Yesterday we were served with notification that there will be yet more drilling for gas happening on the 80 acres adjacent to us. Quite frankly, I find the way that land agents and drilling companies have to notify landowners to comply with EUB regulations a joke. The land agent told me that if adults aren't home, they can have kids sign and then they phone the parents the next day to confirm that the parents got the papers.
If anyone else had to serve documents like that, they would be laughed out of wherever they went to say that they had effected service.
Then this person went on to tell me just how far above and beyond the "call of duty" they were actually going.
By this time I was in no mood to listen to this person any more and when they told me that I should be grateful about how much money they were actually paying in terms of revenue to the county - about $2.5 million and that they also gave money to the Markerville Creamery. I told them that my roads didn't necessarily get repaired once their heavy equipment went on it as I don't get to choose when my road is done.
The person assured me that if any damage was done to the water on our place - which research has shown the drilling activity doesn't affect water supply - that they would be responsible. Now, we have some of the best water within miles of our place - how can they "fix" that if they happen to wreck it? The water is quite possibly the most attractive feature we have, next to our 80 year old yard with huge trees etc.
There are always unintended consequences to what we do and unless these drilling companies have some sort of crystal ball that tells them nothing will happen, how can they go around talking about research? Who's research? Do they pay any attention to the research that shows the opposite?
Part of me really wishes that I knew more about the proper procedures and ways to handle these people when they come around. I know that we don't have any say in this because we are only the adjacent landowners, but we are the ones who live here, who have to live with the aftermath of whatever they do and they will collect the money and not give a rip about what happens here.
Can any of you help with what a person should really know and be prepared to ask questions on? I know that the paperwork says that they are drilling for sweet gas and are anticipating going down about 900 odd feet, so it isn't methane gas that they are looking for.
I told this person that if they went and took the $2.5 million and put it into research for renewable sources of energy instead of trying to grab the non-renewable resources while the price was still high, I would be much more impressed. After that, all I basically got were a bunch of platitudes. I really don't like these people at all.
If anyone else had to serve documents like that, they would be laughed out of wherever they went to say that they had effected service.
Then this person went on to tell me just how far above and beyond the "call of duty" they were actually going.
By this time I was in no mood to listen to this person any more and when they told me that I should be grateful about how much money they were actually paying in terms of revenue to the county - about $2.5 million and that they also gave money to the Markerville Creamery. I told them that my roads didn't necessarily get repaired once their heavy equipment went on it as I don't get to choose when my road is done.
The person assured me that if any damage was done to the water on our place - which research has shown the drilling activity doesn't affect water supply - that they would be responsible. Now, we have some of the best water within miles of our place - how can they "fix" that if they happen to wreck it? The water is quite possibly the most attractive feature we have, next to our 80 year old yard with huge trees etc.
There are always unintended consequences to what we do and unless these drilling companies have some sort of crystal ball that tells them nothing will happen, how can they go around talking about research? Who's research? Do they pay any attention to the research that shows the opposite?
Part of me really wishes that I knew more about the proper procedures and ways to handle these people when they come around. I know that we don't have any say in this because we are only the adjacent landowners, but we are the ones who live here, who have to live with the aftermath of whatever they do and they will collect the money and not give a rip about what happens here.
Can any of you help with what a person should really know and be prepared to ask questions on? I know that the paperwork says that they are drilling for sweet gas and are anticipating going down about 900 odd feet, so it isn't methane gas that they are looking for.
I told this person that if they went and took the $2.5 million and put it into research for renewable sources of energy instead of trying to grab the non-renewable resources while the price was still high, I would be much more impressed. After that, all I basically got were a bunch of platitudes. I really don't like these people at all.
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