The truth about fracking? An oilfield engineer seeks to reassure you

Re:The truth about fracking? An oilfield engineer seeks to r... by crunchcaptain on Thursday November 21, 2013 @11:23AM (#6775491)

What about the "evaporation ponds" & (often missing) liners?

What about methane contamination to drinking water wells?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The truth about fracking? An oilfield engineer seeks to r... by steve19 on Thursday November 21, 2013 @11:35AM (#6775576)

I don't know about the first, but the methane contamination is pure FUD. Those claims in gasland have been debunked:

http://energyindepth.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Debunkin...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The truth about fracking? An oilfield engineer seeks to r... by mikeyouse on Thursday November 21, 2013 @01:14PM (#6776315)

I'm extremely skeptical of your source...

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Energy_in_Depth

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The truth about fracking? An oilfield engineer seeks to r... by steve19 on Thursday November 21, 2013 @03:50PM (#6777381)

Did you actually read it? I linked to it specifically because of the methane claim. I found it linked to by the NY Times. The PDF quotes county officials who found no link between the methane and fracking. The methane was determined to be organic. People have claimed that methane was reported in the water decades before fracking started.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The truth about fracking? An oilfield engineer seeks to r... by st0neage on Thursday November 21, 2013 @03:45PM (#6777357)

Thank you for the link! :)

[ Parent | on HN ]