Details of Fracking (Hydraulic Fracturing)

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  • čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
  • Original Broadcast date: June 24, 2014. Ezra Levant goes to rural Pennsylvania and documents the true nature of "fracking" by going to a site and talking to the people involved at every level of the process. Most people have only been exposed to the "Gasland" movie but this coverage tells the true story of how it's done and what the true impacts are on the environment and the world.

Komentáře • 107

  • @andredegraaf1643
    @andredegraaf1643 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Great and articulate explanations by the people being interviewed. Very informative program.

  • @Okfalls
    @Okfalls Před 8 lety +11

    Wow this needs more exposure! Well done Ezra!!! Biggest point here is the recycling of Frack Water, second is the effort towards Safety and protection of the environment.

    • @theeagle3349
      @theeagle3349 Před 6 lety +2

      how much did you get paid for this bollocks

    • @TheAncientOneOfDays
      @TheAncientOneOfDays Před 6 lety +1

      Hey you POS, drink some more and filter it through your kidneyes and pass the bucket to you kids and make your wife drink. disgusting fracks you all are

    • @fogboyenterprise2724
      @fogboyenterprise2724 Před 4 lety +1

      @@TheAncientOneOfDays Do you complain when your house is heated too?

    • @kevinbashnick
      @kevinbashnick Před rokem

      Frac. It's Frac-ing there is no K in fracture.

  • @StandngOnBusiness
    @StandngOnBusiness Před 4 lety +5

    I have to give it to this reporter he asked every question I had in my head and more and I haul sand to these jobs everyday and had zero clue what’s going on

  • @DengKhor
    @DengKhor Před 5 lety +5

    This is what I'm doing for living. Safety is the first priority and in God's will we all the oil workers will be safe to support our family.

  • @alfy234
    @alfy234 Před 3 měsíci

    Best video I’ve seen and I’m in my 4th year Fracking

  • @1776adb
    @1776adb Před 10 měsíci +1

    Best discription so far

  • @shishkabobby
    @shishkabobby Před 6 lety +11

    It was a bit ra-ra, but generally a great presentation. The last sentence was a bit of asshattery.

  • @FolkloreMcgrin
    @FolkloreMcgrin Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for the report!

  • @jakebdeltoro5191
    @jakebdeltoro5191 Před 6 lety +2

    Micheal hayne. Produced water can be re used. If it is too contaminated to be treated it gets taken to a SWD and disposed of thousands of feet below the water table not into ponds and lakes.

  • @UselessTrucker
    @UselessTrucker Před 6 lety +4

    So where does the water come from and where does the ruined water go?

    • @johnmiller632
      @johnmiller632 Před 6 lety +2

      the water comes fromwerever they can get it when they 1st stared with this carp they just dumped it back into strems+rivers not good!then they tried to treat at waste plants but its to dirity so then they built holding ponds not good eather now they drill holes in the earth +pour it down the hole now what do u think about that?

    • @douglashinckley7316
      @douglashinckley7316 Před 6 lety +3

      The reclaimed water will be recycled and reused in more fracking.

    • @josephv5346
      @josephv5346 Před 6 lety

      lol

    • @o0anonymity0o
      @o0anonymity0o Před 5 lety

      So that it can eventually rejoin the water table the long way around? So that we don't see the results for 50 years vs. 5 years? Oh, that makes sense....capitalism.

    • @jeremydeveraux4785
      @jeremydeveraux4785 Před 5 lety

      @@o0anonymity0o God bless Capitalism!

  • @ernestwiatrek3940
    @ernestwiatrek3940 Před 4 lety

    Question: I have fracked wells in the Eagle Ford tight shale zone in Karnes County, Texas. Approximately how large and how long are the "cracks" perpendicular to the lateral lines? I've heard around 1000+ feet, typically. The wells are about 10,500 feet deep. Any info you could provide......

  • @boblynch7348
    @boblynch7348 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank God for American ingenuity!

  • @captur69
    @captur69 Před rokem

    The energy involved in franking is unbelievable....ie diesel, oil,etc...very unnatural process to the land..

  • @rjohnson2813
    @rjohnson2813 Před 3 měsíci +1

    If you spell it with a "K" you have nothing to offer.

  • @jbg71384
    @jbg71384 Před 5 lety +1

    They had the green hat vacuuming the water, lol.

    • @wt1370
      @wt1370 Před 5 lety +1

      It’s called containment brother. It’s all part of the job and adherence to regulations. If there’s a bunch of water laying around it’s harder to detect a potential leak. He’s still probably pulling in $75k+/yr

    • @StandngOnBusiness
      @StandngOnBusiness Před 4 lety +1

      Justin Gomez that green hat doing containment making more money than you

    • @jbg71384
      @jbg71384 Před 4 lety

      @@StandngOnBusiness Shut the fuck up pussy. I'm sure he also makes more than you do. I was a Green hat in the oil field too. We got the worst tasks. That's why I was commenting.

