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Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers Coalition Shale Gas: Lemonade or Lemons?

Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers Coalition Shale Gas: Lemonade or Lemons?. Randy Friedman Director, Gas Supply Northwest Natural Gas July 2012. Shale Gas is (almost) Everywhere. 2. The Good . - Gas Daily , May 23, 2012. - www.forbes.com, May 21, 2012.

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Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers Coalition Shale Gas: Lemonade or Lemons?

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  1. Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers Coalition Shale Gas: Lemonade or Lemons? Randy Friedman Director, Gas Supply Northwest Natural Gas July 2012

  2. Shale Gas is (almost) Everywhere 2

  3. The Good - Gas Daily, May 23, 2012 - www.forbes.com, May 21, 2012 - Energy Biz, March/April 2012 3

  4. The Bad - www.syracuse,com, March 21, 2012 - Gas Daily, May 24, 2012 - Bloomberg News, May 31, 2012 4

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  7. What are the Major Issues? • Water Quality • Protection of Aquifers • Consumption of Fresh Water • Safe Disposal of Produced Water • Air Emissions • CO2 from compressors and other operations • Methane from venting/leakage • Other air pollutants, e.g., from diesel trucks • Other environmental impacts • Seismic activity • Endangered species • Construction in sensitive areas 7

  8. Pavillion – The Smoking Gun? • Dec. 8, 2011, EPA issues Draft Report • Presence of certain chemicals in drinking water samples is “consistent with migration from areas of gas production.” • High methane levels • Benzene well above Safe Drinking Water Act standards • Not So Fast! • Results above from deep wells, not drinking water wells • Bad water in region pre-dates natural gas drilling • Sampling tests and methodology flawed • Mar. 8, 2012, EPA announces new testing • EPA acknowledges concerns • New process likely to run through year-end 8

  9. Doing it Right • Proper Well Construction • Layers of Separation • Safe Disposal of Drilling Fluids 9

  10. Faulty Wells, Not Fracking, Blamed for Water Pollution • - Wall Street Journal, • March 13, 2012 10

  11. Transparency on Fracking Chemicals www.fracfocus.org 11

  12. Fracking and Earthquakes - Scientific American, Nov. 14, 2011 - Environmental Working Group, April 2012 - Christian Science Monitor, April 12, 2012 12

  13. Expect this to get Worst… • “Gasland 2” due out in late 2012 • Focus on lobbying efforts, exports of fracking technology and climate change • Goal is to ban fracking in the U.S. • - National Journal, April 20, 2012 • “Promised Land” expected in 2013 • Matt Damon, Gus Van Sant • Movie centers on the dangers of fracking 13

  14. …before it gets Better • Executive Order issued April 13, 2012 establishes a new federal Interagency Working Group to: • “coordinate the…safe and responsible development of unconventional domestic natural gas resources and associated infrastructure“ • “help reduce our dependence on oil” • “take full advantage of our natural gas resources” • set “sensible, cost-effective public health and environmental standards” to “augment State safeguards.” - Huffington Post, May 11, 2012 14

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