House blows up killing 2, Anadarko to shut down 3000 oil wells

[OutHouse]

this happened last monday and saw the fire on my commute home. If some how this house explosion was caused by oil/natural gas drilling, heads are going to roll. For those of you not familiar with drilling, its a free for all out here in Colorado, they throw up rigs very close to homes. My co-worker who lives just 7 blocks from where this house exploded had a fracking rig get erected 300 feet from his house. his life was hell for 4 months, it was a constant earthquake for him and his neighbors.

http://www.9news.com/money/business...il-wells-after-fatal-home-explosion/434382835

WELD COUNTY - Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced Wednesday afternoon that it will shut down 3,000 oil wells similar to the one 170 feet from a home in Firestone that was the site of an explosion and fire that claimed two lives last week.

In a news release, the energy company did not definitively say the well is the cause of the explosion, which remains under investigation by the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission and Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District and Firestone Police Department.

The explosion leveled a home in the Oak Meadows subdivision near the intersection of Colorado and Firestone Boulevards the evening of April 17.

The bodies of 42-year-old Mark Martinez and his brother-in-law 42-year-old Joey Ir

*******Update 1 May****

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/28/firestone-explosion-anadarko-well-pressure-test/

The integrity of underground oil and gas pipelines has emerged as a key question as state regulators and Frederick-Firestone Protection District officials investigate the still-unexplained April 17 explosion

 

[John Connor]

Did you ever see that commercial here in CO that says fracking and what not is safe in CO? Well, if you're drilling that close to a resident I would beg to differ. That needs to change, and right quick! Fuck if I'd want them drilling next door.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

If you read one of the links in the OP the local authorities suspect it was the water heater that exploded.

http://www.9news.com/mb/news/local/cause-of-deadly-firestone-home-explosion-narrowed-down/432889071

 

[Crumpet]

I hope this is the end for fracking.

 

[John Connor]

I hope this is the end for fracking.

NO.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

If you read one of the links in the OP the local authorities suspect it was the water heater that exploded.

http://www.9news.com/mb/news/local/cause-of-deadly-firestone-home-explosion-narrowed-down/432889071

No it says the family members thought that's what it was. And that was an older report. Seems with time they are leaning to the drilling.

In the OP article

On Friday, investigators from the Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District told 9NEWS they are “confident” about the cause, but will hold off on releasing it until they are 100 percent certain.

Seems if they are taking this extreme a step and the investigators are confident they know the cause it's probably not a water heater.

 

[dank69]

Did you ever see that commercial here in CO that says fracking and what not is safe in CO? Well, if you're drilling that close to a resident I would beg to differ. That needs to change, and right quick! Fuck if I'd want them drilling next door.

Fucking big government tree hugger.

 

[alien42]

wow, could this be a thread of unification? posters i normally completely disagree with are actually on the right side of this issue so far.

 

[zinfamous]

My co-worker who lives just 7 blocks from where this house exploded had a fracking rig get erected 300 feet from his house. his life was hell for 4 months, it was a constant earthquake for him and his neighbors.

http://www.9news.com/money/business...il-wells-after-fatal-home-explosion/434382835

wait a second! plenty of conservatives told me over and over that fracking doesn't cause earthquakes! I think rudeguy even banned himself due to his profound incredulity over this fact in the face of plain, irrefutable data that I kept showing him.

Are we finally coming together where even conservatives agree that data might actually be real? :hmm:

 

[HomerJS]

wait a second! plenty of conservatives told me over and over that fracking doesn't cause earthquakes! I think rudeguy even banned himself due to his profound incredulity over this fact in the face of plain, irrefutable data that I kept showing him.

Are we finally coming together where even conservatives agree that data might actually be real? :hmm:

Conservatives will say 100,000 leftists are stomping in unison

 

[brandonbull]

Conservatives will say 100,000 leftists are stomping in unison

and demanding a safe place . WTF do people think is going to happen when you pump tons of toxic crap into the ground to remove more toxic crap? We really do need an alternative to "drill baby". Maybe those 100,000 leftists should be protesting the pumping of toxic crap into the earth instead of worrying about bathroom bills and who is speaking at Berkeley.

 

[OutHouse]

wait a second! plenty of conservatives told me over and over that fracking doesn't cause earthquakes! I think rudeguy even banned himself due to his profound incredulity over this fact in the face of plain, irrefutable data that I kept showing him.

Are we finally coming together where even conservatives agree that data might actually be real? :hmm:

im talking about the constant rumble fracking rigs make.

I have never agreed with fracking. pumping millions of chemicals into the earth a mile down is cause of concern.

 

[zinfamous]

and demanding a safe place . WTF do people think is going to happen when you pump tons of toxic crap into the ground to remove more toxic crap? We really do need an alternative to "drill baby". Maybe those 100,000 leftists should be protesting the pumping of toxic crap into the earth instead of worrying about bathroom bills and who is speaking at Berkeley.

lol! wtf have you been smoking? In case you aren't intentionally being stupid and were, simply asleep the last decade:

--"the left" has constantly been protesting fracking. it's why the name sticks, for one thing
--the right made bathrooms an issue, not the left. lol.
--alt-right instigators provoke violence and dissent on a regular basis at Berkeley and elsewhere. They provoke leftist anti-fa kids, and then get all offended when their actual intent to riot is responded to with equal measure by the anti-fa groups.

the true snowflakes, indeed.

