Reports Indicate Petro Companies have been "Fracking" OffShore California since the 1990s (San Francisco: 2013)

[JimBaker488]

SAN FRANCISCO — Companies prospecting for oil off California’s coast have used hydraulic fracturing on at least a dozen occasions to force open cracks beneath the seabed, and now regulators are investigating whether the practice should require a separate permit and be subject to stricter environmental review.

While debate has raged over fracking on land, prompting efforts to ban or severely restrict it, offshore fracking has occurred with little attention in sensitive coastal waters where for decades new oil leases have been prohibited.

Hundreds of pages of federal documents released by the government to The Associated Press and advocacy groups through the Freedom of Information Act show regulators have permitted fracking in the Pacific Ocean at least 12 times since the late 1990s, and have recently approved a new project.

Fuel Fix » Oil companies used fracturing in coastal waters off Calif.
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Why all the fuss about fracking in Cal, apparently it's old news, been going on out there for 15 years.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

O ... M ... G!

Fracking!

We're ... all ... gonna ... DIE!

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by JimBaker488

Fuel Fix » Oil companies used fracturing in coastal waters off Calif.
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Why all the fuss about fracking in Cal, apparently it's old news, been going on out there for 15 years.

There's no fuss really. I posted a new thread on this very topic a couple days ago and there hasn't been a single response. While your position is opposite mine -- you think it's fine, I think it is not -- most peoples' position is Dancing With the Stars rates far higher.

[JimBaker488]

Originally Posted by nullgeo

There's no fuss really. I posted a new thread on this very topic a couple days ago and there hasn't been a single response. While your position is opposite mine -- you think it's fine, I think it is not -- most peoples' position is Dancing With the Stars rates far higher.

Good deal ! Glad to hear Fracking is no longer a controversial subject among Californians. OK, so now maybe they can get to fracking on some of those prospects in the Monterey Shale and begin to reap the benefits including thousands and thousands of employment opportunities for people in search of work to support themselves and families.

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by nullgeo

There's no fuss really. I posted a new thread on this very topic a couple days ago and there hasn't been a single response.

This issue has received a lot of attention in the CA forum in the past few years. Could be topic burn-out syndrome. This current one isn't setting any response records either.