project brief & energy in depth: an overview
DESCRIPTION
Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview. Background. What’s at Stake, What’s at Risk. Jobs 1.2 million Americans are directly employed by domestic oil and natural gas producers State Economies - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Project BRIEF &
Energy In Depth:
An Overview
![Page 2: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Background
Project BRIEF Energy In Depth•Economic Impacts•Existing State Regulatory Efforts•Old Federal Laws, New Local Targets
•Comprehensive Library•Virtual Tours•Charts, Graphs, Fact Sheets•New Media
![Page 3: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
What’s at Stake, What’s at Risk
Jobs• 1.2 million Americans are directly employed by domestic oil and natural gas producers
State Economies• In 2007 alone, the industry invested a record $226 billion in domestic exploration
and production, driving countless state and local economies
Royalties• In 2007, the oil and gas industry paid public and private landowners $30 billion
in royalties
Environmental Record• State regulation of the domestic energy activities has effectively protected the
environment and public health for over a century.
![Page 4: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Project BRIEF: Why Now?
• Same old foes, brand new landscape• Golden Goose phenomenon• DeGette legislation• Guerilla warfare back in the states
![Page 5: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
By the Numbers
• New Federal Regulations Will Cost Americans Energy – Immediately
U.S. oil wells shut in: 204,272 (first year alone) U.S. natural gas wells shut in: 150,202 Lost oil production: 67 million barrels (183,000/day) Lost natural gas production: 245 billion cubic feet (670 million
cubic feet/day)
![Page 6: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
By the Numbers
• New Federal Regulations Will Cost Americans Revenue – Immediately
$602 million in foregone royalties $285 million in foregone state severance taxes $505 million in foregone state income taxes $1.2 billion in foregone federal income taxes
Industry compliance costs, first year alone: $10 billion
![Page 7: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Targeting Your Business: In Their Words
“In 2005, Congress exempted hydraulic fracturing from [federal] regulation. I and other members opposed this special interest giveaway. We were right on the merits, but lost the key votes.”
- Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), October 31, 2007Then chairman of the Oversight Committee, now chairman of the Energy
and Commerce Committee -the panel of jurisdiction over hydraulic fracturing.
“The [EPA] report concludes that hydraulic fracturing is not a threat to drinking water. But this conclusion is not supported by the actual facts in the report.”
- Rep. Henry Waxman, October 14, 2004
![Page 8: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Targeting Your Business: In Their Words
• Recommendations for Congress, Natural Resources Defense Council (Drilling Down, October 2007) Subject “all hydraulic fracturing by the oil and gas industry to … the Safe
Drinking Water Act”; “Increase daily fines for violations”; Require that all materials associated with the oil and gas industry meet “the
definition of hazardous waste”; and “Apply the Clean Water Act definition of ‘pollutant’ to all materials used in oil
and gas operations”
• “Join us and support efforts to end the Safe Drinking Water Act exemption for fracturing.”
- Fundraising pitch: Oil and Gas Accountability ProjectFebruary 2009
![Page 9: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
The Echo Chamber
TOXIC OIL & GAS PRODUCTION GETS A FREE PASS TO POLLUTE
![Page 10: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Targeting Your Business: How They’ll Do It
1974: SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)Original Intent: Set standards for public water supply and protect groundwater.New Target: Hydraulic fracturing
1976: RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)Original Intent: Set standards for disposable waste managementNew Target: Produced water
1980: SUPERFUNDOriginal Intent: Provide federal authority to create federal liability for the clean up and
remediation hazardous substance releases.New Target: Small, independent oil and gas producers
![Page 12: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Targeting Your Business: How They’ll Do It
1986: TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI)Original Intent: Compel large-scale chemical & manufacturing facilities to share
information on hazardous chemical emissions in mostly urban population centers.New Target: Oil and natural gas producers
1987: CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) AMENDMENTSOriginal Intent: Provide standards and enforcement mechanisms to improve our
nation’s water.New Target: Oil and natural gas production construction activities
1990: CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA) AMENDMENTSOriginal Intent: Set standards to improve our nation’s air.New Target: Small, independent wellsite operators
![Page 14: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Hydraulic Fracturing: EPA Proves It’s Safe
The Environmental Protection Agency (2004) found:
• No confirmed cases of drinking water well contamination
• No confirmed evidence that drinking water wells have been contaminated by hydraulic fracturing fluid injection
• No evidence that injected fluids, even materials left in the ground, have the ability to migrate upward, through miles of rock, into an aquifer
![Page 15: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Studies: The Ground Water Protection Council
• 1998 study
• 25 states surveyed
• “No evidence” that “public health is at risk as a result of hydraulic fracturing”
• Additional federal regulations would yield “little if any increase in protection of public health and the environment,” and “could impose a significant additional financial burden on the states.”
![Page 16: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Studies: Department of Energy
• New technologies allow shale gas-associated produced water to be viewed as a potential resource in its own right
• “No evidence” that horizontal drilling has caused new concerns
• Modern Shale Gas, Development in the United States: A Primer.” (2009)
• State regulation with federal oversight, can more effectively ensure safety
![Page 17: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Energy In Depth: What’s It All About
• Interactive State-by-State Map
• Virtual Wellsite Tour
• Videos, YouTube, New Media
• Blog, Message Board, Get Involved
• Comprehensive Research Library
![Page 18: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
In Your State
![Page 19: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Frac In Depth/Environment In Depth
![Page 20: Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth: An Overview](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081519/56814053550346895dabc620/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Project BRIEF & Energy In Depth
Core Mission:
• Educate• Demystify• Defend• Refute• Inspire to action
Energy In Depth.
The Energy You Need. The Facts You Demand.