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Permalink Reply by Mike Knapp on January 5, 2011 at 10:05am

 

Oil & gas/land acquisition company chiming in here...

 

1. Millions of wells across the United States have been fraced. 

2. Out of those millions of wells,  the number of ALLEGED frac-related contamination can be counted on two hands. 

3. Out of those alleged contaminations, nearly all can be traced back to lax regulation/improper techniques.

4. When contamination occurs, it is confined (usually only affecting one of a couple of houses, the alleged contamination in Dimock  only affected 14 residences). 

5. Contamination is easily dealt with, by either drilling a new water well or installing filtering equipment. 

 

People like Josh Fox make it into a "sky is falling" scenario.  It is not.  If we are properly regulating and enforcing proper drilling practices (which we are) then this is a VERY VERY safe process.   The percentage of the likelihood of having any sort of issue is along the lines of getting stuck by lighting, or dying in a plane crash.  

 

Rod:  I suggest you disregard the hyperbole and stick to investigating the cold hard facts.  Don't take the word of biased parties (me, owning a gas company or Josh Fox being a fervent environmentalist).   Also keep in mind that companies are working full speed ahead to make this even safer, like Halliburton with its100%  food industry derived frac mix, and companies switching to closed loop.   Most of the fear surrounding this is based on ignorance, and after a few years of these companies operating with few or no substantial incidents you will see most of that disappear.

 

Mike Knapp

President

Knapp Acquisitions & Production

 

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Permalink Reply by Rod Dietrich on January 5, 2011 at 10:25am

MIKE,  Thank you very much for the great response.  Like I stated when i posted the video, I was really looking for the other side of the coin responses, not only for me, but other family members as well.  I needed to do my due diligence for all involved, and the great responses that have been received really should not only help me, my family members, but all of us that share this information sleep better, and more able to make an informed decision when the time comes.  I look forward to someday talking with a company like yours that helps us as a whole for the long term.  Rod

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Permalink Reply by Mike Knapp on January 5, 2011 at 12:14pm

Rod,

 

My pleasure.   Best of luck on your research.  

 

-Mike

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Permalink Reply by Brian Oram, PG on January 5, 2011 at 2:01pm

I think this is the Haliburton Site for information on technologies and formulations

http://www.halliburton.com/public/projects/pubsdata/Hydraulic_Fract...

 

 

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