Chesapeake and EID/NMI: ISO the Truth

       

Every time I read posts by the folks at EID/NMI, I am reminded of this slide which was part of a presentation given by a rep from Chesapeake Energy at Temple University a few years back.

  

The arrow is mine, and brings attention to the following quote on slide #16:

Marcellus Shale - 1.3 miles below impermeable rock

  

  

Photo by Don Williams

  

Lest we forget...from the mouth keyboard of one of the world's leading experts on the geology of the Marcellus Shale formation:

"There is NO such thing as 100% unfractured/impermeable rock.."

If you've forgotten the rest, read this post again.

Now...why would Chesapeake include an absolute lie on one of their slides?

Anyway, I'd like to briefly focus on the following quote from the EID/NMI post I linked to earlier:

  

"We have been to several meetings of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and learned quite a bit about the amount of water being consumed for natural gas development. It is actually far less than many other industries, despite the seemingly high amount of water used per well. In fact, since the Marcellus began the natural gas industry has used a total of 5.6 billion gallons of water which is pretty much statistically insignificant when compared to the 20 billion gallons per day daily average flow of the Susquehanna River."

    

  

Problem is, young lady, the natural gas industry is not withdrawing water from the Susquehanna at Havre de Grace, MD where it flows at ~20 billion GPD. As convenient as it is for you and others to throw out those numbers, as your leader did at the last SRBC public hearing, as you fully know, much of the water is being taken 200+ miles upstream from the Susquehanna's headwaters that are shin deep and, in some cases, can be crossed in one or two strides. Additionally, the water being withdrawn by "other industries" like golf courses, for example, is very quickly returned to the hydrologic cycle. No matter how you attempt to obfuscate the truth, you cannot say the same for the industry that pays your salary, i.e. you should probably learn what "consumptive use" means.

   

Towanda Creek - Photo by Dan Natt

 

Tuscarora Creek - Photo by Don Williams

At your very best, young lady, when you are at the top of your game, the cumulative impact of your  efforts are, ummm...

statistically insignificant.

Next?

           

"Well from Hell" is out of Control

     

"Nearly 200,000 cubic metres of gas a day are escaping from the base of the Elgin platform, 150 miles east of Aberdeen.

  

Workers reported seeing the sea "bubbling" and last night the gas flare was still burning on a nearby platform. Firefighting ships are on standby and all 238 workers have been taken off the rig."

    
If you haven't been following the natural gas rig spewing gas, oil and who know what else into the seas near Scotland, check it out here.

This is yet another example of the outstanding safety record the natural gas industry has for hi-tech and "minimal impact" drilling as well as their true concern for protecting our environment.

Speaking of lies, spend a few minutes checking out the latest pabulum from EID-NMI. Provided these young ladies - Nicole and Rachael - even bothered to obtain the correct spelling of the name of the main focus of their attack...and that would be DIANE, their BANANA acronym ( I wonder how many hours it took to come up with that one ) gave me direct insight into the amassed brainpower this group doesn't have.

What's even more comical is the number of supposedly intelligent "fracktivists" that got suckered into posting comments on their March 5th offering.

This is exactly what they want to happen. Fools...all.

  
Reminds me of one of the many campfire stories I told as part of the YMCA's Parent/Child program:
  
The Scorpion and the Frog. 

Later.

Chesapeake: Where's the Transparency?

  

A Bradford County resident stopped to get a picture of a Chesapeake Energy worksite to enter in EID's "Still Naturally Beautiful" photo contest. This private citizen was stopped on the shoulder of a public road, out of traffic with flashers on.

They were told they could not take any pictures and were "bullrushed", in a manner of speaking. It was described as a less than a cordial exchange.

To all the NG folks who might be stopping by:

Here's what I'll be driving when I visit the Endless Mountains region you are trashing. When you see the rig below pulled over taking pictures, I'm up to no good as far as your employers are concerned.

Please feel free to stop by and tell me what I can and cannot do as a citizen of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania standing on public property. I promise: A. I won't use any big bad words, and B. I'll be transparent as hell.