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California Oil Explores Hydrofluoric Acid Solution
Hydraulic fracturing — fracking — has won the approval of California voters who weighed in on a referendum that would have banned the practice from implementation in that state’s Monterey shale. But a powerful new production technique called ‘acidizing’ may edge fracking out in California. “Like Canada’s tar sands, the Monterey Shale contains mostly heavy […]
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Monterey Shale. Part 1: Distracted by Fracking?
This is the first installment of a special series looking at the potential climate and public health implications of a boom in Monterey Shale production. Over the past few years, the United States has found itself in the midst of a major boom in oil and gas production. Rapid expansion in the use of a […]
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CA Oil Regulators Admit Lack of Oversight of Dangerous Chemicals
SACRAMENTO, CA—Nearly two months after lawmakers requested information about experimental oil extraction methods, state regulators acknowledged they have not monitored a host of practices used to access shale oil in California, some of which involve the injection of dangerous chemicals underground. Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) and Assemblyman Wesley Chesbro (D-North Coast) requested the information […]
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Are “Acid Jobs” a Bigger Environmental Threat than Fracking for Oil and Gas?
They haven’t made a Hollywood movie about them yet, or even an independent documentary, but so-called “acid jobs” are starting to garner the kind of attention that hydraulic fracturing, otherwise know as “fracking,” has been receiving the past few years. California regulators are currently working on rules, and the state is pondering legislation, which would […]
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Bill proposes new rules on oil field ‘acidization’
The fuss over hydraulic fracturing may have been only the beginning. Legislation pending in Sacramento targets another widely used oil field technique — acidization, or “acid jobs” — that some consider to be just as useful as fracking, possibly more so. Senate Bill 4, authored by state Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, proposes disclosure measures […]
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Air Pollution Board Won’t Watch Fracking
In a split vote the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District Board set aside staffs recommendations and decided the County does not need to gather information about potential effects on air quality caused by hydraulic fracturing or fracking. Supervisor Linda Parks had led the Board in asking APCD staff to prepare a report and recommendations […]
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Worse than fracking? California environmentalists terrified by acid jobs
Only one of the 10 legislative fracking bills addresses acid jobs, which has some environmentalists concerned. Companies are not required to report their use of acid, which allows them to pump large quantities of this substance into the ground with no regulation. “These are super-hazardous, poisonous chemicals and we have no idea what they are […]
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California environmentalists fear frack fight a distraction
May 28 (Reuters) – As California sets the ground rules for drilling in the Monterey oil formation, a hard-to-reach shale reserve that is the largest in the United States, some environmentalists worry that politicians, regulators and fellow activists are fighting the wrong battle. The state regulator is hammering out rules for hydraulic fracturing, while the […]
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Hydraulic Fracturing: Calif.’s proposed moratoriums might not apply to other drilling in Monterey Shale — activists
A war of words is brewing over hydraulic fracturing and efforts to ban or limit it in California. Activists who believe they’ve created negative buzz around the oil and gas extraction process also called “fracking” have launched a new battle: persuading the state’s Legislature to look at also restricting different drilling techniques. Green groups warn […]
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Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing: a U.S. Congressional report
See report, U.S. Congress, minority report, list of fracking chemicals. Excerpts: From Executive Summary: … Hydraulic fracturing has helped to expand natural gas production in the United States, unlocking large natural gas supplies in shale and other unconventional formations across the country. As a result of hydraulic fracturing and advances in horizontal drilling technology, natural […]
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