  • @fogboyenterprise2724
    @fogboyenterprise2724 Před 4 lety +2

    I wonder how many hours of orientations he had to sit through just to do this news piece

  • @antoniomathiotte4585
    @antoniomathiotte4585 Před 5 lety +2

    Carry on, America. The founders are blessing you wherever they might be.

  • @valeighaochoa3038
    @valeighaochoa3038 Před 5 lety +2

    I might be getting a fracking job any legit tips

    • @wt1370
      @wt1370 Před 5 lety

      Lots of tips. But you need to be more specific for me to help

    • @fogboyenterprise2724
      @fogboyenterprise2724 Před 4 lety

      Be prepared to be flamed for being new, take nothing to heart, tomorrow is a new day. Get ready to work long obscure hours and get paid very decently for doing grunt work starting out, don't complain, and don't talk back unless it's out of actual humour when the situations not serious - going against any of these will get you canned quick

    • @kevinbashnick
      @kevinbashnick Před rokem

      Don't do drugs

  • @DavidLee-ot4pz
    @DavidLee-ot4pz Před 6 lety +5

    I admire the engineers that perfect this process and allow US to win the war of energy independence as declared by President Carter years ago.

  • @anibalmorales3769
    @anibalmorales3769 Před 5 lety +2

    Just to show, what little information is given is what little information is believed as truth. In this reporting segment, there is no mention of the chemical mixture or the type of chemicals being used in the mix ( fracking fluid) to frack the shale. The issue is there along with the geology of the land, ie faults, rifts, etc. Also, what about the “reinjection” process, the very last process, where they dump that “recycled” chemical water back into the shale closing the well, is another point of concern. Blame the industry lobbyists, the good ole boys and your congressional body for allowing no transparency regulations in this industry. By law they don’t have to tell what chemicals they’re using the frack the shale.
    Everyone the reporter covered is completely invested, PR trained, and lets consider this is there bread winning careers so they’re going to show you the elements of “safety regulations,” ie containment tarps, etc. People don’t be blinded by half-truths. When there is money involved there is always room for corruption. Money is one hella-of-drug!
    And reporter do your homework. That’s the reason why fuk-stick ump is calling you guys “fake news” .... complacency is another hella-of-drug which is rampant in texas the dump star state.

    • @wt1370
      @wt1370 Před 5 lety +3

      Anibal Morales - No half truths , it was actually refreshing to see a journalist cover a story without the predetermined left wing bias we’ve come to accept as journalism.

    • @levelhead4597
      @levelhead4597 Před 3 lety +3

      @@wt1370 it was definitely useful for learning more about the technical elements of fracking, but this is literally a PR piece for industry. None of the questions he asks are challenging for the operators, as they all lead to talking points the industry has developed over the years.
      One way of knowing is when he says there have been no proven instances of groundwater contamination. That is just a lie, there have been many instances, whether you’re talking about produced water spills, methane migration to groundwater, etc...

    • @levelhead4597
      @levelhead4597 Před 3 lety +1

      @@wt1370 also not discussed, the degradation of pipes over time, corrosion and pinhole leaks, or emissions from the GIANT trucks, and methane releases

    • @kevinbashnick
      @kevinbashnick Před rokem

      I'd be happy to inform you on any information you might need with what goes into the ground as I was one that put it there. So please contact me.

  • @treasureministries
    @treasureministries Před 6 lety +1

    Why are the oil companies taking so much fresh water permanently out of the system?? Can they not use salt water, sea water?? This is bad!!

    • @robertnealy
      @robertnealy Před 5 lety

      Dean Baumgartner salt water inland ? Haha

  • @MarkZiegler
    @MarkZiegler Před 5 lety

    They say the wells last for decades but I fear investors know better.

  • @abysaxen7367
    @abysaxen7367 Před 5 lety

    Torpedoes were used earlier in oil wells to increase the well flow laying the roots of "Fracturing"
    know more : oges.info/library/141575/DID-YOU-KNOW_-Torpedoes-were-used-earlier-in-oil

  • @scotyfilms
    @scotyfilms Před 6 lety +4

    The big issue is, ALL OIL CASINGS WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL. Why? The earth moves over time, and when it moves even just a bit. It is going to break the cement and crack the Steel casings. When this happens, all hell will break loose in the clean water aquifer, destroying all of the purity in the water for human consumption. It might take 50years or 200years but this will happen and cause unseen amounts of damage to so many places all over America. There could be a solution. Do they fill the hole with cement when finished??

    • @JBCarrera54
      @JBCarrera54 Před 5 lety +2

      If you put the same amount of energy into researching the process of oil drilling as you do trying to stigmatize it, you’d know there are multiple layers of cement surrounding each casing

    • @JBCarrera54
      @JBCarrera54 Před 5 lety +2

      And as soon as everything is done, the well is filled with cement and a plug is welded on followed by land repair. After all of that, you can’t even tell the well was there

    • @OutdoorCraftsman
      @OutdoorCraftsman Před 5 lety +1

      As a wireliner ( someone who inspects the casing yearly) that depends on your local state regulations some areas ie Alberta Canada they've been fracking since the 1960's and having yearly inspections. It is expensive but saved quite alot of headaches over my career

    • @janegertrude9270
      @janegertrude9270 Před 4 lety +1

      @@OutdoorCraftsman thanks for your comment, hard to find much detailed info about Canada's fracking that isn't buried inside a thesis lols!. Appreciate your confirmation about the annual inspections. Cheers!

