Oh, Seismicity. Wherefore Art Thou?

3.0 Irving, TX Earthquake January 22, 2013

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Many Gas Well Pad Sites Surrounding DFW Airport showing Multiple Horizontal Wellbores Per Padsite

(Railroad Commission of Texas GIS Maps)



Click Here to See the United States Geological Survey Event Page.

For more facts about it...Click Here.

"In some areas, seismic activity, better known as earthquakes, can occur as a result of oil and gas production. In this article, we review the modern history of human-induced seismic activity, and present the findings of a recent project to monitor injection- and production-related seismicity. Scientists in Russia, in a cooperative project with Schlumberger, are analyzing the seismic energy recorded during these events to extract information about the reservoir, to more fully characterize the state of stress in the field and to optimize the recovery of reserves."

And then there's this: Click Here.

 

City Council to Approve Padsite, Only??

Constructing a pad site that may never have drilling??

Seriously??!

 The Dorchester Levee, Grand Prairie, TX

Click Here for Page 183 of the Grand Prairie, TX Agenda Details for the January 15, 2013 Meeting:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS ALLOWING FOR
PADSITE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION AT 2200 LOWER TARRANT
ROAD TO NEWARK E&P OPERATING, LLC.

Click Here for Page 191 of the Agenda Details:

 Attachment A
Special Specifications

 – Newark E& P Operating, LLC. –

Race Partners Padsite 

1. Since this drill site is proposing to include horizontal drilling that crosses beneath the
Dorchester Levee, the City is requiring third party geologic and geophysical review to ensure the
integrity of the existing levee. The information below and third party review will be required
prior to any drilling activity. The cost of this review will be the responsibility of the applicant. 



2. Prior to drilling, the applicant will provide any detail geologic, seismic and geophysical
data and information in the subsurface of the vicinity of the well and laterals that will allow a
third party evaluation of any subsurface fracture (e.g. faults and fractures and their potential for
being reactivated and generating earthquakes) as part of this drill site. At a minimum this
information shall consist of bore hole logs, hydraulic fracturing parameters, geologic and
hydrologic characteristics of the rock above and below the fracture zone and seismic and
geophysical survey data.



3. Prior to the initiation of any construction activities that are governed by federal
floodplain regulations, the applicant shall provide the City copies of valid U.S. Corps of
Engineer permits, a Corridor Development Certificate, and obtain a City of Grand Prairie
Floodplain Development Permit that covers any planned activities.

Last we heard, there is a Moratorium in place on drilling operations within 3,000 feet of ALL water retention facilities owned and/or operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers in the City of Grand Prairie, TX.

Click Here to Read About that Moratorium.

However, it appears that the Dorchester Levee is owned by the City of Grand Prairie, TX??  So, we suppose it's OK to drill/frack under it?? Or to put down the concrete just in case!?? 

C-R-A-Z-Y and Dangerous!! Amen.

Click Here to Read About Dallas County, TX Levees and their "intense scrutiny."





And Click here to read about Earthquakes/Seismicity in the Gas Patch. They Are NOT a Myth!!!