Greetings from CDOG
June
13, 2010
Gas drilling stories in the news:
"Marcellus Shale Gas Well Rupture
Controlled After 16 Hours:
"...EOG Resources said the rupture
happened because of unexpectedly
high gas pressure after they
fractured the shale about a mile
below ground..." " (The Pittsburgh
Channel PA)-
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/23793198/detail.html
"Consequences by the gallon:
"...A gas well in Penfield, Pa.,
quite likely will join the drilling
industry's list of wells that never
polluted anyone's drinking water.
But the well and what happened there
last week could just as easily go on
the list that we hope regulators are
keeping -- of reasons not to rush
into a huge expansion of natural gas
drilling in New York..." " (Times
Union Albany NY)-
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=938796&category=OPINION
"Life in not-so-sleepy Burlington
sure has changed: "...In
this small town that straddles U.S.
Route 6 in the center of Bradford
County, the evidence of drilling is
all around: convoys of large trucks
carry pipes, compressors or water
filters; tankers filled with fresh
or waste water; hilltop gas rigs
visible for miles..."The water
quality has deteriorated. The
traffic has increased — not only the
cars or tractor-trailers, but now
the dump trucks and water trucks due
to the gas well explosion in this
area."...While most residents know
their community may never be the
same, Wolfe said, "We have no one to
blame but ourselves. We asked for
it, now we have to deal with it. I
just want my small town back."..." "
(PA)-
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100605/NEWS01/6050370/1112/Life-in-not-so-sleepy-Burlington-sure-has-changed
"Texas, Missouri, Colorado ...
suddenly, Towanda has a problem:
"... Mud-splattered heavy-duty white
pickups can be seen at every turn.
Their tags read like an atlas:
Texas, Missouri, Colorado, New
Mexico, Montana, Arkansas. No matter
how you slice it, this Bradford
County borough of 2,826 is in the
heart of the Marcellus Shale gas
play and that means congestion..." "
(NY & PA)-
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100605/NEWS01/6050368/Texas-Missouri-Colorado-suddenly-Towanda-has-a-problem
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CDOG in the news:
"Chilling Images of
Drilling’s Perils, Met by Numbed
Eyes: "...The occasion was
the screening of "Gasland," a
polemical and quite frightening
documentary on the impact of the new
generation of gas drilling coming to
upstate New York. But, given the
news, there was also plenty of talk
about that huge well explosion
everyone had heard about..." " (The
New York Times) (Walton NY)-
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/nyregion/10towns.html
CDOG's entry in the General
Clinton Canoe Regatta on the
Susquehanna River - Sunday, May 30

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A duck contingent escorted
our team.
Mergansers are
residents in the fresh (and
clean) waters of the
Catskill/Southern Tier
region of New York... Let's
keep it that way |
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Sunday June 13
1:30 PM
The Marcellus Shale Play:
Information for an Informed Citizenry
A presentation by
Professor Anthony Ingraffea
Dwight C. Baum
Professor of Engineering,
Weiss Presidential Teaching Fellow,
Cornell University

Dr. Ingraffea is an entertaining
speaker who makes complex issues easy to
understand. He has over 30 years
experience in rock fracture mechanics,
much of it focused on hydraulic
fracturing in hydrocarbon wells.
He has provided 15 years of rock
fracture research & development for
Schlumberger, the world’s leading
oilfield services provider, has won
numerous awards in the areas of rock
mechanics & hydraulic fracture, and has
written significant papers in the field.
Admission Free – All Are Welcome
Q&A to follow
Sunday June 13 1:30 PM
The Walton Theatre
Gardiner Place
Walton NY 13856
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S I G N T H E
P E T I T I O N S
- to ban unconventional
extraction
of natural gas in New York
State
- for a moratorium on oil and gas
drilling in Pennsylvania
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