    • @kevinbashnick
      @kevinbashnick Před rokem

      Tell me how it ends in 50 /200 years

  • @BurningButthole
    @BurningButthole Před 6 lety +3

    100,000 barrels lol someone take that white hat from him

  • @hogsnplanes
    @hogsnplanes Před 10 lety +2

    Truth no one wants to hear.

  • @alphonsotate2982
    @alphonsotate2982 Před 6 lety

    Why use dangerous chemicals guys use plain water and sand instead because the hydraulics of hydraulic pressure is what cracks the rock .

    • @lizkekahbah1172
      @lizkekahbah1172 Před 5 lety

      Even if they didn't add toxic chemicals, the water would still be polluted by the arsenic and radioisotopes naturally underground, as well as by the petroleum products.

    • @wt1370
      @wt1370 Před 5 lety +1

      Lubrication for one thing, they’re not going to spend $ on unnecessary additives

  • @tommylyeah
    @tommylyeah Před 4 lety

    Marcellus Wellas.

  • @BrianOram
    @BrianOram Před 10 lety +3

    excellent - more of these are critical

  • @Jwesd1123
    @Jwesd1123 Před rokem

    *frac

  • @tbone4u100
    @tbone4u100 Před 3 lety

    It's really going to Boom after all the fracking.🕳💣💥

    • @kevinbashnick
      @kevinbashnick Před rokem

      No it'll mean lower prices as now gas fed energy plants are supplementing coal and nuclear power.

  • @eerfhcunl7212
    @eerfhcunl7212 Před 5 lety

    Nice. BP should watch this

  • @Alex-xg5kr
    @Alex-xg5kr Před rokem

    Fracking is the cause of the homeless crises because the micro surface quakes are destroying the foundations of buildings in a much bigger area as currently thought and admitted by the operators. The vibration also erode shore lines and cause cracks on highways!!!

    • @trey8543
      @trey8543 Před 2 měsíci

      “Fracking is the cause of the homeless crisis” may be the stupidest statement I’ve ever read. People are homeless because they don’t want to work and would rather sit around doing fent. Definitely wouldn’t be homeless if they cleaned up and took fracking jobs..

  • @morganwilliams3031
    @morganwilliams3031 Před 6 lety +1

    "steel" LMFAO....you mean "Iron" buddy..

  • @klyonsden
    @klyonsden Před 5 lety

    Ok. So, it can be a lot like the movie 'The Core'. Soooo, lets frak under Russia, North Korea, and China. Maybe more later. It will be remembered as a message of 'Frak You Commies'. Ok....Got it! (getting a migraine headache).

  • @tinavigil3904
    @tinavigil3904 Před rokem

    Question Ezra.... are you even remotely interested in presenting both sides of this issue? Or are you only interested in the candy coated rainbows and bubbles version? This company may take extra precautions. I mean it all looks good and all but how about coming to Colorado and touring real life wells and unsafe fracking wastewater disposal backed up with a ton of proof?! Or does PIONEER scare you too?!

  • @mikemeyer1888
    @mikemeyer1888 Před 5 lety +2

    why does this video sound so enthusiastic about destroying our environment and our drinking water??? for frack sakes!!

    • @trentcooper8894
      @trentcooper8894 Před 5 lety +1

      Its not distroying your wartter at all frac happens below the watter table

    • @mikemeyer1888
      @mikemeyer1888 Před 5 lety

      @@trentcooper8894 and washes up into our table once pressurized the casing fails

    • @OutdoorCraftsman
      @OutdoorCraftsman Před 5 lety +2

      If it was really that bad the government would actually shut it down but when subject matter experts get their say in the voice of reason prevails keep in mind public opinion is bought and paid for and Netflix has sold out to the middle East who wants to protect their market share

    • @jeremydeveraux4785
      @jeremydeveraux4785 Před 5 lety

      @@OutdoorCraftsman Well said. No pun intended.

    • @philclark7637
      @philclark7637 Před 5 lety

      There has been 0 proven incidents of that happening. It’s very highly regulated.

  • @naturalremedy8092
    @naturalremedy8092 Před 3 lety

    Their destroying their beautiful state

    • @vszasz
      @vszasz  Před 3 lety +1

      You should actually watch the video before commenting like this.

    • @kevinbashnick
      @kevinbashnick Před rokem

      Their making most of their beautiful state and keeping it clean.

  • @tarrasss1
    @tarrasss1 Před 6 lety

    what a bunch of lies.

    • @wt1370
      @wt1370 Před 5 lety

      Can you please be more specific. I’ve been in the industry 6 years and it was 100% accurate

    • @kevinbashnick
      @kevinbashnick Před rokem

      I've been in it for 18 years. When you learn more the truth is even better. 🔥