ipl-logo

Fracking In Oklahoma Essay

579 Words3 Pages

In recent years there has been a big issue on fracking in Oklahoma. This is an issue that only continues to get worse. The oil company, , by residents has been blamed for many of these earthquakes. Within the past month, there have been more and more issues. In Edmond Oklahoma, there was a big earthquake, which provoked residents to sue the company for $28 million in damages. Fracking has changed daily Oklahoman’s lives, from their property to their income. Fracking History In 1907, when the first oil well was drilled, which was before statehood, the abundance of oil seemed to draw everyone to Oklahoma, to make a small fortune in oil. Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was once dubbed the oil capital of the world, has a small structure still dedicated to its oil days, the Golden Driller, pictured below. Before 2009 Oklahoma went from 2 earthquakes a year, To 2 a day. Now, the central state is now ranked No. 1 in the world, as of November 11th 2015, for earthquakes.This spike in earthquakes, is due to the need for oil, the fracking has been used more and more, but the companies won’t replace the …show more content…

Recently, on January 7th 2016, there was an earthquake caused by fracking, in Oklahoma, where earthquakes are rare. This particular quake was a 4.8 on the Richter Scale, which is the highest ever recorded. It occurred in the center of the state, was felt all over. Also, within the past week, there have been more than 20 quakes all over the state. in recent years, since 2011, earthquakes have occurred more and more often. My experience, is, there have been several quakes that i have experienced, but I have only felt one. The one I felt was in March of 2015, was at approximately 2am, and woke me up. It felt like the house was shaking, or someone, a grown man perhaps, was walking down the hallway of our 2-story house. My dad, being raised in California, was freaked out and told everyone to get in the door

Show More
Related
600 Words | 3 Pages

There are two sides to every argument and hydrofracturing is no different. Phelim McAleer, an investigative journalist and producer of FrackNation, uses logic to convince viewers that fracking does not pose environmental concerns. Josh Fox however, employs a multitude of logical fallacies as well as arguments based on emotions in an attempt to convince the audience that fracturing is bad for the environment. McAleer created his film to refute this opinion. Ultimately, Phelim McAleer’s documentary made a better argument than Josh Fox’s documentary.

Read More
1633 Words | 7 Pages

Prior to watching Gasland 2 and Truthland, I am familiar with the term “fracking” but never took the time to look into it. After watching these two films, I realized how fracking is a controversial topic in the world of environmentalists. These two very different films explain how fracking is effecting the environment around us. Before explaining further into these films, we need to know what fracking really means. Fracking is “a process by which the rock is split so that natural gas can flow to the surface,” defined by Terry Engelder, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University.

Read More
496 Words | 2 Pages

Gasland Summary The documentary Gasland, structured in the form of a travelogue, is written, directed and narrated by John Fox. Fox travels through various parts of the United States in search of instances where water, and waterways, are polluted by “produced water” (industrial term for waste water) of hydraulic fracturing. He had heard of various instances of water contamination and other hazards caused by fracking. He wanted to investigate the likelihood of him facing the same circumstances, because his land was on a proposed fracking site.

Read More
2027 Words | 9 Pages

There was also been over 100 tremors in Texas between 2008-2009 and although these links have not been proven completely there is some evidence (Lallanilla

Read More
877 Words | 4 Pages

What The Frack, an anti-fracking video campaign showcasing an array of entertainers, including Lance Bass, Daryl Hannah, Hayden Panettiere, Marissa Tormei and Wilmer Valderrama, recently received a rebuttal from the common man. “Celebrities; You don’t know what the Frack you are talking about” was the Western Alliance’s response. This video features no celebrities, just folks who appear to work in the oil and gas industry touting fracking’s safety record and importance of providing low cost energy to homes all across the U.S specifically at a time when Americans need a break. They point out that fracking has been used for over six decades. The “frack and forth” is the direct result of environmental groups crying wolf about expanding energy technologies in states like Colorado,tSorry Hollywood, this is not a movie, it’s the

Read More
873 Words | 4 Pages

Lulls in activity were directly linked to holiday shutdowns of the nearby Northstar 1 injection well (Science Teacher 21). Earthquakes can happen almost anywhere but nether England nor Ohio are in seismic hot spots, what is going to happen when an oil company is allowed to start drilling in California or Alaska (the most geologically active parts of the United

Read More
1638 Words | 7 Pages

“Society is certain to extract more gas and oil due to Fracking,” a quote by Robert Jackson. To add, as more and more Fracking companies extract gas and oil, the higher the chances are to make mistakes. Believe it or not, states that have more quantities of sedimentary shale rock underneath the earth’s surface are going to be primary targets for Oil and gas extraction companies. Companies such as these never think about what they are doing wrong, but instead they are going to be looking for benefits in which they can have the most profit from. Hydraulic Fracturing should not be allowed to take place because chemicals get released out into the earth’s atmosphere, water systems in houses are affected, and civilian property is being taken away.

