Comments on: Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Fracking Industry Loophole https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/07/28/legislation-introduced-to-eliminate-fracking-industry-loophole/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tracy Howard https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/07/28/legislation-introduced-to-eliminate-fracking-industry-loophole/#comment-35799 Tracy Howard Tue, 27 Aug 2013 04:15:12 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=8923#comment-35799 Thank you for this informative writeup. It is in fact an accurate account. Looking forward to more writing and reporting from this site. Thank you. T. H. Thank you for this informative writeup. It is in fact an accurate account. Looking forward to more writing and reporting from this site. Thank you. T. H.

]]> By: R. Scott Mick https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/07/28/legislation-introduced-to-eliminate-fracking-industry-loophole/#comment-35173 R. Scott Mick Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:59:47 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=8923#comment-35173 Although fracking is certainly suspect, I would like to point out that wellbore integrity issues are more than likely caused by poor drilling, casing, and lack of cement. At this point it is amplified by high volume high pressure hydraulic fracturing. It is interesting that conventional drilling and smaller stage fracturing has a lot less integrity issues and therefor less contamination issues. It is also interesting that perforations in vertical wells are aimed in different directions, unlike horizontals that aim the perforations and therefor fractures towards the Aquifer/surface. Up and down verses sideways, and conventional versus unconventional methods, are like comparing a fly to an elephant. It doesn't seem to me that these unconventional shale plays are an exact science. With this in mind I urge people to educate themselves about these issues and I can only thank the folks at www.FrackCheckWV.net for the great work being done. Although fracking is certainly suspect, I would like to point out that wellbore integrity issues are more than likely caused by poor drilling, casing, and lack of cement. At this point it is amplified by high volume high pressure hydraulic fracturing.

It is interesting that conventional drilling and smaller stage fracturing has a lot less integrity issues and therefor less contamination issues. It is also interesting that perforations in vertical wells are aimed in different directions, unlike horizontals that aim the perforations and therefor fractures towards the Aquifer/surface. Up and down verses sideways, and conventional versus unconventional methods, are like comparing a fly to an elephant.

It doesn’t seem to me that these unconventional shale plays are an exact science. With this in mind I urge people to educate themselves about these issues and I can only thank the folks at http://www.FrackCheckWV.net for the great work being done.

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