NetFlix - Gasland vs FracNation

[Run the ball]

Anybody seen these documentaries? A little back ground on myself, I spent 12+ years working in the oilfields up here in Canada. I've worked at various positions including green horn and all the way to site consultant on the drilling side and most of that time was spent drilling shale gas and horizontal wells(the ones they actually frac).


A few years ago, I got told to watch this "Gasland" documentary but never really got around to it until a couple posters asked me about my thoughts on Fracking and the possible effects. At that time, I had no idea where they were going with this, so I told them as far as I knew everything was fairly safe(within a degree), a great alternative resource and great at jobs creation as well. They came back pretty much attacking me because I had not mentioned water issues ... As I far as I knew, there were no such water issues. So again, I got told to watch this documentary(Gasland), so I did.


After watching it, I felt like this documentary was very one sided and jumped to a whole bunch of conclusions, especially about Methane in the water ... Without having too many resources to bounce my questions on(I don't work in the oilfield anymore), I was just stuck with a bunch of questions and way too much on my plate to even bother with this issue.

So last night I log in to NetFlix and find this new documentary called FracNation, without giving away everything, this answered a whole bunch of my questions and confirmed my initial thoughts on the subject!


I know, lots of blah blah, I'm just wondering if anyone checked it out and their thoughts on both these documentaries.

 

[Scoot26]

So I should watch FrackNation.

 

[WCL]

That's called confirmation bias.

 

[Run the ball]

So I should watch FrackNation.

Yes, you should. I thought it cleared up a whole bunch of stuff that wasn't true.

 

[Run the ball]

That's called confirmation bias.

I just call it more scientific and factual rather than not.

 

[Run the ball]

I'm not saying there is zero risk or downside to Fracking, I'm just saying that the media has blown this shit way out of proportion. Like they often do...

 

[Scoot26]

I'm not saying there is zero risk or downside to Fracking, I'm just saying that the media has blown this shit way out of proportion. Like they often do...

The media? Do that? Never.


I'm skeptical of fracking myself, but I admit I've only seen Gasland which formed most of my bias. I also saw some report that made it sound like the state of Pennsylvania was going to cave in on itself.

 

[Run the ball]

The media? Do that? Never.


I'm skeptical of fracking myself, but I admit I've only seen Gasland which formed most of my bias. I also saw some report that made it sound like the state of Pennsylvania was going to cave in on itself.

Alberta, Iraq and other oil producers would have caved a long time ago Scoot, that's just BS bro.

 

[Scoot26]

Alberta, Iraq and other oil producers would have caved a long time ago Scoot, that's just BS bro.

Well it had to do with sinkholes, which many thing are caused by extracting whatever is underground beneath (aquifers, oil, gas, coal).

 

[Run the ball]

Well it had to do with sinkholes, which many thing are caused by extracting whatever is underground beneath (aquifers, oil, gas, coal).

I've worked in areas where there were 20 or so wells drilled from a 400 square foot pad going in every direction possible to maximize production and I never saw, witnessed or ever heard of that happening.


I'm not saying it's impossible or whatever, I've just never heard of it.

 

[number51]

I just call it more scientific and factual rather than not.

Or would you call it more fracktual?

See what I did?

 

[WCL]

I just call it more scientific and factual rather than not.

I know. I was just fucking around. I know nothing about fracking. It's one issue I don't have a strong opinion about.