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Back in 2010 there was a drilling mud accident in this South Arlington neighborhood near the Eden Road Drill Site which is at the intersection of Matlock and Eden Road in Arlington, Texas. This is one example of a horizontal directional drilling job gone bad. The Fish Creek Neighborhood experienced a similar phenomenon in November 2012. Click Here for that story.
Here is the crew cleaning up this muddy mess. We are trying to obtain documentation from the City and the Railroad Commission of Texas about this accident that affected a bunch of homes, but so far we've been unsuccessful. Surely, there must be a record of this incident somewhere! Isn't the company responsible required to report this?
There are a lot of gas pipelines in this area!
Now XTO Energy wants to amend/expand their drill site to add a frac pool like this one even though there are already ten drilling locations within two miles of this site. Put on your boots and attend these two important public hearings:
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 5:30 p.m.
101 West Abram Street, Arlington, TX
Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 6:30 p.m.
101 West Abram Street, Arlington, TX
See additional information in this Scribd document:
If you are unable to attend, please say a prayer for our City that it's not too late.
Here's good reason XTO should be banned from operating in your city:
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A few years ago I met a lady on Spitfire Lane that lives near Eden who has a grandbaby that normally has 3 nose bleeds a year, but was having 3 a day and she told me she could smell fumes sometimes in her baby’s room. The last time I spoke with her she was trying to move away and was getting bloodwork on the baby. I gave former City Councilman, Gene Patrick, (d-RIP) the address and phone number and visited him in person to ask him to contact her. He looked him straight in the eyes while he assured me he would call her and follow up....he’s dead now...hope he’s their guardian angel now?
ReplyDeleteWe understand that several of the neighbors who lived in close proximity to each other near this drill site passed away within a one month period. That seems unusually high ~ particularly since these people were in their 40's and 50's, and one in her early 70's.
DeleteGas drilling may take more lives than cigarette smoking.
The RRC must have a record of this!
ReplyDeleteBoth the Austin and Kilgore offices say they have no record of this incident. A representative from the Austin office even went so far as to say that this type of incident is impossible! Granted, this happened three years ago, but surely, there must be a record of this.
DeleteThe open records request through the City of Arlington came up with nothing. How does something like this happen in the middle of a neighborhood, yet no one knows anything? Maybe they are all under a gag order.
With so many pipelines in that area as shown on the map, this looks like a pipeline construction operation gone haywire. The RRC's Fort Worth office oversees pipelines and should be next on the list to contact but it may require an ORR.
DeleteThis is interesting. Here is a press release that came out one month following this drilling mud incident:
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Must be a form of residential landfarming.
ReplyDeleteHa ha. They need to obtain a permit for that. We're having enough trouble trying to find an official record of this incident.
DeleteIt is not clear to me why we should be destroying the current quality of our local life for the prospect of exporting natural gas. This is simply a burden placed on the people by my major economic interests. Producers like CK have simply cheated local interests out of revenues they were promised as local lawsuits are contending.
ReplyDeleteMoney trumps public safety. As it turns out, only a small minority are profiting. In the beginning of the shale gas boom the public was led to believe that this gas would go directly into our homes. It was all about flag waving and America's energy independence. Do you recall any industry reps explaining at these signing parties how this gas would eventually be exported to foreign countries? We don't. Our residential communities are now heavy industrial mining zones. Tears!
DeleteThe Title of that press release is: Railroad Commission to Participate in Fort Worth Pipeline Safety Meetings April 28-29. Interestingly, I have experience with digging that results in a gas pipeline leak. About 3 months ago, AT&T was in our area hand digging holes for U-verse. The two workmen struck a natural gas line. Immediately a loud hissing noise and smelly cloud began spewing from the line. They immediately called the gas company, who sent out a repair crew. Within minutes, I could smell the gas at my house about 180 feet away.
ReplyDeletePaul, that gas ~ odorized with mercaptan ~ would have come from probably a 2 or 3 inch distribution pipeline. Now imagine the massive gas pipeline infrastructure that has recently been added to accommodate the industry's needs. This raw gas flowing through these much larger lines is NOT odorized ~ and it's beneath our feet ~ next to our homes ~ next to our schools ~ everyday ~ unseen.
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