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Offshore hydraulic fracturingGood

Offshore hydraulic fracturingGood .............................................................................................................1
InherencyGovernment now regulating....................................................................................................1
InherencyMust have a ermit...................................................................................................................1
Inherency!an"t discharge waste fluids....................................................................................................#
Inherency!an"t drill any new wells$ so it won"t e%and.........................................................................#
Solvency!an"t &an whole ractice...........................................................................................................#
Fracking'(eneficial).....................................................................................................................................#
Fracking growing *S economy...................................................................................................................#
1+ &illion &arrels of oil availa&le in !alifornia from Fracking....................................................................,
Fracking gives us two thirds of the world"s oil-gas reserves.......................................................................,
Fracking is economically advantageouslaundry list of &enefits..............................................................,
Fracking will roser devoid of regulations................................................................................................,
Fracking &oosts economy............................................................................................................................,
Fracking'.ot harmful)..................................................................................................................................+
!hemicals comose half of one ercent of fracking solution......................................................................+
Fracking chemicals are known to us 'mostly found in kitchen)..................................................................+
.ot one instance of fracking causing environmental harm 'in the whole world)........................................+
Fracking ollution minimal 'only ,./0 of all car&on er year)................................................................../
12A confirms that fracking does not endanger human health...................................................................../
Fracking does not ollute drinking water..................................................................................................../
Alternatives to fracking are worse '&iofuel$-solar- wind)............................................................................3
Fracking in !alifornia safer than others.......................................................................................................3
Fracking will only cause small earth4uakes................................................................................................3
InherencyGovernment now regulating
Alison Dettmer is the Manager of the California Coastal Commissions Energy and Ocean Resources Unit.
She has been with the Coastal Commission since !"" and has been the lead staff #erson on technically
com#le$ and contro%ersial oil and gas #ro&ects' including ()*. Alison has a +.S. in Conser%ation of
)atural Resources from UC +er,eley and a Masters Degree in Urban -lanning from UC(A' .ebruary /'
/01' 2+riefing on Offshore .rac,ing and Other 3ell Stimulation 4reatments5
htt#677www.coastal.ca.go%7#df738a9/9/01:.rac,ing;/0+riefing.#df
.ew Oil 5 Gas 6rilling 2ro7ects
8 9e4uire a !oastal 6eveloment 2ermit '!62)
8 !oastal !ommission will evaluate otential imacts of well stimulation treatments as art
of !62 alication review.
InherencyMust have a permit
California De#artment of Conser%ation' -ost )o%ember' /0<' 2Senate +ill 1 =m#lementation -lan5
htt#677www.conser%ation.ca.go%7inde$7Documents7Senate;/0+ill;/01;/0=m#lementation;/0-lan
;/0/0<1;/0final.#df
S( : re4uires a ermit from the 6ivision of Oil$ Gas and Geothermal 9esources ';6ivision<) to
conduct well stimulation. =he ermit alication must include detailed information a&out the
fluids to &e used$ a ground water monitoring lan$ and a water management lan. !oies of an
aroved ermit must &e sent to neigh&oring roerty owners and tenants$ and water well
testing must &e rovided uon re4uest. S( : re4uires the 6ivision to reare regulations to
ensure that well stimulation is done safely and to re4uire detailed u&lic disclosure a&out the
well stimulation. =he 6ivision must develo an internet we&site to facilitate u&lic disclosure of
well stimulation information$ and the we&site must allow the u&lic to easily search and
aggregate the information. In addition$ the State >ater 9esources !ontrol (oard must develo
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groundwater modeling criteria and imlement a regional ground water monitoring rog
InherencyCant discharge waste fluids
Alison Dettmer is the Manager of the California Coastal Commissions Energy and Ocean Resources Unit.
