*A Grassroots Introduction* to Fracking in Western NL

Port au Port/Bay St. George Fracking Awareness Group. Who are we?

Walk-the-Block (200)Port au Port Forum (400)

Signs!Signs!

Global Frackdown (150 people)34 Presentations

Jessica ErnstPeople’s ForumArts & Culture Centre (400)

Websites:Save Gros Morne & Our West CoastEast Coast FrackingPort au Port/Bay St. George Fracking Awareness Goup

DIVEST GRENFELL/MUN

1000s Protest Fracking in NBFracking is a Global Concern!

Bans/Moratoria

- New York- Nova Scotia- New Brunswick - Quebec- Scotland- Wales- US States- Municipalities- Denton, Texas

(Home of George P.Mitchell)

- Ingraffea … Our Go to Resource

- Expert on Hydraulic Fracking

- Worked for Schlumberger

Dr. Anthony Ingraffea - Cornell UniversityProf. of Engineering - Specialty: Rock Fracturing

- Economics Professor at Dalhousie - Retired after 36 years- Member of the NS Panel on Fracking- Advisor to Federal and Prov. Gov.

Dr. Michael Bradfield

To determine the profitability of fracking …. You must calculate the cost of Externalities

West Coast Oil Exploration Explored … Late 90s Then Pulled Out

Vulcan (2004 fracked Flat Bay … without approval)

InvestcanCanadian Imperial Venture Corp.Shoal Point EnergyDeer Lake Gas and OilLeprechaunPtarmigan

Then Came the Juniors

PEEP - Petroleum Enhancement Exploration Program

Partner with Juniors … Drilled Parsons Pond 2010Invest in Research of Geology … Aeromagnetic survey

NALCOR Oil and Gas - 2007

Junior Oil Companies (looking for investors)Investcan PtarmiganLeprechaun Shoal Point Energy VulcanDeer Lake Oil and Gas

Atlantic Canada Oil Play

Nalcor gathers more data … completed aeromagnetic survey along west coastGreen Point Shale: Complex … vaulted …. inconsistent … fractured

2012 … Shoal Point Energy Need Investors

We need to Frack to exploit the tight oil… Press Releases & Public Meetings

Shoal Point Energy CEO George Langdon

What’s all the Fuss is About Shoal Point Energy / Black Spruce Exploration Applied for Amendment to Frack Shoal Point!

BSE Signs Farmin Agreement With Shoal Point Energy and Ptarmigan

- BSE formed in late 2012 … sole purpose to explore Green Point Shale (fracking)- Claims to have experience but never actually drilled a well - BSE sign agreements with other juniors January 2013 and into 2014- Issues various press releases: April 10, 2013; C. B. Board of Trade:- Yr. 1 = 50 jobs+ Yr 2= 150 jobs+ Yr. 3 = 500 jobs +

Press Release Spring 2013Black Spruce has a drill rig in Texas ready to ship to Stephenville complete with pipe and supplies to do the job.

Green Point Geology is Not Like the Bakken or Barnett Layer Cake

Many in the Oil Industry will say top "layers are impermeable". Dr. Ingraffia/Oil Industry have verified that "fluid migration occurs"

Geology Doesn't Follow Plan

George Langdon:“A Wild Frontier ...Difficult to drill ...well-bore keeps collapsing" (What about Migration of Fluids? Gas? Chemicals)

F Fracking from onshore out under sea is very rare

Bottle Cove - Lark Harbour Outer Bay of Islands

Keith Nicol Photo

Peace and Quiet - Trout River

Enclave in Gros Morne National Park

Sally’s Cove

Tourism & Fishery Will Be in Jeopardy

Tourism: 228 million $ on the West Coast/ over 1 billion $ for the Prov. annually/1.03% annual increase20/20 Vision?? …. Gov/HNL/Go West/Tourist groups

The Gravels

Fracking is an Extremely Controversial Practice!

Medial Concerns: Health & Safety

Dr. Ian SimpsonToxic Chemicals, Water, Air, Noise, Radioactive Waste Water, Transportation, Spills, Stress, First Responders, Etc. Dr. Penny Allderdice

Methane, Hydrogen Sulphide, Benzene, Frack Fluids

Flare Stacks: A Big Blow Torch

Problem: Health, Pollution (Air/ Visual),Tourism, Wildlife, Global Warming

Full Disclosure of Chemicals ???? NO! Proprietary Information - Cannot Disclose

If they don’t have full disclosure, you cannot identify the source contamination.

