Monday, December 16, 2013

DOWN DEEP video posted by Ivan Lasater

A compelling and insightful film related to the Oil and Gas industry. The film discusses the politics and perspectives from within the Petroleum industry that are often overlooked or ignored.

Here's an overview of the films focus.

"It's Time For The Facts On Fracking

American Energy Independence Is Within Our Grasp

You've probably heard of "fracking," or more accurately, hydraulic fracturing.  It's the practice of using pressurized water to "fracture" rock deep below the earth's surface, creating tiny cracks that allow oil and natural gas to flow freely. You've probably also heard that it causes an array of environmental issues – from burning tap water to mysterious earthquakes. Unfortunately, what you haven't heard are the facts.

The fact that hydraulic fracturing holds the key to an independent energy future for our country. The fact that it provides a clean-burning, reliable source of energy that heats our homes, powers our industries and helps create items that we use every single day. The fact that there have been no proven incidences of gas migration into water sources anywhere in the country.


Fracking has become an easy target for pop culture and the media through the lack of factual information available to the public. We want that to change. Which is why we made DOWN DEEP. We hope you will consider the facts that it presents - and please, share it with others."

DOWN DEEP

http://downdeep.com/

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Mancos shell: Insights by Ivan Lasater

Mancos Shale Insights by Ivan Lasater

The Mancos Shell represents a major area of development for the Oil and Gas industry in the Western UNited states. We'll see job creation and industry rises consistently for the next several years as we begin to tap this vital and robust resource. Economic movement across the UNited States is shifting to accommodate these trends.

The Mancos Shale or Mancos Group is an Upper Cretaceous geologic formation of the Western United States dominated by mudrock that accumulated in offshore and marine environments of the Cretaceous North American Inland Sea. The Mancos was deposited during the Cenomanian through Campanian ages, approximately from 95 Ma to 80 Ma. 

The Mancos Shale was first described by Cross and Purington in 1899 and was named for exposures near the town of Mancos, Colorado. Stratigraphically the Mancos Shale fills the interval between the Dakota Group and the Mesa Verde Group.



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