B.C. companies fined over fracking water use

alp227

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Thu Nov-03-11 11:51 AM
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B.C. companies fined over fracking water use

Source: CBC

More than dozen energy companies drilling in northern B.C. have been fined for not reporting how much water they use.

The energy companies are drawing fresh water from the northern rivers to use in hydro-fracking – a process that uses pressurized water to blast fractures into shale rock formations deep underground, releasing natural gas trapped in the rocks.

This year for the first time, B.C.'s energy companies were required to report how much water they drew from the rivers.

But 16 of about 50 companies failed to report their water use to the Oil and Gas Commission, says spokesman Alan Chapman.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/11/03/bc-fracking-water-fines.html

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Thu Nov-03-11 11:56 AM
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1. Fines? Why not ban them from using the water? nt

Edited on Thu Nov-03-11 11:56 AM by valerief

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