Fracking

Gepubliceerd op 6 jan. 2014

Minister Kamp van Economische Zaken neemt binnenkort een beslissing over de toekomst van het aardbevingsgebied in Groningen. Daarbij gaat het om de veiligheid, de leefbaarheid en de energiewinning van het geplaagde gebied. De lokale bevolking leeft tussen angst, beven en woede vanwege de aardbevingen.

Gepubliceerd op 28 jan. 2013

De stad Groningen krijgt in de toekomst vaker last van zwaardere aardbevingen. Dat zegt burgemeester Peter Rehwinkel na gesprek met minister van Economische Zaken Henk Kamp. Deze toename is het gevolg van de gaswinning bij Slochteren.Volgens Henk Kamp is het kabinet niet van plan om de gaswinning te stoppen of te beperken. Dit omdat de Nederlandse gasfornuizen en verwarmingsketels alleen op Nederlands gas werken en de staatskas 2,2 miljard euro misloopt per jaar als er minder gas uit het Groningen-veld verkocht wordt. Wel wordt er 100 miljoen euro vrijgemaakt om de woningen veiliger te maken en de bevolking te informeren. Burgemeester Rehwinkel vindt dat in de beslissing om al dan niet door te gaan met de gaswinning ook het veiligheidsbelang mee moet worden gewogen en niet alleen de economische belangen.

Ian R Crane - FRACKtured Future: The Fracking Nightmare

Gepubliceerd op 17 jul. 2013

"Are we in danger of condemning our Children to lives of abject misery?"

In December 2012, the UK Government lifted the moratorium on the process known as Hydraulic Fracturing (FRACKING), pronouncing that the UK would be at the 'heart of the Shale Gas revolution'.

Ian R Crane worked in the Oilfield Services Industry for 20 years (1979-98). Today he is on a mission; a mission to ensure that the British public are made aware of the abomination that is about to be unleashed on their 'Green & Pleasant Land'.

Former oilfield executive Ian R Crane has engaged industry sources and independent researchers to lay the foundations for his investigations into fracking -- mining of shale and coal seam gas. In "Fractured Future -- It doesn't have to be this way", a nationwide speaking tour, Ian asks whether this 'miracle' of nature really will be the solution to our nation's problems? Is it going to be the best thing for us since North Sea gas, or are there hidden dangers which could impact upon communities in ways which need open discussion?

Across the UK, a backdrop of unemployment, national debt and austerity is creating a distraction from more long-term problems. While such issues will take decades to address, the potential hazards brewing in the background, which the wider public remain complacent about, are likely to take centuries to put right. Ian considers whether corporate profits are being put ahead of the health, safety and the well-being of our natural environment. We are subjected to increasing restrictions on food choices and health choices, all in the name of protecting us. We have more surveillance and monitoring to safeguard us, and further restrictions on the media are forthcoming. Are such actions justified, and considering our safety is being seen as paramount in these areas, will fracking be subjected to equal levels of caution?

Our national debt has risen by 4%, from 82% to 86% of our Gross Domestic Product, despite all the austerity measures put in place -- creating a Trillion Dollar Debt. As experts will tell you, once it goes beyond 100% (where UK debt will be more than annual turnover) our problems will escalate. Is fracking a short-term gain for a long-term loss? A credit crunch turned into an environmental crunch, while bankers' bonuses continue to escalate?

Meanwhile, Al-Qaeda are being fought and funded by the West at one and the same time, and yet the people of Britain just shrug their shoulders. Are we heading towards another World War, and if so, who actually is the enemy? With the unlimited power supposedly presented to us via fracking worldwide, will global peace break out, or will this represent the beach-head in the next battle for energy supremacy?

Prior to becoming an Independent Analyst, Ian R Crane had two decades of experience in the oil and gas industries as a Schlumberger executive, working and living in the UK, Mainland Europe, Middle East & North America

Ian R Crane's website: www.ianrcrane.com

Fracking boosts oil flow in Russia

Around the world new wells are coming on line and major production investments are being given the go-ahead.

At the Rustamovskoye oil field in Russia, Shelton Petroleum has recently completed a series of activities designed to increase oil production. A two-well fracking programme has substantially increased well productivity. In addition, drilling of the field's fourth well has been completed and oil was encountered at target depth.

Read more:
www.engineerlive.com/content/fracking-boosts-oil-flow-russia

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