 

[zinfamous]

im talking about the constant rumble fracking rigs make.

I have never agreed with fracking. pumping millions of chemicals into the earth a mile down is cause of concern.

well shit my bricks--where were you guys about 3-6 years ago when the anti-fracking crowd was universally "leftist/progressive/tree-hugging assholes"?

(of course, I realize you have an incentive to be anti-fracking. You're an oil guy, right?)

 

[theeedude]

Drill, baby, drill!

 

[Puffnstuff]

I hope this is the end for fracking.

Have you ever heard of tar sands strip mining? Its even worse on the environment than fracking destroying habitat long the way. However, there should be some reasonable limits on fracking such as prohibiting it in and around residential communities. I used to be opposed to fracking until I had to do some scholarly research on it and it was then that I had my eyes opened to the bigger picture. While fracking is far from perfect it is much safer on the environment than some of the alternatives that are available.

The tremors caused by some fracking operations are a result of the strata and is an area that researchers don't have enough conclusive data. The material that I read states that the shape of the rock formations determine the waves which I believe should not be allowed near residential areas. Drilling companies should be held accountable for any damage to homes resulting from them.

 

[ivwshane]

wait a second! plenty of conservatives told me over and over that fracking doesn't cause earthquakes! I think rudeguy even banned himself due to his profound incredulity over this fact in the face of plain, irrefutable data that I kept showing him.

Are we finally coming together where even conservatives agree that data might actually be real? :hmm:

No, what you witnessed is typical of right wingers. When they are personally affected by something, that is when they typically gravitate to being on the right side of an issue.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I had no ideas that they were fracking near residential homes. That just seems... wrong. And probably a zoning violation?

I had previously thought that they fracked out in open fields and whatnot. Do we really need that fuel that badly, as a society, that we would risk homes and lives for it?

 

[lxskllr]

Have you ever heard of tar sands strip mining? Its even worse on the environment than fracking destroying habitat long the way. However, there should be some reasonable limits on fracking such as prohibiting it in and around residential communities. I used to be opposed to fracking until I had to do some scholarly research on it and it was then that I had my eyes opened to the bigger picture. While fracking is far from perfect it is much safer on the environment than some of the alternatives that are available.

The tremors caused by some fracking operations are a result of the strata and is an area that researchers don't have enough conclusive data. The material that I read states that the shape of the rock formations determine the waves which I believe should not be allowed near residential areas. Drilling companies should be held accountable for any damage to homes resulting from them.

AFAIC, it should be banned for companies, but seized as a national asset/strategic reserve. Leave it in place if/until it's really needed(cheaper prices aren't a 'need'), then extract it.

 

[FIVR]

I bet those 2 guys who died cowering in their basement from the inferno above them were "Energy Voters".

 

[sandorski]

Have you ever heard of tar sands strip mining? Its even worse on the environment than fracking destroying habitat long the way. However, there should be some reasonable limits on fracking such as prohibiting it in and around residential communities. I used to be opposed to fracking until I had to do some scholarly research on it and it was then that I had my eyes opened to the bigger picture. While fracking is far from perfect it is much safer on the environment than some of the alternatives that are available.

The tremors caused by some fracking operations are a result of the strata and is an area that researchers don't have enough conclusive data. The material that I read states that the shape of the rock formations determine the waves which I believe should not be allowed near residential areas. Drilling companies should be held accountable for any damage to homes resulting from them.

The main problem with the Tar Sands is not the strip Mining, all the land is restored once mined, the problem is the amount of Energy required to mine and refine it. A recent report stated that 2/3 of all the Natural Gas used in Canada goes towards the Tar Sands.

 

[Puffnstuff]

all the land is restored once mined,

That made me ROFL.
http://ostseis.anl.gov/guide/tarsands/
http://www.tarsandsresist.org/
https://www.ted.com/talks/garth_lenz_images_of_beauty_and_devastation
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/dirty-...Pc9RUsE0koOZfqNex0osJYxsLmwwjnb2r4aAsDk8P8HAQ

 

[alien42]

I had no ideas that they were fracking near residential homes. That just seems... wrong. And probably a zoning violation?

I had previously thought that they fracked out in open fields and whatnot. Do we really need that fuel that badly, as a society, that we would risk homes and lives for it?

someone correct me if i'm wrong here, but it was George W Bush who essentially legalized fracking everywhere but Federally protected land which has led up to this.

i have no idea why Colorado, of all states, is the one to go full retard with fracking though. from what i understand, if someone owns the mineral rights under your land there they can come in and drill on your property to reach their rights and there isn't shit you can do about it.

 

[Jhhnn]

The smart answer is to withhold judgement until the fire inspectors file a report... For all we know they could have been BHO-tards blasting in the basement. That's been the major cause of house explosions for some while, iirc...

 

[Capt Caveman]

Thanks Donald!!!