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RussBLib

(9,037 posts)
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 01:34 AM Jan 2024

(Texas) Railroad Commission claims 'gas leak' to hide produced water destruction

You may have heard about a "no-fly zone" established in West Texas. It's because there is an ecological disaster in the making, and they don't want anyone to know about it.

https://bigbendsentinel.com/2024/01/10/railroad-commission-claims-gas-leak-to-hide-produced-water-destruction/

Railroad Commission claims ‘gas leak’ to hide produced water destruction

CRANE COUNTY –– The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) obtained a no fly-zone over the area in Crane County where the ground is once again belching produced water to the surface.

As the Pecos Enterprise reported in December 2023, the trouble started in January 2022, when a 200-foot-high geyser of contaminated water containing salts, hydrocarbons and other toxins erupted from an abandoned oil well in Crane County.

Railroad Commission records indicate the well, owned by Chevron, was eventually controlled, and the flow of an estimated 40,000 barrels of toxic water per day was stopped. Then in December, about 400 yards from the CT-112 well, the ground split open for some 200-300 feet and toxic water began flowing out of the fracture.

Produced water is a byproduct of drilling for and producing oil and gas, and along with usually being highly saline, may also include chemicals used in the drilling and hydraulic fracturing process, and is usually poison to plant and animal life.


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The Earth is starting to spit that shit back up.

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(Texas) Railroad Commission claims 'gas leak' to hide produced water destruction (Original Post) RussBLib Jan 2024 OP
I figured they get around to the leftist democrats sooner than later Deuxcents Jan 2024 #1
I wonder if this has been happening at other locales... RussBLib Jan 2024 #2

Deuxcents

(16,351 posts)
1. I figured they get around to the leftist democrats sooner than later
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 01:55 AM
Jan 2024

They don’t want no stinkin’ regulations so now they have a real problem.

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