Fracking
 Fracking    | |
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| Type | technology |
| Interest of | • Halliburton • Sijbren de Jong • Shell • SourceWatch • Spinwatch • University of Glasgow |
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The "Cheney Loophole"
The federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 contained a provision that has come to be known as the "Cheney loophole" which allowed the fracking industry to circumvent the Safe Drinking Water Act by exempting fracking fluids, thus fast tracking shale fracking as a source of cheap natural gas.[1][2]
Disposal of Nuclear Waste
In 2015, Truthstream Media reported old newspaper stories from linked fracking to the disposal of nuclear waste. It stated Halliburton has a "long-standing relationship with the deep state" and that "deep ties [exist] between the oil and nuclear industries".
“Researchers at Halliburton Co’s. Technical Center here working with Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists, have combined the oil well cementing technique with the hydraulic fracturing production stimulation technique to entomb radioactive wastes in an impermeable shale formation a thousand feet underground.”
“The method used at Oak Ridge begins by mixing the waste with a cement slurry, pumping the mixture down a hole drilled into the Conasuaga shale and then fracturing the shale to create a horizontal crack. The crack fills with the mixture to form a thin, horizontal sheet several hundred feet across. The mix sets to permanently hold the radioactive waste in the formation.”
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Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Nieuwsuur | “I'll pump everything out of the ground of what I can get out of the ground to meet the demand” | Ben van Beurden Shell |
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| Document:Emperor Obama's Old-New clothes and the US energy war | article | 2 October 2014 | Vera Graziadei | The Ukraine imbroglio is a 100% US engineered event aimed at isolating Europe from Russia and developing US business interests in alternative energy supplies for both Ukraine and Europe |
