EXCLUSIVE: Regulator Says Murdoch (and Cheney) Oil Shale Company Must Fix Faulty Wells

[deminks]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201109020018

The state of Colorado says it will require American Shale Oil, LLC, -- a company backed by Rupert Murdoch and Dick Cheney -- to fix several poorly cemented wells that, according to the state, appear to be endangering ground water in western Colorado.

Halliburton -- the oil and gas giant once headed by Cheney -- conducted the cementing and cement evaluation of the wells and rated several as having "poor" cement bonds in certain segments, according to a memo that American Shale Oil (AMSO) submitted to state and federal regulators in late July.

In the July 26 memo, AMSO claimed the poor cementing in its wells "poses little threat" to groundwater resources in the Piceance Basin on Colorado's Western Slope, where the company is leasing federal land to pursue oil shale research and development.

But the state disagrees. When contacted about the AMSO memo, Steve Shuey, a Senior Environmental Protection Specialist for the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS), told Media Matters in a statement that the cementing fell short of the plans filed by the company and it "appears to be inadequate to protect" the region's aquifers. Shuey said the state would require AMSO to fix the cementing:

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So, Cheney and Murdoch are partners in pollution, on top of everything else. Who could have imagined? Can O call off the Colorado job killing regulators too? /sarcasm off.

[malaise]

1. Damn Fox is really the RETHUG media corporation

Get thee to the greatest page

[Rex]

2. When will someone come along and stop the corporate criminals

from destroying our planet!? WHEN!?

Won't hold my breath, actually I will the air stinks.