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Williams get creative with toxic driling waste pit liners

July 10, 2010 By TXsharon

Williams O&G wants to deliver used drilling waste pit liners to cement kilns to burn for fuel. Other companies have stopped using drilling waste pits but Williams still uses them in some areas.Colorado delays decision on drilling-waste change … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sludge pits, Williams

Ok Look! Drilling waste pits have benzene.

May 24, 2010 By TXsharon

If you're surprised by this, you haven't been paying attention.Subdivision study finds problems from oil pitsBy Hayley KappesAn environmental study by InControl Technologies concluded abandoned oil pits in that section contain traces of benzene and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sludge pits

Radioactive contamination widespread in Barnett Shale

April 6, 2010 By TXsharon

RADIATION DANGER FOUND IN OILFIELDS ACROSS THE NATIONBy KEITH SCHNEIDER, Special to The New York TimesPublished: December 3, 1990They're finally paying attention to the radium that is in every oil and gas producing area and they've found the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NORM Radioactive Waste, sludge pits

CRUDE: A Joe Berlinger Film, Texaco and Chevron Atrocities in Ecuador.

January 23, 2010 By TXsharon

A documentary about Texaco and Chevron Atrocities in Ecuador. Movie website.I was lucky enough to get a screening copy of this powerful film, my thanks to Mrs. Burns. The movie will be released on February 23rd and you can pre-order it HERE. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sludge pits

Tell Chevron to Clean Up Its Toxic Mess in Ecuador

January 7, 2010 By TXsharon

Targeting: John Watson (Chevron CEO)Sponsored by: Rainforest Action NetworkOver the course of twenty-six years of oil drilling in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, U.S. oil giant Chevron deliberately dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sludge pits

Some of that "harmless" drilling pit waste

January 5, 2010 By TXsharon

In Texas, linking and fencing is not required for drilling waste pits.Click on this picture so you can get a good look at that gunk.Aruba Petroleum waste pitNew Mexico passed new pit rules recently because they ended up with quite a bit of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sludge pits

Pit Liners Still Too Toxic to Handle

December 3, 2009 By TXsharon

What happens to the Barnett Shale drilling waste pit liners? Texas does not require lining or fencing around drilling waste pits but occasionally some companies use liners. I'm just wondering what happens to those liners because I remember that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sludge pits

Chevron Weasels Out of Ecuador Payments

July 21, 2009 By TXsharon

All you Shalers remember this because the same activity that polluted Ecuadorian water happens here.From: GreenwireAn E&E Publishing ServiceOIL AND GAS: Chevron maneuvering to fight Ecuador suit in U.S (Monday, July 20, 2009)Chevron Corp. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: oil and gas drilling. pollution, sludge pits

Drilling Waste Pit Liners too Toxic for Disposal

July 8, 2009 By TXsharon

As you read this keep in mind that Texas does not require that drilling waste pits be lined or fenced. We have hundreds of abandoned drilling waste pits littering North Texas.Garfield County, CO won't accept pit liners at the landfill anymore.She … [Read more...]

Filed Under: oil and gas drilling. pollution, sludge pits

New Barnett Shale Waste Pit Pictures

July 7, 2009 By TXsharon

I took these on July 4th. The arrogance and total disregard for our environment astounds me! They don't even pretend to try. click to enlarge … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Barnett Shale, oil and gas drilling. pollution, sludge pits

May 18, 2009 By TXsharon

You know how we're told that all that drilling waste is supposed to be safe enough to spread on our farmland, and leave lying around in pits for cattle to drink and to run off into our streams? Well, it seems the Texas Railroad Commission admits … [Read more...]

https://www.texassharon.com/2009/05/18/1356/

Filed Under: landfarm, oil and gas drilling. pollution, sludge pits, Texas Railroad Commission

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