She has been with the Coastal Commission since !"" and has been the lead staff #erson on technically
com#le$ and contro%ersial oil and gas #ro&ects' including ()*. Alison has a +.S. in Conser%ation of
)atural Resources from UC +er,eley and a Masters Degree in Urban -lanning from UC(A' .ebruary /'
/01' 2+riefing on Offshore .rac,ing and Other 3ell Stimulation 4reatments5
htt#677www.coastal.ca.go%7#df738a9/9/01:.rac,ing;/0+riefing.#df
State >aters ? 6ischarges 2rohi&ited
State @aw '29! A /B3,'&) 5 S@! regulations) rohi&its the discharge of roduced fluids in state waters
InherencyCant drill any new wells, so it wont expand
>en +roder' .ebruary 1' /01 23hile Coastal Commission -onders Offshore .rac,ing' .eds O> More
of =t5
htt#677www.ca.allgo%.com7news7contro%ersies7while9coastal9commission9#onders9offshore9frac,ing9feds9
o,9more9of9it910/1?news@"A/1</
=he Associated -ress reorted last August that it had discovered more than #CC reviously unu&liciDed
instances of fracking at vulnera&le offshore sites using e%isting wells. A2 documented at least a doDen
instances of comanies using fracking since the 1EECs in the Santa (ar&ara !hannel$ site of a 1E/E oil
latform &lowout that fouled &eaches$ killed &irds and other wildlife$ and insired a law &anning new
drilling there.
SolvencyCant an whole practice
Alison Dettmer is the Manager of the California Coastal Commissions Energy and Ocean Resources Unit.
She has been with the Coastal Commission since !"" and has been the lead staff #erson on technically
com#le$ and contro%ersial oil and gas #ro&ects' including ()*. Alison has a +.S. in Conser%ation of
)atural Resources from UC +er,eley and a Masters Degree in Urban -lanning from UC(A' .ebruary /'
/01' 2+riefing on Offshore .rac,ing and Other 3ell Stimulation 4reatments5
htt#677www.coastal.ca.go%7#df738a9/9/01:.rac,ing;/0+riefing.#df
=he !oastal !ommission reviews develoment on a caseF&yFcase &asis and does not review entire
categories of develoment.
!rac"ing#$eneficial%
!rac"ing growing &S economy
B. Sterling +urnett' )ational Center for -olicy Annalisis October /1' /0< 2Bow .rac,ing Bel#s Meet
Americas Energy )eeds5 htt#677www.nc#a.org7#ub7ib</
Gydraulic fracturing$ or fracking$ has created a revolution in *.S. oil and natural gas roduction. Fracking
is the in7ection of a fluid mi%ture of water$ sand and a small amount of other additives in7ected dee in the
ground to fracture rock formations. =his rocess releases isolated ockets of oil and gas traed in the
surrounding shale rock that are otherwise inaccessi&le. Fracking has &een used since 1E:E$ &ut recent high
rices drove the develoment of new technologies to oen u shale formations. Advancements$ such as
horiDontal drilling$ couled with increasing glo&al demand for oil and domestic demand for natural gas$
have turned shale drilling into a &right sot for the *.S. economy.
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'( illion arrels of oil availale in California from !rac"ing
Ste%e ScauCillo' San *abriel Dalley 4ribune 0!70!7< 2Oil de%elo#ers want to use contro%ersial frac,ing
method to ta# Californias oil su##ly5
htt#677www.sg%tribune.com7go%ernment9and9#olitics7/0<0!07oil9de%elo#ers9want9to9use9contro%ersial9
frac,ing9method9to9ta#9californias9oil9su##ly
=he vast$ untaed oil reserves of the Monterey Shale formation stretching from Salinas to the @os Angeles
(asin contain as much as 1+.1 &illion &arrels of oil. Oil develoers lan on claiming that treasure &y
in7ecting water$ sand and chemicals into the ground to &reak u the rock and create cracks that release the
stu&&orn oil for uming to the surface. =he controversial techni4ue known as hydraulic fracturing$ or
fracking$ has created outrage in 2ennsylvania and new regulations in .ew Hork$ &ut here in the Golden
State it is a olariDing issue tied u in such other weighty matters as glo&al warming$ the state"s water wars$
earth4uake safety and geoolitical energy olicy.
