You are a moron. All casing is put through rigorous testing before it is put in the well. Also, say by some miracle there is a hole in the 4" production casing, there is a wall of cement around that. Then guess what. There is ANOTHER 7 inch casing around that. Then guess what. There is even more cement surrounding that casing. Then there is even ANOTHER 12 inch diameter casing around all of that!! And even that casing is cemented into the ground!!! This is all protecting the water formation a few hundred feet below surface, and the 99% water solution that is pumped is 2 miles below this water formation. It is absolutely impossible for a fluid to travel upwards to the surface. Think about it. The gas would have already done it millions of years ago if it was possible, and we wouldn't be drilling to get it. In fact, there hasn't been a single case of frac'ing fluid ever being found in a water supply. Ever. Even in this movie, it is methane gas that is causing the water to light. Methane is not a frac'ing fluid. Common sense should tell you that a 99% water solution is definitely not flammable, so frac'ing fluids must not be responsible for this. (If you want to know, the methane is from bacteria in the water formation producing methane, which is released into the water. This phenomena of a "flaming fountain" has been reported since the 1700s)
Also, for some reason Cement Bond Logs don't exist in this movie. Yes, there is a very small chance the cement can fail. But after every single cement job, a Cement Bond Log is ran on the well, which involved very slowly dragging a tool up the well to test for cement failures. If any failure is found, the cement company must go back and fix it. This is standard practice required by federal law that every company must comply with.
As to how this proves my point that you have no clue what you are talking about, all this casing and cement process has NOTHING TO DO WITH FRAC'ING! This is all done months before the frac crew even shows up! Guess what, even if there was catastrophic failure to the well casing, it would have a leak whether you frac it or not! 5 minutes of research would enlighten you to this fact! You would also learn that people have been having "flaming water faucets" in Colorado for decades, many years before people were even drilling in Colorado. How can anyone claim this movie as anything but propaganda by purposefully emitting such an important fact? It isn't just the oil companies telling few people they have clean water (all their neighbors agree their wells are perfectly unneffected), the government and the EPA are also saying it, but it must be some conspiracy right?
The flaming faucet scene has been debunked so many times even staunch anti oil activists refuse to bring it up anymore. Do us all a favor, and educate yourself a little bit before coming back.
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mpurvismattp
10 years ago
You have got to be kidding me, so these people who had natural gas companies drill on there property just happen to get flammable water from bacteria? Lol. Boy that's one hell of a coincidence. And people's drinking water has been flammable since the 1700s eh? So gas company think tanks found some obscure tale vaguely told in the history of the 1700s and that now makes it a common house hold thing according to dumb as$es like u. Use your brain man that's what it's for.
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hrstar24
10 years ago
Believe it or not, we have the technology to determine where methane comes from depending on the isotopes of the molecules. The EPA and Colorado Oil and Gas Commision both agree that the methane found in those faucets were produced from bacteria, not thermogenic methane found in oil formations.
http://cogcc.state.co.us/Announcements/Hot_Topics/Hydraulic_Fracturing/GASLAND%20DOC.pdf
That is a great article describing the phenomenon in Colorado. But I guess the Colorado government and the EPA is also in on this conspiracy right, Josh Fox is the ONLY one in the world who knows the truth lol
Also, methane in the water has NOTHING TO DO WITH FRAC'ING. The only way thermogenic methane can get from the oil formation to the water table is with shoddy well construction by the drilling company. This has NOTHING TO WITH FRAC'ING. The well is drilled and cemented weeks before the frac company even shows up. If the well wasn't constructed correctly, then methane will leak from the formation to the water table regardless if the well is frac'ed or not. That is why the drilling company puts 3 layers of steel casing, and 3 layers of cement between the wellbore and the water table, and also run very expensive tests like cement bonding logs to ensure there is no failure.
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mpurvismattp
10 years ago
Well u seem to have an explanation for everything buddy. Lol. I don't believe that for a second but I do appreciate the good banter. People have lost their homes and have contaminated water after fracking, too big of a coincidence to me but I guess big business will screw over whoever they need to to make a buck and provide data or misinformation that backs up their story to avoid public outrage.
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hrstar24
10 years ago
I have answers because I actually know what I am talking about, unlike you who eats up all the propaganda bull s*** out there with out checking your sources and researching the information yourself.
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Good-Will
9 years ago
Is this source accurate, hrstar?
I really don't know but it looks legit, and suggests that the failure rate of the well casing is about 6% and rises over time.
http://frackwire.com/well-casing-failure/
If that's the case then it isn't Fracking per se that's the problem but the risks inherent in the construction of the well itself and the increase in the risk of failure over time.
Is that your conclusion too?
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