Reply To Minister Foster on her Fermanagh Herald Article Wed Jan 22 | The Gas Man Cometh ! - ow.ly/t46e1 Minister Foster, Your recent article in the Herald, Wed 22nd January completely omits any mention of the public health issues which surround the new ‘super frack’ or high volume hydraulic fracturing. Could that be to save your DUP colleague the Health Minister, from having to answer awkward questions on the matter I wonder ? The article also says that those opposed to fracking are ‘scare mongering’. The pro-fracking side cherry pick their pieces too. However I’m going to give you two pieces of scientific information both from UK academics, who believe that Fracturing and Shale gas could be beneficial if properly regulated. Professor Peter Styles stated at Stormont in 2012 that the Lough Allen basin is too shallow to frack. Professor Richard Davies believes the gap between the target shale and the aquifer should be 1200M; Tamboran’s own diagrams show the max depth of the shale to be around 1200M – too close to the aquifer under Professor Davies rules. There is a higher risk of aquifer contamination in Fermanagh from hydraulic fracturing due to the shallowness of the basin. Indeed the thickness of the shale, reaching nearer the aquifer may also pose a problem given SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) research which concludes that the cement which must seal the well, has difficulty adhering to Shale.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:37:25 +0000
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