!rac"ing gives us two thirds of the worlds oil)gas reserves
Dr. -aul Driessen' E.D. from the Uni%ersity of Den%er College of (aw' +A in geology and field ecology'
24he 4ruth About .rac,ing'5 accessed by Eenny +uccola' August <0' /0<'
htt#677heartland.org7#odcasts7/0<70"7<07#aul9driessen9truth9about9frac,ing
;Fracking has comletely o&literated the claim &y the environmental community that we"re running out of
oil and gas. All of a sudden$ thanks to fracking$ we have over a century or two"s worth of oil and gas
availa&le 7ust within the *nited States. =his undermines their main rational for a lot of their rograms for
&iofuels and wind and solar energy.<
!rac"ing is economically advantageouslaundry list of enefits
Dr. -aul Driessen' E.D. from the Uni%ersity of Den%er College of (aw' +A in geology and field ecology'
24he 4ruth About .rac,ing'5 accessed by Eenny +uccola' August <0' /0<'
htt#677heartland.org7#odcasts7/0<70"7<07#aul9driessen9truth9about9frac,ing
;Fracking has transformed America"s energy market and heled the country out of recession. It can create
7o&s$ lower &ills and reduce deendence on unrelia&le$ autocratic oilF and gasFroducing countries. Once a
well is drilledsomething that can &e done increasingly seedilyit is scarcely more of a &lot on the
landscae than a garden shed.<
!rac"ing will prosper devoid of regulations
+ritish -etroleum com#any' annual re#ort for /0' 2Annual Re#ort and .orm /09. /0'5 accessed by
Eenny +uccola' /0'
htt#677www.b#.com7content7dam7b#7#df7in%estors7+-:Annual:Re#ort:and:.orm:/0.:/0.#df
;>e e%ect that many of the 7urisdictions in which we oerate will adot stricter regulations governing
Ifracking" and other unconventional gas e%traction technologies in the future which could adversely affect
our oerations and rofita&ility in our unconventional gas &usiness<
!rac"ing oosts economy
Buffington -ost' 0/7/!7/0/ 2Ohio Shale Drilling Could +oost Economy' Study Claims5
htt#677www.huffington#ost.com7/0/70/7/!7ohio9frac,ing9shale9drilling:n:<0!!8.html
!O@*M(*S$ Ohio 'A2) An academic team enlisted &y OhioJs &usiness sector released a study =uesday
that finds oil and gas drilling will mean more than /+$CCC 7o&s and an almost K:.E &illion investment in the
stateJs economy &y #C1:.
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Findings of the eightFmonth study were released to the media and mem&ers of the Ohio Shale !oalition$ a
artnershi of energy interests searheaded &y the Ohio !ham&er of !ommerce.
