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[omega3000]

Interesting video of how its done , if its the same process they plan to do here ..

Shale Gas 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Thanks! That's interesting.    I wonder what the 'additives' are??   

[cleggy]

Very Interesting 

I was wondering the same, all the reports state that they put Water, Sand and Chemicals under pressure into the rock.

What CHEMICALS

[Steve Brookman]

Morning all,
There was a program on a while back that showed side effects of this in the USA. It contaminated the groundwater so much in some areas that you could set alight the water coming out of the tap. There was a big cover up by the authorities.

Steve

[omega3000]

Morning all,
There was a program on a while back that showed side effects of this in the USA. It contaminated the groundwater so much in some areas that you could set alight the water coming out of the tap. There was a big cover up by the authorities.

Steve

 

That fracturing looks a bit dodgy , amazed it does not cause surface fractures making big holes in the ground and gas to escape 

[Abiton]

This vid has a list at one point (about 4 mins in) of the chemicals that are added:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY34PQUiwOQ

I'm all for it TBH.  Aquifer contamination looks to be pretty easily avoided as that is all much shallower than the shale formations of interest.

[Varche]

Regardless of any issues fracking causes (water course contamination, pollution and earthquakes) Britain has to pursue the release of shale gas. The economy is relying on it.

Tax revenue for the treasury from the exploiters and (ermmm) reduced energy bills for the users. Fracked gas could/will supply about a quarter of the UKs needs. In reality bills won't go up quite as quickly.

Let us hope the pain will be outweighed by the gain. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I'm undecided..... Here's the other side of the story... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEB_Wwe-uBM

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Regardless of any issues fracking causes (water course contamination, pollution and earthquakes) Britain has to pursue the release of shale gas. The economy is relying on it.

Tax revenue for the treasury from the exploiters and (ermmm) reduced energy bills for the users. Fracked gas could/will supply about a quarter of the UKs needs. In reality bills won't go up quite as quickly.

Let us hope the pain will be outweighed by the gain. 

Argeed

[Nickbat]

Morning all,
There was a program on a while back that showed side effects of this in the USA. It contaminated the groundwater so much in some areas that you could set alight the water coming out of the tap. There was a big cover up by the authorities.

Steve

No, I don't believe so. Apparently, residents of that area in Colorado have been able to set light to their taps in that way at least since the 1930s. It's a naturally-occurring mixture of groundwater and methane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9CfUm0QeOk 

[Rods2]

Most of the popular stories on contamination have been disproved as scare stores by tree hugging yogurt knitters. 

In the Blackpool Basin the fracking strata is about 2000ft below any drinking water aquifers, but there is a case for strong regulation, to make sure there are no leaks in the pipes pumping the chemicals as this could affect water supplies.

The shale gas is in a much thicker layer that in typical US deposits, so it should mean fewer drilling points and less horizontal drilling to recover the same amount of gas. 

Fast exploitation of this may mean the difference between the UK economy growing and avoiding a sovereign default, so we have no real choice but to go ahead.

Don't be surprised if the EU ban the technology, through a combination of French Socialists who have banned fracking in France for political reasons and German Greens. This is already on the EU's tree hugging agenda and maybe the straw that breaks the camels back over the UK's EU membership.

[albitz]

If it causes an earthquake which causes Blackpool to disappear into the sea,and also potentially leads to us leaving the EU Im struggling to see a downside tbh.

[omega3000]

If it causes an earthquake which causes Blackpool to disappear into the sea,and also potentially leads to us leaving the EU Im struggling to see a downside tbh.

 

[Sir Tigger KC]

If it speeds up Great Britain's exit from the EU then I'm convinced and all for it!!    Let's Frack on with it!!!! 

[cleggy]

If it speeds up Great Britain's exit from the EU then I'm convinced and all for it!!    Let's Frack on with it!!!!