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Permalink Reply by Chip Northrup on June 14, 2012 at 6:50am

Truthland is an ad produced by an ad agency for Energy In Depth

http://blog.shaleshockmedia.org/2012/06/12/truthland-lies/

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Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on June 14, 2012 at 6:29pm

Truthland is far more believable than you are James! 

Hows all those oil wells doing that you supposedly own in Tx when the Texas Railroad Commission (that handles Oil and Gas) has no record of you James? 

http://www.accountability-central.com/nc/single-view-default/articl...

James “Chip” Northrup’s background includes experience as an independent oil and gas producer in Texas and New Mexico, plus owning drilling rigs in the US, west Africa, Brazil and the South China Sea.

He speaks bluntly on the explosive power of hydraulic fracturing:

Susan Rhyne susan.rhyne@rrc.state.tx.us to me, Debra

show details Jan 11 (2 days ago)

Mr. Whyde,

 

The Railroad Commission only has records of individuals as controlling officers of organizations conducting oil and gas operations in Texas that are regulated by the Commission.  James L. Northrup and/or Nancy Northrup are not listed as controlling officers for any past or present organizations conducting oil and gas activities that the Commission regulates.  Therefore, we have no records to provide to you as a public records request.  In addition, the link that you provided seems to indicate that James L. Northrup and Nancy Northrup are affiliated with Newport Energy Inc. located in Dallas, Texas.   There is no active operator in Texas named Newport Energy, and the inactive company was located in Bellaire, Texas.  The officers listed for that company were David and Penny Millican.  That company has been inactive as an oil and gas operator since 1988.

 

Regards,

Susan Rhyne

 Checkmate

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Permalink Reply by 015334grltd9m on June 14, 2012 at 2:47pm

Julie, 

Yellow Creek Theatre an outdoor theater with a capacity of up to 1000 viewers is interested in showing Truthland and making an event of it for the Youngstown, Ohio region.  Please advise.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Cannon on June 18, 2012 at 9:39am

The “Truthland” video put out by Chesapeake Energy and Energy in Depth could very well be a pie in the face to the gas industry.

The woman they used in the video to show the nation that no gas leaks out of well casings, in fact has had a faulty well casing on her property, and the gas company responsible was fined from the Department of Environmental Protection.

The Manning family, of Franklin Forks, PA, which was featured in my Marcellus Shale Reality Tour Part 5 video is suing WPX Energy for methane contamination. It’s the same gas well on the property that is owned by the woman Shelly Depue, starring as a house wife/mother in this faux documentary video.

In Truthland, a mother concerned about gas drilling on her property goes out on an adventure in search of the truth about gas drilling and comes back home with a rosy picture of safe, reliable natural gas.

Since filming, the woman’s well was cited by DEP inspectors last year for improper casing , the cement-encased sleeves that protect well bore from the earth's surface. WPX, the driller of the Depue wells, is being sued by a nearby family over methane contamination.

One entry in the DEP's violation database includes comments from an inspector, who noted that the WPX well "bubbling was observed in the cellar of the well." "The bubbling identified was determined (sic) to be between 13 3/8" x 9 5/8" annulus," the entry notes. "Violation cited = Defective casing/cement job on intermediate casing string."

http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/gas-drilling/franklin-forks-family...

http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20120412/NEWS01/204120451/Susq...

Here is a related video disputing Truthland’s claims http://vimeo.com/44247121

Why am I telling you this? Because it’s important, and it’s the truth.

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