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Fracked Oil Spill Disaster in North Dakota. 865,200 Gallons. Among Biggest Onshore Spills in Recent US. History

Public In Dark Due to Government Shutdown By Steve Horn Global Research, October 11, 2013  desmogblog.com

 

Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled from a Tesoro Logistics pipeline in Tioga, North Dakota in one of the biggest onshore oil spills in recent U.S. history.

Though the spill occurred on September 29, the U.S. National Response Center – tasked with responding to chemical and oil spills – did not make the report available until October 8 due to the ongoing government shutdown.

“The center generally makes such reports available on its website within 24 hours of their filing, but services were interrupted last week because of the U.S. government shutdown,” explained Reuters.

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Home » Fracking: Britain’s ambition to become Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas

Fracking: Britain’s ambition to become Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas

Sun, 2012-12-16 07:09 — editor

 

Hemantha Abeywardena writes from London…

Ed Davy, the British Energy Secretary, announced this week that he was giving the green light for the exploration of the deposits of shale gas in Britain, ending an 18-month-long moratorium while triggering off an intense excitement among those who support the move and an alarm within the Green lobby simultaneously – not necessarily in equal measures.

Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is a technique that uses a liquid – often water –at extremely high pressure to create fissures within the shale formations of the earth in order to create paths for gas deposits to flow into pipes placed at deeper levels, underground.

The ambitious project was halted some months ago, as the process caused two mini earthquakes in Blackpool, North West England. Subsequently, Cuadrilla Resources, the company behind the project launched an investigation into the two seismic events and concluded that they were actually caused by fracking. In addition, three independent panels, appointed by the government, reviewed the findings and drew the same conclusion; the tremors are man-made – or machinery made, to be precise.

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