Read More
779 Words | 4 Pages

With the rise of natural gas on the market, and shale oils becoming last week’s news, fracking companies are looking towards the gas for their next money pot. Hydraulic fracturing leaves acres of farmland contaminated and the people on that land sick. Should Fracking companies get the ability to continue their endeavors fracking for natural gas, then many more wells will pop up all across the company, destroying the land and contaminating the inhabitants who live there. Overall, The U.S. shouldn’t bother with allowing major fracking companies to frack for natural gas, for the U.S. runs the risk of: the major usage of natural resources, major land damage, and an increase of sick people. With these many problems that fracking causes, there

Read More
137 Words | 1 Pages

In the history of Mexico, there are many geological natural disasters that has happened there. Starting with earthquakes, there were 67 earthquakes there. First off, an earthquake is a violent shake in the ground, it happens because of the tectonic plates in the crust moving. The worst earthquakes that has happened this year in mexico is Los Mochis, Sinaloa. It had a magnitude of 6.6 but, that’s nothing compared to what happened 30 years ago.

Read More
878 Words | 4 Pages

While some of the countries that earthquakes widely affect are industrialized and can afford to have technology that can track and predict earthquakes, many of the less developed ones are left to fend for themselves and will likely suffer greatly from the devastating effects of these natural disasters. Although industrialized, Mexico is one of the most detrimental locations for an earthquake to occur. According to SkyMet Weather, “it is situated atop three seismic plates namely, Cocos plate, Pacific plate and the North American plate” (SkyMet Weather, 9). This inevitably leads to disastrous casualties almost every time that one occurs in that area. A less-developed country, Pakistan, is likely to have little to no warning that these earthquakes may be arriving due to a lack of technology.

Read More
1086 Words | 5 Pages

The environment, in which fracturing sites are located, go from clean landscapes to factory wastelands. Bruce McKenzie Everett, a professor of international business at the Fletcher School, states that “There are air pollution problems and earthquakes from the deep-well injections of the wastewater into the gas-producing shale, as well as significant global warming emissions.” On a superficial level, this obviously shows that fracking aids the deterioration of the environment, but will also leave lasting effects on the land and the people residing in it; earthquakes do not make for safe surroundings and air pollution leads to external bodily irritations and possible respiratory disease -- these all contribute to the list of negative externalities. A primary dispute over the allowance of fracking is its water contamination. An article by Think Process states, “Scientists have found elevated levels of cancer-causing chemicals in the drinking water in North Texas’ Barnett Shale region — where a fracking boom has sprouted more than 20,000 oil and gas wells….

Read More
747 Words | 3 Pages

Earthquakes Over the past five hundred years, Earthquake activity has increased tremendously. Even in 2015 Irving, Texas has had at least eighty nine earthquakes! Earthquakes are formed underground when tectonic plates begin to rub against one another. Earthquakes are starting to form and happen constantly because of many different reasons.

Read More
858 Words | 4 Pages

Fracking: A Crime against Humanity As a law abiding citizen, I cannot conceive or be an advocate of fracking, without questioning its impact on Earth’s layers; and its role in the increment of frequency of earthquakes, contamination of water, and the related human health hazards. While fracking is helping the U.S. to extract shale gas, which is basically trapped between fine sedimentary rocks, the liabilities are overwhelming. In the field of fossil fuel, these rocks are well-known as stale and its exploitation is supporting American’s population, in obtaining the most needed fossil fuel. Deplorably, the risks seem unbeatable.

Read More
1001 Words | 5 Pages

According to U.S. Geological Survey, the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma over the past four years has increased more than 300 percent. In 2015, Oklahoma has already recorded nearly 700 earthquakes of 3.0 magnitude or greater (Ellsworth). The long-term repercussions caused by fracking are becoming more visible in fracking dominant states (Allen). Though there is a significant increase in earthquakes the majority cannot be felt nor cause

Read More
366 Words | 2 Pages

Saying that the Pacific Northwest is in trouble would be an understatement. There have been rumors that Seattle is going to take a huge hit in the near future. This upcoming earthquake may be news to most Washingtonians or others may just be in denial of the whole situation. The seismologists have been doing research on the Cascadia subduction zone, which is a convergent plate boundary that runs for 700 miles off the Pacific Northwest, and starts from northern California and goes all the way to Vancouver Island. A subduction zone is the place where one tectonic plate slides underneath another.

Read More

More about Fracking In Oklahoma Essay

Open Document