised. This doesn’t pass the smell test. Sharon is connecting the dots which is one of her talents. I am so suspicious of this turn of events. In any case, the appearance of methane in the wells in Dimock points up one problem which is undeniable: When we break up shale underground, we cannot be sure what actually happens or where the gas will go. So it makes for a potentially dangerous situation no matter how you slice it.

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