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Presented by:
Agnes Sindhunita Kusumastuti
Deky Hapsoro Ajisantoso
Maryono
Netty Siregar
Ronny Agung Hendrawan
Outline
Conclution
Pinedale, Wyoming
Pinedale is a town in and the county seat of
Sublette County, Wyoming, United States. The
population was 2,030 at the 2010 census. Already
surrounded by hundreds of drilled wells of natural
gas.
Acreage of Mesa
Privately
Owned
15%
Wyoming
5%
Federal
Gov.
80%
Mule Deer
Mule Deer
Mule Deer
Antelope
Pronghorn
Sage brush
Indigeneous to interior
western and central North
America
Several
woody
and
herbaceous species of plants
Country:
Alberta,
(Canada)
The second
mammal
Native
to
the
American west
Grouse
US,
Southern
Saskatchewan
fastest
land
North
Questar Corp.
& other Gas Company drilling in Pinedale
BLM imposed drilling rules that were designed to proted wildlife and
its habitat especially Sage Grouse
Require that questar roads, wells, and other structure had to be
located a quarter mile or more from grouse breeding ground (at
least 2 miles form nesting areas during breeding season)
No driling on winter (Nov 15 May 1) except for liquid waste
delivery and completed wells allowed to pump the gas
Disadvantages
Drilling operation during
winter interfere wildlife
migration route
Drilling sendiment entered
the river around mesa
Declining wildlife number
and winter survival rate
(destruction of 50% of sage
brush as their habitats)
Limitation towards
gas mining to
protect pinedale
Pinedale
Provide
natural Gas
Questar
Provide new
technology
1-2 wells/pad
Took 1474 acre for 156 pad
16 different roads and pipes
16 wells/pad (= outstretched
tentacles on octopus)
Take 533 acre for 61 pad
1 road and pipe
Plus build a second pipe
system that would pump
liquid waste away prevent
the use of noisy truck
Cost USD 500.000 /wels ( 400
wells = usd 185 million)
Advantages:
Alternatives
Allow winter drilling and allow 4,399 more wells on a maximum 600 drilling pads all located
within large core area in the central part of the mesa
Allow winter drilling and 4,399 wells on 600 pads plus, confine drilling to specific parts of the
core area and prohibit drilling or disturbance of winter ranges of mule deer or pronghorn
antelope or mating and nesting areas of the sage grouse
Allow winter drilling and 4,399 more wells on a maximum of 600 pads, confine drilling to
parts of the core area, prohibit drilling or disturbance of winter ranges of mule deer or
pronghorn antelope or mating and nesting areas of the sage grouse, plus prohibit drilling on
the thousands of acres (Flank area) surrounding core area where drilling was allowed
require annual review of wildlife impacts, and require the company to establish fund to
monitor wildlife and to pay the costs of mitigating any impacts on wildlife that monitoring
detected
Allow drilling only within the core area and prohibit drilling in the area around the periphery
but permit fewer than 4399 wells and less than 600 pads and limit the total acreage
devoted to wells
New Tech
Limitation
from BLM
Annual
Fund
Prohibit
flank area
There was dilemma problem between Energy Source for US consumption and
revenue versus Environment responsibility
Question :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What are the systemic, corporate, and individual issues raised in this
case?
How should wildlife species like grouse or deer be valued, and how
should that value be balanced against the economic interests of
the of company like Questar ?
In light of the U.S. economys dependence on oil, and in light of the
environmental impact of Questar drilling operation, is Questar
morally obligated to cease its drilling operation on the Pinedale
Mesa? Explain !
What, if anything, should Questar be doing differently?
From an ethical point of view, was alternative 4 the best option
among those from which the BLM ? Explain !
Should the loss of species produced by the drilling operations of
Questar be considered a problem of pollution or a problem of
conservation ? Can the loss of species by evaluated as an external
cost ?
Operational Issue
Financial Issue
Jim Sims
Dru Bower
At least some non humans are intrinsically valuable, we have moral duty
to refrain from harming them without a sufficiently weighty reason.
3. In light of the fact that natural gas reduces the U.S. economys
undesirable dependence on oil and the fact that that natural gas
produces less greenhouse gases that coal, oil, and other fuels, should
Questar continue its drilling operations? Does the environmental impact
of Questar drilling operation imply that Questar morally obligated to stop
its drilling operation on the Pinedale Mesa? Explain !
5. From an ethical point of view, was alternative (4) the best option
among
those
from
which
the
BLM
chose?
Is another alternative better from an ethical point of view? explain
Environment
Pollution
Management
Optimum
Conservation
Balance
Yes.
The loss of species produced by drilling operations of Questar
be considered as :
1. Pollution problem
2.
Conservation problem
Yes.
Ref Utilitarian, the loss of species can evaluated as an external
cost, so it must be internalized to company cost. Private (Intenal
Cost) +External cost = Social cost.