Energy Series on Fracking
FULL SHOWS
The Fracking Process
The Fracking Controversy
The Moral Cases For & Against Fossil Fuels
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
What is Hydraulic Fracturing?
Tom Petrie, International Energy Expert
Part 1
Part 2
Fracking Experts
Fracking Series: Part 1 of 5
Fracking Series: Part 2 of 5
Mike Vincent, Engineer & Consultant for Fracwell LLC
Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Sam Schabacker, Western Regional Director of Food & Water Watch
Kim Stevens from Environment Colorado
Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Sam Schabacker, Western Regional Director of Food & Water Watch
Kim Stevens from Environment Colorado
Mike Vincent, Engineer & Consultant for Fracwell LLC
Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Sam Schabacker, Western Regional Director of Food & Water Watch
Kim Stevens from Environment Colorado
Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Sam Schabacker, Western Regional Director of Food & Water Watch
Kim Stevens from Environment Colorado
Fracking Series: Part 3 of 5
Fracking Series: Part 4 of 5
Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services
Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Wes Wilson, Director of Be the Change
Sonia Skakich-Scrima, Founder of What the Frack?! Arapahoe
Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Wes Wilson, Director of Be the Change
Sonia Skakich-Scrima, Founder of What the Frack?! Arapahoe
Sonia Skakich-Scrima, Founder of What the Frack?! Arapahoe
Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Wes Wilson, Director of Be the Change
Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services
Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Wes Wilson, Director of Be the Change
Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services
Fracking Series: Part 5 of 5
Sonia Skakich-Scrima, Founder of What the Frack?! Arapahoe
Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Wes Wilson, Director of Be the Change
Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services
Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Wes Wilson, Director of Be the Change
Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services
CLIPS
A Safe Process?
Air Quality Studies
Dr. Will Fleckenstein, Colorado School of Mines Professor, explains that the fracking process, which has been ongoing since 1947, is a well-studied and reliable process. “If the process wasn’t safe… I don’t think the state of Colorado would allow it go forward.”
Wes Wilson, former EPA engineer, asserts that the cessation of health studies by the State is cause for concern. Matt Lepore, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Executive Director, provides details on two such studies currently underway.
Water Usage Concerns
Floods & Spills
Matt Lepore, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Executive Director, sheds light on the amount of water required for Colorado’s fracking operations—less than 1/10 of one percent of all the water used in the state.
Sam Schabacker, Mountain West Region Director for Food and Water Watch, details the damage done in the 2013 St. Vrain Valley floods, including estimates of how much material was spilled from oil and gas related operations. Matt Lepore, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Executive Director, goes on to describe the number of wells in the flood area and the procedures that were taken to shut the wells off.
The Mackenzie Study
The Ingraffea Study
Wes Wilson, former EPA engineer, outlines the results of the Mackenzie Study, which found cancer risk increases from 6 in one million to 10 in one million “if you live next to a well meeting state requirements.” Matt Lepore, Executive Director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, then explains how the data in the study was extrapolated from a very small data set and that Dr. Mackenzie herself has stated that more data needs to be acquired.
Wes Wilson explains the results of the Ingraffea Study, which came to the conclusion that the industry leakage rate is between 4% and 8%. Chris Wright, Liberty Resources CEO, goes on to clarify that this study has been de-bunked by universities and government and independent agencies, why the study is flawed, and how the results of other independent inquires have found a leak rate closer to .01%.
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TOPICS:
• What does the COGCC do?
• Fracking process overview
• Water use & recycling
• St. Vrain flooding and response
