Living with Oil & Gas ExplorationBy: Kari Matsko

10 Miles from Lake Erie, Great LakesLiving 12 Miles Away from Perry Nuclear Power Plant and

7 miles away from a brine waste deep injection well. Elsewhere in OH this type of facility was proven to trigger earthquakes.

Drilling 100 feet from Residential Home

Drill Rig Flaring Gas 100 feet from Apartment Residents

CHINA:GAS WELL EXPLOSION IN CHONGQINGInformation Bulletin N° 01/2003

Major Reasons the U.S. Leads in Unconventional Shale ‘Fracking’

Private citizens ownership of mineral rights instead of government + federal deregulation of oil and gas- allowing states to regulate

1. "A production company that wants to experiment with an innovative technology can always find an owner sufficiently willing to take risks- or if you are more cynical, sufficiently ignorant of the risks. When mineral rights are owned by the government, access is necessarily controlled by a centralized bureaucracy. Bureaucracies tend to be slow and cautious."

 2. "Oil and gas regulation was traditionally a state matter, and

was primarily oriented toward maximizing production, not controlling environmental harms."

People’s Oil & Gas Collaborative – Ohio (POGCO)

The original Ohio grassroots movement focusing 100% on oil and gas issues. Our multi-tiered

approach involves people who are directly affected by the impacts of oil and gas development working in a nonpartisan effort for reform at local, state and

federal levels.  We utilize public education, legislative initiatives and community partnerships in our mission to provide surface owners, oil and gas employees and citizens living near operations fair and equal treatment under the law with regard to

health, safety and property rights. POGCO was formerly known as NEOGAP Northeast Ohio Gas Accountability Project from 2008-2011

U.S. Department of Labor Statistics – Ohio Total Mining & Logging Employee Numbers in the Thousands From 2003-

2013

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2003 11.9 11.8 11.8 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.5 11.6 11.6

2004 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.6 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.6 11.7 11.5 11.4 11.6

2005 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.5

2006 11.5 11.6 11.6 11.7 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.6

2007 11.8 11.6 11.6 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.7 11.7

2008 11.8 11.9 11.5 11.6 11.8 11.8 12.1 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.2

2009 12.1 12.0 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.8 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.4 11.3 11.4

2010 10.9 11.1 10.9 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.3 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.3

2011 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.9 11.9 12.1 12.1 12.1

2012 12.3 12.4 12.3 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.7 12.5 12.5 12.4 12.4 12.3

2013 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.5 12.5(P)              

Ohio Law Improvements Enacted in 2010 Largest Reform of Oil & Gas Law in Our State Since 1965

Mandates fluid based drilling in sensitive areas to suppress the release of deadly hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S)

Requires baseline water well testing for those living near proposed drill sites

Requires Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) be posted online for chemicals used onsite

150,000 Shale Gas Wells Completed in North America

Average Estimated Recovery Factors are Still Very Low

Dry Gas ~25% Petroleum Liquids ~ 5-10%

Poor cement placement in horizontal wells due to difficulty to maintain proper centralized casing over long distances (casing concentric to the drill hole)

Tendency of cement to settle under gravity in the lower part of the horizontal well

Factors of Major Impact on Well Leakage of Horizontal Shale Wells

Controlling Fracture Propagation Alberta , British Columbia - CanadaSince 2009, 39  incidents of fractures reaching another well site 

Invading fluid: N2, CO2, slickwater (stimulating fluids and frac sand)

Distance between wellsClosest: 30 mFarthest: 2400 m

Water Loss & Unproven Waste Options

Thank You!

Kari Matsko, Director People’s Oil & Gas Collaborative – Ohio (POGCO) Email: kari@pogco.org Phone: 440-579-5314 Twitter: @KariMatskoWebsite: www.ohiogasdrilling.com

References

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Blog/2013/08/19/Fracking-led-to-109-earthquakes-in-Youngstown-Ohio-study-finds/8691376934516/#ixzz2cXRofMBE

http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/rpts03/cnex0103.pdf http://www.naeshalegas.com/pdf/04Zoback.pdf http://law.case.edu/journals/LawReview/Documents/63CaseWResL

Rev4.2.Keynote.Merrill.pdf http://www.naeshalegas.com/pdf/06Bachu.pdf