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Domestic Energy Development Benefits: At What Cost

Domestic Energy Development Benefits: At What Cost. Bakken Oil Field Observations Barry Drazkowski Izaak Walton League, MN Division President Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Our Appreciation. Mike McEnroe – The Wildlife Society Tour Organizer John Crampton – Videographer

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Domestic Energy Development Benefits: At What Cost

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  1. Domestic Energy Development Benefits: At What Cost Bakken Oil Field Observations Barry Drazkowski Izaak Walton League, MN Division President Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

  2. Our Appreciation • Mike McEnroe – The Wildlife Society Tour Organizer • John Crampton – Videographer • David Zentner – Tour participation and old hunter philosopher • Becky Siekmeier – Photography and social perspective • John Siekmeier – Engineering and geology perspective • Larry Dolphin – Passion and humor

  3. The Crew

  4. Hosts and Guides Kent LuttschwagerND Game & Fish Connie Triplett, ND State Senator Mike Mcenroe TWS, Trip Organizer Al Sapa TWS Laurie Jepson Killdeer Mtns. Rancher Jan Swenson Badlands Conservation Alliance, Ex. Dir.

  5. US Oil and Gas Shale Formations

  6. Site Visit Location

  7. Our Route

  8. Oil Wells in the Area

  9. From Space: Flaring, Well lighting, and Man Camps

  10. From Space: Flaring, Well lighting, and Man Camps

  11. Bakken Fact • Covers 15,000 square miles • 778,971 bbls/day and 850 million cubic feet of natural gas/day, 30% is flared • 192 Drilling rigs on May 15, 2013 • 8,492 wells, appx. 2,000 more/year, goal 45,000 • Water use – 2-3 million gal/well about 20-30 million gal/day • Ave well 10,000’ deep, costs $9million to drill

  12. Bakken Well - Facts • 45-year production, about 615,000 bbls oil • $20million net profit • Fracking components: • 80.5% water • 19% sand/proppant (ceramics becoming more cost effective) • 0.5% chemicals (15,000 gallons of chemicals per well)

  13. Hydraulic Fracturing

  14. Wells Drilled Through Many Strata Wells are dilled through one to many aquifers. Cement casings are constructed to protect the aquifer from the pumped product

  15. Casing Example

  16. Impacts to Communities Well site across the road from their ranch house. Eroding pad contaminates their stockponds. Truck traffic creates chronic dust issues. Life in the country is now dust, mud, traffic, noise, and contaminants

  17. Video Impact on Communities

  18. Observations

  19. People and Conflict:The Jepsons Life long ranchers Lori is a health care worker Loren is a local construction contractor Testified at the Industrial Commission Hearings on the impacts of well sitting Petitioned the Commission and Hess Oil to shift their well sites to more suitable building sites, with less impacts on local ranching families Testified on impacts to life style, water quality, school bus safety, ranch operations, air quality

  20. Video Impact on Jepsonsand Other Landowners

  21. Traffic and Dust: A new rural reality “Some days I wait for ten minutes for a break in the truck traffic just to cross the road and get to the mail box”

  22. Natural Resources and Wildlife Pumps displace a local Kildeer Mountains elk herd

  23. Development and Protected Places: Lake Ilo FWS Area

  24. Video Impact on Air, Wildlife, Water

  25. Impact on Resource Managers - • Development increase in working population placing new demands on resource management staff • No additional dollars • No additional staff • Loss to enforcement, habitat management, PR, etc.

  26. State Park and Development Who owns the most mineral rights Wells and development within the park Neighbors vs Neighbors

  27. Little Missouri State Park

  28. Little Missouri State Park

  29. Little Missouri State Park

  30. Killdeer Mountain State Management Area Development Disturbance has pushed elk out of development areas Noise, construction, and dust disturbance Wild area nature lost

  31. Killdeer MountainsWildlife Management Area

  32. A Changing Landscape:What Would Teddy Think

  33. Theodore Roosevelt NPThe National Grasslands

  34. Video Threats to Special Places

  35. Teddy Roosevelt NP Elkhorn Ranch Site Intrusion. Well placement next to the parking area.

  36. National Parks Conservation Association We should not gamble with the integrity of our nation’s most revered natural, cultural, and historic places. We do not need to sacrifice America’s national parks to produce fossil fuels through hydraulic fracturing.

  37. National Parks Conservation Association Our national parks are America’s most treasured places, and we must treat them carefully as we develop the nation’s wealth of natural gas and oil. Hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on lands adjacent to national parks can impact wildlife and other resources inside the parks themselves.………. Among the known and potential impacts of fracking on national parks are decreased quantity and quality of water; the potential for chemical wastewater to enter local environments; degradation of air quality from excess carbon monoxide, ozone, and other pollutants; habitat fragmentation that impairs the ability of wildlife to move beyond park boundaries; and a diminished experience for visitors due to sound, air, and light pollution, and increased industrial traffic.

  38. The Scale of what’s to come “We are going to drill it all.” We serve our shareholders, we will extract it till its gone.

  39. Energy – A Complex Issue • Politics of energy “independence” • Serving the shareholder • Serving National energy objectives • Oil and Gas develop is not going away • Bakken is resulting in substantial financial benefits to ND, but there is a cost in the face of poor planning • The issue is scale: • Short term gain in $ vs long term costs (climate) • Impacts to ND vs National energy agenda • We cannot afford “unlimited” oil and gas. It undermines our will to move towards sustainable energy solutions

  40. Video What Can Be Done?

  41. What Can We Do ? • Education – what is really happening and what are the implications • Issues Awareness – Facts and Reality • Collaboration – we need to try and work together for adaptive solutions • The Fight – we cannot be naïve to think someone else will protect our special places, our welfare, our water, our safety, and our natural resources. WE MUST ENGAGE THE FIGHT, WE MUST ADVOCATE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

  42. John Crampton - Video Jim Madsen Barry Drazkowski Thank You

  43. Question • Did state or federal legislators think about requiring these oil and gas companies to provide money for the enforcement and community services that were going to be needed as a result of shale oil development?

  44. Comment • There are no young people here in this room tonight… We need to convince the younger people to become engaged in this issue, because this is their future.

  45. Question • What companies are involved in the extraction of oil and gas from the Bakken. Is it the Big Five? Is it a whole bunch of little companies?

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