5 Mil. Gal. of Freshwater Per Frack 91,000 drums = a 51 km line of drums

Once the fresh water is contaminated with 500 drums of chemicals it is lost from the water table. (Fresh vs Salt H2O)

65 Tons of mystery chemicals (red)

41 Tons hydrogen chloride (blue)

6 Tons potassium hydroxide (lav.) Plus misc. chemicals

( chem. compounds also form)

Chemical Use in Fracking significant - 65 tons

SkyTruth’s mission is to motivate and empower new constituencies for environmental protection. We use scientifically credible satellite images and other visual technologies to create compelling pictures that vividly illustrate environmental impacts and provide these pictures and supporting data to environmental advocates, the media, and the public. http://blog.skytruth.org/2012/06/meet-frack-family.html

Flowback and Waste Water

Radioactive Waste Water Ponds Kennetcook, NS

Toxic Flowback

Fracking linked to Alberta earthquakes, study indicatesThe most recent earthquake in the province was recorded in Peace River on Nov. 2, 2014

By Kim Trynacity, Alicja Siekierska, CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2014 6:00 AM MTRocky Mountain House

- Power restored after 4.3-magnitude earthquake hits western Alberta- Earthquake hazard linked with deep well injection in Alberta

EARTHQUAKE OUTBREAK: ARKANSAS BANS FRACKING (From Crude Justice … Aug. 10, 2014

National Geographic March 2015: Dramatic Increase in Oklahoma Earthquakes

1990 >>>> 2008 (5 per year of mag. 3+) …. 2014 (584 of mag. 3+)

Earthquakes Increasing - Deep Well Injection of Waste Water

A Concern for Kippens If Fracking Proceeds Truck Traffic .. Upkeep of Roads? Bridges?

Can infrastructure & residents handle the strain?

Trucks 1st well 300 +/-Production well 1000s Are we ready for it?

Romaines RiverPort au Port (Berry Hill)

What About Kippens Firefighters? Accidents Do Happen

Are They up to the fight?

July 6/13 Lac Megantic Explosion Fracked Crude Not Like Hibernia Crude

47 People Died!!!!!! Who’s reponsible?

EDMONTON - Alberta New Democrats say newly released documents show fracking has become

an unregulated free-for-all in the province with no regard for the impact on

groundwater or on people's health. NDP Leader Brian Mason presented information Tuesday

provided under freedom-of-information laws that shows the number of hydraulic fracturing

licences granted by the province soared 647 per cent last year to 1,516.

Alberta Fracking An Unregulated Free-For-All, Licence Data Shows: NDP Huff

Post CP | By Dean Bennett, The Canadian PressPosted: 02/04/2014 1:27 pm

Gulf of Mexico - Fishery & Tourism DevastatedGulf St. Lawrence is one-third the Size

Deepwater Horizon

Kurt Glaubitz ... a chevron spokesman referring to truck traffic and disposal of hardous waste water are concerns that they need to confront ... he explained: Watson said "public expectations are very high and there is no reason they shouldn't be high ... there are some legitimate risks out there" (From Grist online Mag: June 13, 2013 )

John Watson, CEO of Chevron Admits that Fracking Raises Legitimate Safety Concerns

Green Point Shale Geology - Dept.Natural Resources (Pg. 1)

Exploring The Green Point ShaleCan Be Risky Business

The increased geological complexity noted above * carries the potential for increased risk, so the potential of the Green Point shale as a suitable target for hydraulic fracturing must be fully and carefully evaluated. However, it is difficult to quantify the risk with the current available data. The acquisition of new data would provide valuable information about rock layers below the surface, making the risk assessment more reliable and accurate.“Not a simple package in a consistently layered sequence.” (Vaulted,transported,severely fractured)

Terms of Reference:"The independent panel has been appointed by the Minister of Natural Resources to conduct a public review and make recommendations on whether or not hydraulic fracturing should be undertaken in Western Newfoundland."

Part 3 of Trilogy - Draft Regulations:The NL Minister of Natural Resources believes that hydraulic fracturing in recovery of oil and gas in NL onshore can be used safely if done properly within an appropriate regulatory framework and with effective oversight by the regulator. Use of oil and gas is important in all modern economies, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.

Panel Review - Conflict

“Independent??”Panel Review

“Just as it would be terrible for an environmental disaster to result from fracking, Locke said, “it would be tragic for a major economic opportunity to be lost because of an ill-informed appeal to emotion. I just hope the opportunity here (in Western, Newfoundland) is realized to the fullest potential.

Gagnon says he believes the fracking of shale gas, like coal mining, carries some risks, but “I don’t think the concerns that are there are necessarily showstoppers”. if regulated and closely monitored, it is not going to create drastic environmental problems.

There’s many people who have taken a position that fracturing is inherently bad and what I’m saying is that hydraulic fracturing is not much riskier than other industrial practices. He said, it’s a practice that if done properly, can be done safely. He also disputed information to the contrary.

(Chair) Dr. Ray Gosine

Dr. Kevin Keough

Absent from Panel: Representatives from … Human Health, Environment, Tourism, Fishery, West Coast, Aboriginal, Women

● 4 -6% Failure rate of New Wells ● After 30 years 60% Failure rate● Eventually all wells will fail● Fluid Migration to other areas occurs ● Jeopardizing our fresh water resources ● Some chemicals recovered - Some Not .. Amer. military base cleanup

● Robbing tomorrow of a Clean Environment

Impact of Fracking - Future Generations? "It should not be only about us!"

Let’s Follow the New York State’s Lead “Ban Fracking until Scientifically Proven Safe”