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!rac"ing#*ot harmful%
Chemicals compose half of one percent of frac"ing solution
Dr. -aul Driessen' E.D. from the Uni%ersity of Den%er College of (aw' +A in geology and field ecology'
24he 4ruth About .rac,ing'5 accessed by Eenny +uccola' August <0' /0<'
htt#677heartland.org7#odcasts7/0<70"7<07#aul9driessen9truth9about9frac,ing
;>ater and sand is tyically EE.+0 of what goes down the well$ so the chemical comosition is in the
remaining one half of one ercent.<
!rac"ing chemicals are "nown to us #mostly found in "itchen%
Dr. -aul Driessen' E.D. from the Uni%ersity of Den%er College of (aw'+A in geology and field ecology'
24he 4ruth About .rac,ing'5 accessed by Eenny +uccola' August <0' /0<'
htt#677heartland.org7#odcasts7/0<70"7<07#aul9driessen9truth9about9frac,ing
;=he main o&7ection is eole don"t like hydroFcar&onsL gas and oil so they turn that into a load of
o&7ections &ased on what they claim to &e environmental imacts from the rocess and the dangers of using
the Fracking rocess. =hey say there are hundreds chemicals &eing used and we don"t know what they are
when in reality we"re down to a&out two to five chemicals used in fracking. =hey are tyically things you
would find in a kitchen. Something like dishwashing soa that they use as a slickener which hels the sand
get through the cracks that are created &y the ressuriDed water. And they"ll use a &iocide of some sort that
kills &acteria that would otherwise crawl in the well ie and slow down the free movement of the water
and then ultimately the natural gas.<
*ot one instance of frac"ing causing environmental harm #in the whole world%
Dr. -aul Driessen' E.D. from the Uni%ersity of Den%er College of (aw' +A in geology and field ecology'
24he 4ruth About .rac,ing'5 accessed by Eenny +uccola' August <0' /0<'
htt#677heartland.org7#odcasts7/0<70"7<07#aul9driessen9truth9about9frac,ing
;>e"re not talking a&out realistic ro&lems with fracking technology and in fact$ the 1nvironmental
2rotection Agency and numerous other agencies at the state and federal level as well as elsewhere in the
international level have looked into fracking$ and have not found one single case anywhere where fracking
has contaminated groundwater or created other environmental ro&lems.<
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!rac"ing pollution minimal #only +,-. of all caron per year%
Mar, *reen' master of electrical engineering from M=4' /A9year researcher at the M=4 (incoln
(aboratory' a federally funded research and de%elo#ment center chartered to a##ly ad%anced technology
to #roblems of national security 24he .acts About .rac,ing Methane Emissions'5 accessed by Eenny
+uccola' )o%ember /"
th
/0/' htt#677energytomorrow.org7blog7/0/7no%ember7mit9the9facts9on9frac,ing9
methane9emissions
;=aking actual field ractice into account$ we estimate that in #C1C the total fugitive GMreenNGMouseNGMgasN
emissions from *.S. shale gasFrelated hydraulic fracturing amounted to #1/ Gg !G
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. =his reresents$
,./0$ of the estimated /$CC# Gg !G
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of fugitive emissions from all natural gas roductionFrelated sources
in that year '12A$ #C1#aL 12A$ #C1#&). =he entire natural gas value chain is estimated to have roduced
1C$#+E Gg !G
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of fugitive emissions in #C1C$ or a&out ,.10 of the .ation"s total GGG inventory '12A$
#C1#aL 12A$ #C1#&). =hus under a goal of GGG reduction it is clear that increased efforts must &e made to
reduce fugitive losses from this system. Gowever$ it is also clear is that the roduction of shale gas and
secifically$ the associated hydraulic fracturing oerations have not materially altered the total GGG
emissions from the natural gas sector. Furthermore$ for the vast ma7ority of contemorary shale gas wells$
the revenues gained from using reduced emissions comletions to cature the gas roduced during a tyical
flow&ack cover the cost of e%ecuting such comletions. =he finding is imortant &ecause of the ongoing
energy revolution due to shale and hydraulic fracturing$ and &ecause some oonents of shale natural gas
and-or fracking claim its methane emissions are dramatically higher than those that occur during
conventional natural gas drilling. .ot so.<
/01 confirms that frac"ing does not endanger human health
Buffington -ost' 2Offshore .rac,ing Off California Coast Under Re%iew' Drawing Calls .or =ncreased
Regulation'5 brac,ets added' accessed by Eenny +uccola' August <
