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Profracking engineer on U.K. fracking regulations

On 21 Sep 2013 at 12:28am M. Hill BsC .Eng .MIET wrote:

A profracking engineer former advisor to the U.K. government on fracking.he has worked in the oil and gasindustry for 16 years,he is a seismic engineer and has completed a study of fracking regulations in thev U.K. over the last 3 years.
How robust is the legislative framework in the U.K? He asks.

Watch the video »

On 21 Sep 2013 at 12:40am Not a Hippie wrote:

Quite technical, but well worth the effort to watch.Excellent and professionally presented.Yes ,it gave me pause for thought.

On 21 Sep 2013 at 2:03pm Deelite 2 wrote:

The government failed to act on the most important recommendation in the report on fracking and safety by the Royal Society of Engineers, that their recommendations were enshrined in legislature. Without this the industry is self-regulating. There is also no duty of care imposed so if an exhausted capped fracking well starts to leak then the company that drilled do not have to come back too repair it. Indeed there is no govt body that monitors these wells as the govt decided not to implement that recommendation of the society either.

Basically it's crap and aimed at a few companies making very fast profits at the expense of our land.

On 21 Sep 2013 at 2:56pm Cliffe Hanger wrote:

Hi Dingo. If you want to maintain a modicum of credibility, you might want to think about waiting more than 12 minutes before commenting on one of your own posts. Particularly in the wee small hours.