Infrared camera used to show emissions from shale drilling
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Not all shale drilling emissions are visible to the naked eye, but with an infrared gas-recording camera, many more pollutants can be seen.
Akron Beacon Journal reports that Earthworks has a camera with such a lens, and this summer, the Washington, D.C.-based national environmental group came to Ohio’s Utica shale to record drilling emissions that were going unseen. Some landowners living near wells are convinced that the emissions are causing health problems and environmental issues, like killing trees.
Next year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to put new rules in place that would cut emissions from shale drilling.
Via: Akron Beacon Journal > Earthworks films Ohio drilling emissions with infrared camera
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What is fracking?
Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
Is it safe?
What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
Will my water catch on fire?
Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.
Go to Kensington and check out that pollution. that flame lights up all of Hanoverton, That gas needs trapped and put to better use.