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| The drilling rigs use mudd to help seal and carry the drill cuttings to the surface. When the well is complete the mudd is usually spread out next to the location and plowed in. But sometimes there is no room to do this, EXAMPLE - a well drilled on a rocky hill side. So, operators need places to land farm this mudd. This mudd farm is on several acres of land south of Rio Vista, TX, on Hwy 174. |
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| Notice the massive solar panels used to power parts of this facility. |
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| In south Ft. Worth near I-35 and Altamesa Blvd, this large facility processes millions of cubic feet of natural gas daily. |
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| A closer look at the over-sized solar panels located on this pipeline/compression site. |
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| A backhoe sits idle at the construction site of a large frac tank just south of Blum, TX in Hill county. The tank is complete, and is being supplied with water from Lake Whitney. |
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| The pipeline stretches from Lake Whitney eastward, crossing several large ranches. The line was threaded beneath FM 933 where it empties into the recently completed tank. Water is already being used to fracture some of Quicksilver Resources nearby gas leases. |
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| A wind turbine propeller blade sits atop an 18 wheeler parked next to I-35 in Gainesville, Texas. I understand that these are manufactured in Germany and are shipped to the Port of Houston. They make the trip up I-35 to be powder coated in Gainesville for future shipment to wind farms in West Texas and other areas. Found the info on this blog: click here |
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| A closer link - This thing is huge! |
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| Chesapeake's Benson 1H Unit McCart at W. Cleburne Rd. (Ft. Worth) |
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| Frac tank construction continues on Farm Road 933 south of Blum in Hill County, TX |
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| Sign seen on Monday, August 23, 2010 while driving through Joshua, TX. The Dairy Queen usually projects an accurate time/temp reading on it's display. Monday tied a heat record reading of 107 for Tarrant county, but this reading seemed a bit much. |
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| Possibly a new frac tank being built on Farm Rd 933 about 5 miles south of Blum, TX. This construction is directly across the highway from the Steiner Vally Ranch property. |
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| McKissick Unit #1 (Boonsville Bend Cong) Completed 1979 |
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| Well was completed in 1979 - long before Barnett Shale Drilling |
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| Wise County Courthouse in Decatur, TX |
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| Trinidad Rig in Tarrant County |
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| Rig visible behind old Thornton Steel site |
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| Cornerstone's Joblin 1H Unit |
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| Union Drilling spuds the Barnett - Joblin |
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| Glorious Sunset over Hill County |
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A view from Google Earth, the Day Kimball Hill A1H Unit is the biggest producing gas well in the Barnett Shale. After coming online at 12.97 MMCFD in October, it's the only well currently averaging more than 10 million cubic feet daily. Read the Star-Telegram article by jzsmith here: Day Kimball Hill Monster. 
Chesapeake Energy works to be a good environmental steward and to employ best practices in order to protect our community. As you may have heard, recent privately-funded studies suggest there are unregulated air emissions occurring in the Barnett Shale area which are allegedly leading to diminished air quality. The following information has been compiled to help place perspective on this important issue.
In 1991, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared the greater Dallas/Fort Worth region to be an “ozone nonattainment area.” This designation means that the air quality in the North Texas area is poor and that it has not met the standards to reduce emissions set by the EPA and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The area received the status long before natural gas drilling became active in the Barnett Shale.
According to the TCEQ and the EPA, car and truck emissions are by far the largest sources and contributors to ozone formation in the nine-county DFW nonattainment area at 43%.
Texas Commission on Evirionmental Quality Studies
On January 12, 2010, the TCEQ released its results of air samples taken in Fort Worth during December. The study evaluated more than 100 natural gas production facilities within the city limits of Fort Worth and utilized Forward Looking Infrared Cameras and toxic vapor analyzers to provide real time detection and estimation of total volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations.
No detectable amounts of VOCs were found during testing, and according to the TCEQ results indicated no cause for concern.
Within two weeks after releasing the Fort Worth results, the TCEQ shared the same positive results with the City of Flower Mound where similar tests were performed. Testing there also found little or no benzene.
On January 27, 2010, the TCEQ issued its much anticipated survey results from data collected last fall. The results reinforced initial findings in the region and the natural gas industry’s assertion that production of natural gas in Tarrant County does not negatively impact ambient air quality. “There’s no need for widespread alarm,” said Toxicology Division Director Dr. Michael Honeycutt during a press conference at the TCEQ’s regional office in Fort Worth.
Click here to read the TCEQ press release entitled, Oil and Gas Air Test in Ft. Worth Find "No Cause for Concern."
Click here to read Railroad Commission Chairman Victor Carrillo's statement on Barnett Shale Air emissions issues.
Prviately Funded Studies
The TCEQ’s Fort Worth results contradict a privately-funded air emission study conducted at a Westworth Village farm. The study represented data incorrectly and exaggerated the potential hazards based on laboratory results from samples collected over a 24-hour period. Industrial Hygiene and Safety Technology, Inc. (IHST), an outside consultant retained by Fort Worth to review the study indicated the results from the Westworth Village study were “rudimentary and inaccurate” in nature. After technical review it is apparent that the same approach was used in the Town of DISH.
Click on the icon to download or read the IHST study review.
The TCEQ has found the production of natural gas in Tarrant, western Dallas and eastern Johnson counties generates little to no benzene air emissions. Most of the natural gas produced by Chesapeake in the Barnett Shale has 0.001% or 1/1,000th of 1% benzene in the gas stream, as compared to approximately 0.5 – 1% in vehicle gasoline.
Benzene is:
For more information on benzene, click here.
Warning sign displays the hazards that can be found at this southwest Ft. Worth storage facility.
