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By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:06:03 +0000

No, instead of carefully embarking on a win-win energy plan, California will continue to bow before the gods of the sun and wind. So what if our work force is reduced to third world status? CA workers are now being recruited by Canadian firms that are building, drilling, and mining like crazy. Men leave their families and send money home or move them up North. Sound familiar?

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/10/business/la-fi-canada-recruit-20121111

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:58:05 +0000

Burt, even though most fracking now occurs on directionally drilled wells, the drilling operation still uses a derrick like the one pictured. The first mile or more of depth is vertical.

You are right that fracking requires a bunch of attendant vehicles–but only temporarily. Typically a week or less. And a couple acres is sufficient. After fracking, some separator equipment stays for several months to collect the water for reuse.

After that, the permanent install needs only a couple hundred square feet.

By: stephen

stephen — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:31:15 +0000

OChris I think you published one of the best articles yet on this so called contruvisural fracking. I do know a verticle bore well photo when i see one but we call that a drilling rig photo. A frack job photo is not that big of a deal any how. Most frack jobs look like 10 or 15 trucks with trailers parked very close and a few frac tanks lined up. Chris some people have said and wrote a few things in plain english for 65 years or longer but that does not mean they know what they are talking about.

By: stephen

stephen — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:01:26 +0000

Scott would you come to midland Texas and show me some plummeting property prices. Any were vast amounts of people are moving into the area for good high paying jobs does what to property prices? Common Scott what’s the answer. These jobs will generally pay 80,000 to 100,000 a year starting out. You may work 80 to 100+ hours a week but it pays good for someone just starting out. I live on a family farm that has 160 acres. It has 3 new oil wells and 3 old plugged wells. I’m the 4th generation on this land and we have had zero problems all this time. Each of the new oil wells takes up less than 1.5 acres Mr Burt. As for the old plugged wells you would never know they were ever drilled and produced from.

By: Chris Reed

Chris Reed — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:11:42 +0000

I actually like no. 4 — lets me know Instapundit picked it up.

As for fracking’s critics, c’mon, guys, how can you ignore the fact that YOU DIDN’T CARE about fracking until it became really efficient?

In other words, you found reasons to hate it that you didn’t see before, when it was inefficient.

By: Bill M

Bill M — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:35:38 +0000

Scott is full of it. I live in Texas and we have thousands more wells than PA and I am in the middle of a big play without problems. Property values went UP due to demand for housing.

By: eck

eck — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:46:43 +0000

Oh, and Burt, you’re obviously an idiot. Get your facts straight man!

And Scott, where is any data to back up your claims? C’mon give us at least one.

By: eck

eck — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:42:19 +0000

You guys need to implement some sort (there are many) gaurds against the above automated stuff