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/0<'
htt#677www.huffington#ost.com7/0<70"70<7offshorefrac,ing:n:<800A81.htmlmail7u77Finbo$71!1dfeGe
c8"!A
;In a statement to the AMssociatedN2MressN$ the 1MnvironmentalN2MrotectionNAMgencyN Mconfirms thatN
defended its oversight of offshore fracking$ saying its system ensures the ractice does not ollute the
environment in a way that would endanger human health. Oil comanies must o&tain ermits for
wastewater and storm water discharges from roduction latforms that Oensure all fluids used in the drilling
and roduction rocess will not adversely imact water 4uality$O the statement said.<
!rac"ing does not pollute drin"ing water
Dr. -aul Driessen' E.D. from the Uni%ersity of Den%er College of (aw' +A in geology and field ecology'
24he 4ruth About .rac,ing'5 accessed by Eenny +uccola' August <0' /0<'
htt#677heartland.org7#odcasts7/0<70"7<07#aul9driessen9truth9about9frac,ing
;Pames M. =aylor$ P.6MasksNQ =here"s a very oignant scene in which a erson living near a fracking site$
holds a lighter u to the ta water coming out of the faucet and literally lights it on fire. 6o eole need to
&e concerned a&out thisR
2aul 6riessen$ P6ManswersNQ >ell$ it does haen$ &ut not from fracking. =he reason they"re a&le to do that
Mlight their water on fireN is &ecause the water well has gone through a formation that is full of natural gas
close to the surface. =his has &een going on for decades or centuries$ really. >e can see it in laces in the
*nited States and elsewhere$ where they"ve had internal flames that are lit &y natural gas that has &een
coming out of the ground for thousands of years. In the case of fracking$ fracking occurs so far &elow the
water ta&le$ and in the various cement and steel casings that go into the ground several hundred feet or so$
seal off the water ta&le area that might rovide water so that none of the water coming from the fracking
area can get into the formation eole are deending on for water.<
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1lternatives to frac"ing are worse #iofuel,)solar) wind%
Dr. -aul Driessen' E.D. from the Uni%ersity of Den%er College of (aw' +A in geology and field ecology'
24he 4ruth About .rac,ing'5 brac,ets added' accessed by Eenny +uccola' August <0' /0<'
htt#677heartland.org7#odcasts7/0<70"7<07#aul9driessen9truth9about9frac,ing
;Fracking has comletely o&literated the claim &y the environmental community that we"re running out of
oil and gas. All of a sudden$ thanks to fracking$ we have over a century or two"s worth of oil and gas
availa&le 7ust within the *nited States. =his undermines their main rational for a lot of their rograms for
&iofuels and wind and solar energy.
(ut they really don"t have anything that doesn"t have an environmental imact. !ertainly >ind and Solar
MenergyN have huge environmental imacts. (iofuels re4uire a thousand times more water than fracking
does$ for e%amle.<
!rac"ing in California safer than others
Michael E. Misha,' (os Angeles 4imes March 1' /0/ 2Oil e$traction method widely used in California
with little o%ersight5 htt#677articles.latimes.com7/0/7mar717local7la9me9oil9frac,ing9/0/0<A

State regulators said fracking here is Oradically differentO from drilling in the 9ocky Mountain >est$ MidF
Atlantic region and .ortheast$ where oerators in7ect millions of gallons of chemicalFlaced water and sand
to &reak aart rock and release natural gas. In !alifornia$ the rocess has long &een erformed for shorter
duration with much less water to loosen crude in deleted oil wells.
O>e &elieve it is a safe ractice$O said =uer Gull$ a sokesman for the >estern States 2etroleum Assn. OIt
is not a new technology. It is a tested$ roven technology.O
!rac"ing will only cause small earth2ua"es
4he Royal Society' 4he Royal Academy of Engineering Eune /0/' 2Shale gas e$traction
in the U>6 a re%iew of hydraulic fracturing5
htt#677www.raeng.org.u,7news7#ublications7list7re#orts7Shale:*as.#df
=he energy released during hydraulic fracturing is less than the energy released &y the collase of oen
voids in rock formations$ as occurs during coal mining. =he intensity of seismicity induced &y hydraulic
fracturing is likely to &e smaller due to the greater deth at which shale gas is e%tracted comared to the
shallower deth of coal mining. Magnitude , M@ may &e a realistic uer limit for seismicity induced &y
hydraulic fracturing 'Green et al #C1#). If a seismic event of magnitude , M@ occurs at deths of #F,km$
structural damage at the surface is unlikely.
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