"The question is, did you create an environmental problem by using it, and the answer is 'no,'" said Lee Fuller* of the Independent Petroleum Association of America. That quote from Fuller comes from Friday's E&E article: HYDRAULIC … [Read more...]

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By TXsharon
"The question is, did you create an environmental problem by using it, and the answer is 'no,'" said Lee Fuller* of the Independent Petroleum Association of America. That quote from Fuller comes from Friday's E&E article: HYDRAULIC … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
There was a gas well explosion in West Virginia that injured 3 men. A 60-year-old man was killed from blunt force trauma on an EnCana well in WY. UPDATE: 3 workers were injured. In North Dakota one man was killed during a blowout that sprayed … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
Fracking’s Link to Smog Worries Some Texas Cities AUGUST 7, 2012 | 6:45 AM BY DAVE FEHLING The fear is that the enormous increase in oil and gas well drilling, largely related to the technique called hydraulic fracturing or fracking, is releasing … [Read more...]

By TXsharon
Dear Readers, I hope you are as entertained by this as I am. Fracking Re: Aug. 12 commentary, "Why fracking is not as safe as you think." It is one thing for a newspaper like the Statesman to print various viewpoints on important subjects … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
UPDATE: Podcast interview with Wilma Subra. Here is an update from the ground in Louisiana: Late morning today the sink hole expanded. 50 feet of property on the SW side of the sink hole fell into the sinkhole. Two workers were skimming … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
Interesting, scorched earth approach to advertising a new fracking technique. Fracking industry admits fracking contaminates water! But just give us a chance to try out this new experiment in fracking. Video source - scroll down to see a … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
We recently coined a new term: Frackademia: noun – An academic aligned with frackers Frackademia in the news today: Bloomberg: Frackers Fund University Research That Proves Their Case By Jim Efstathiou Jr. – Jul 22, 2012 11:00 PM CT Public … [Read more...]

By TXsharon
Alternate title: I told you so. Another alternate title: “Where the frack are all the fracking fracks ?” FrackFocus has lately gotten the beating it deserves. Today Bloomberg launched a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the fracking … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
UPDATE: see LEAN for a map and updates. Not much good news about the sinkhole in Louisiana. If you haven't seen this video by dutchsinse you might want to watch it. The word I'm getting from on the ground is there has been testing for … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
The Austin American Statesman printed my op ed today. The case against fracking By Sharon Wilson SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Published: 5:35 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012 The bottom line: Through slick advertising brought to us by … [Read more...]

By TXsharon
Today I was looking for a picture to tweet on Twitter and I ran across this oldie but goodie sent to me by a reader in Johnson County. I posted it a long time ago. The term "gasholes" came up in my deposition last Monday as it did in my … [Read more...]