Study: Cook Inlet has enough gas for decade
Story last updated at 12/22/2009 - 9:07 am
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE – A new study says Cook Inlet holds enough natural gas to supply the region’s needs for a decade or longer. The Department of Natural Resources estimates that more than a trillion cubic feet of gas remains to be tapped in the 28 producing gas fields in Cook Inlet.
The 47-page study did not address some key challenges for Cook Inlet. Those issues include the declining production of its wells and regional utilities’ concern about meeting peak consumer demand for gas during long, cold snaps.
But officials say the study does show that Alaskans do not need to be in a panic mode about a gas shortage in the near term.
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December 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 am
Yes but across the country there has been a host of problems with drilling for gas including contaminated drinking wells, flammable tap water, and houses exploding and also the radiation, in rocks, has also been found in drinking water.
The push to find clean domestic energy has zeroed the country in on one resource it has plenty of: natural gas. Vast deposits large enough to supply the country for decades have become the focus of a drilling boom stretching across 31 states. But water contamination has also been reported in more than a thousand cases where that drilling is taking place, raising questions about the primary drilling method being used to get to the gas
Here are just a few headlines from ProPublica – Journalism in the public interest.
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Wastewater from gas drilling sites is found to be radioactive, leaving big questions about its treatment and disposal.
Dimock residents seek to stop Cabot Oil and Gas from drilling in the Marcellus Shale, and want a trust fund for medical treatments.
Contamination in the Monongahela River has raised questions about how Pennsylvania will handle the volume of wastewater produced by oil and gas wells.
Because of growing concern about water contamination, some in the gas industry say companies should be more open about the chemicals used in drilling.
The shutdown of natural-gas drilling operations follows three recent chemical spills in Susquehanna County.
Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said
Methane related to the natural gas industry has contaminated water wells in at least seven Pennsylvania counties since 2004
Natural Gas Politics
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica – May 26, 2009 8:14 am EST
Natural gas drilling is exempt from restrictions of the Safe Drinking Water Act, but congressional Democrats are working on legislation to change that.
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