16 Cattle Drop Dead Near Mysterious Fluid at Gas Drilling Site

ProPublica by Abrahm Lustgarten | Apr. 30, 2009 (News Report)

Sixteen cattle dropped dead in a northwestern Louisiana field this week after apparently drinking from a mysterious fluid adjacent to a natural gas drilling rig, according to Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality and a report in the Shreveport Times [3]. At least one worker told the newspaper that the fluids, which witnesses described as green and spewing into the air near the drilling derrick, were used for a drilling process called hydraulic ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment, Pollution, Energy, Farming, Industry, Oil and Gas, Technology
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Posted by: Posted by Glenn LaBauve - Apr 30, 2009 - 11:04 PM PDT
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Edited by: Glenn LaBauve - Apr 30, 2009 - 11:04 PM PDT

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 by Glenn LaBauve - Apr. 30, 2009

As someone who grew up in the oil patch, this story is not new, but the new story needs to be told. The practice has come under increased monitoring with the loss of oil men in both the White house and executive office building (Bush & Cheney). One state supreme court has already ruled against the industry and it appears a second will soon rule. Since these ruling concern property rights, the state law will supercede federal rules. This case will open a new can of worms for an already bloodied fighter.

Opening the books on this process will most likely lead us back to the days of not as efficent explosive fracturing, which has a long history and had become fairly safe.

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