Deep in a surprisingly critical, full of surprising facts article published Monday, June 8, 2009 in the Fort Worth Business Press I was shocked to learned that the Shreveport Times, on April 29, reported that 19 Louisiana cattle died after exposure to a fluid that originated from a Chesapeake Energy drilling operation in Louisiana.An entity calling itself Schlumberger Ltd. was doing a frac job when the cattle died.
The cattle poisoning is being investigated by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
Below is the first paragraph of the Fort Worth Business Press article titled "States or Feds: Who gets to regulate hydraulic fracturing?".....
A controversial process used in natural gas drilling, and crucial to the Barnett Shale’s development, is at the center of a tug-of-war dispute between the energy industry and some legislators over whether hydraulic fracturing should be regulated by the state or the federal government.
A recent push by federal legislators to repeal the Energy Policy Act of 2005 could mean companies that employ hydraulic fracturing, a means of stimulating and opening up a well, would have to answer to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Act about the chemicals they use in the injection process.
