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xgojim All-Star Author Michigan Posts:516 Points:449,035 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 2:28:36 PM Ignore xgojim Report Abuse U.S. oil production exceeded 7 million barrels a day for the first time since March 1993 as improved drilling techniques boosted exploration across the country and reinforced a shift toward energy independence. The Energy Department reported today that weekly average output rose to 7.002 million barrels a day in the week ended Jan. 4, a 1.16 million-barrel increase from the same week last year. The country met 83 percent of its energy needs in the first nine months of 2012, on pace to be the highest annual rate since 1991, department data show. Production grew by the fastest pace in U.S. history last year and will accelerate in 2013 as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, unlocks crude trapped in formations such as North Dakota’s Bakken shale... Visit Washington Post for full article

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U.S. oil production exceeded 7 million barrels a day for the first time since March 1993 as improved drilling techniques boosted exploration across the country and reinforced a shift toward energy independence. The Energy Department reported today that weekly average output rose to 7.002 million barrels a day in the week ended Jan. 4, a 1.16 million-barrel increase from the same week last year. The country met 83 percent of its energy needs in the first nine months of 2012, on pace to be the highest annual rate since 1991, department data show. Production grew by the fastest pace in U.S. history last year and will accelerate in 2013 as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, unlocks crude trapped in formations such as North Dakota’s Bakken shale...
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LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,595 Points:1,202,835 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 10:28:11 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse LMAO...somebody here has made a terrible mistake...Pop, I was addressing SVmike. Why are you speaking for someone who doesn't care enough to speak for themselves? Tell the truth now, Are you his Daddy? [Edited by: LetemEatCake at 1/12/2013 10:28:48 PM EST]
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,929 Points:750,035 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jan 11, 2013 11:56:44 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse LOL, I sure hope you bought that ocean front property cheap Cakes! Turns out SVmike is essentially correct. The best evidence you may ask? The EPA has announced an eight month extension to September 30, 2013 for the public comment period of the draft research report titled, “Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming.” Their claim for doing this is that "During this time EPA will continue its public outreach activities including meeting with key stakeholders and posting additional technical information on the agency’s website. This extension will allow the public additional opportunity to comment on EPA’s draft report and the latest round of sampling conducted by EPA and USGS. The Agency will take into account new data, further stakeholder input, and public comment as it continues to review the status of the Pavillion investigation and considers options for moving forward." The EPA has been defensive about the Pavillion report for a while but this announcement shows they are really running scared. They are obviously delaying the start of the peer-review process, which is not going to be pretty for the EPA. More and more federal agencies, including the USGS are criticizing the EPA’s work in Pavillion than defending it, and the evidence that the agency’s poorly drilled monitoring wells tainted the very groundwater it was trying to sample is mounting. The EPA could simply admit its mistakes and withdraw the report, saving the taxpayers money. That would be the responsible thing to do but the EPA’s just going keep running from its mistakes for another eight months rather than let on to their witch hunts. The EPA could learn as well from this that......... The truth shall set you free!
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,595 Points:1,202,835 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jan 11, 2013 10:46:03 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse If you really believe that SVmike, I have some Ocean Front property I can give you a good deal on in OK!
NedW Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:5,599 Points:1,139,320 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jan 11, 2013 10:31:44 PM Ignore NedW Report Abuse Thank you for submitting this article, xgojim.
SVmike Champion Author California Posts:1,569 Points:319,195 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 9:58:17 PM Ignore SVmike Report Abuse When the EPA investigated claims of ground water contamination they initially found fracking chemicals. But side-by-side drilling and testing by the USGS did not show the problem. It turns out the EPA lab contaminated their own samples
endymion All-Star Author New York Posts:818 Points:169,655 Joined:Nov 2012	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 9:24:26 PM Ignore endymion Report Abuse So what if our drinking water gets poisoned for a few centuries...we created a few low-wage jobs, can claim we are better off, and a few of us made lots of money!!!
Discovery02 Champion Author Colorado Springs Posts:2,520 Points:306,665 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 8:34:45 PM Ignore Discovery02 Report Abuse We also must keep a very careful watch on the unintended impacts like polluting ground water.
DrGasPain Veteran Author Dallas Posts:362 Points:455,950 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 7:17:10 PM Ignore DrGasPain Report Abuse Drill baby drill !, Frack baby frack !
wrunner Champion Author Virginia Posts:4,430 Points:1,133,660 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 6:14:05 PM Ignore wrunner Report Abuse Fracking genius - highest oil production in 20 years. Or. Fracking idiot - highest ground water pollution in 20 years. Pick your poison.
Pramodsharma Champion Author Richmond Posts:1,969 Points:384,915 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 6:12:50 PM Ignore Pramodsharma Report Abuse US Fracking is shaking many countries.
cdrrod Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:4,139 Points:780,850 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 5:58:35 PM Ignore cdrrod Report Abuse Also pushes groundwater pollution to it's highest in 20 years...
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,101 Points:2,368,445 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 5:53:33 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse after 50 years of fracking, now the eco nutz come to life
beck12j All-Star Author Dayton Posts:971 Points:333,810 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 5:50:37 PM Ignore beck12j Report Abuse scary
whatif81 All-Star Author San Antonio Posts:672 Points:204,360 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 5:34:48 PM Ignore whatif81 Report Abuse ok
fedupMN Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,939 Points:570,530 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 4:38:08 PM Ignore fedupMN Report Abuse In the mean time the water is being contaminated but maybe we can drink oil.
tnfran Champion Author Arizona Posts:4,368 Points:840,240 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 4:15:23 PM Ignore tnfran Report Abuse Bringing more crude from the USA to the USA will help the stagnant economy some but ..........
CocoPaz Champion Author Santa Barbara Posts:2,350 Points:319,395 Joined:Jun 2012	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 3:52:22 PM Ignore CocoPaz Report Abuse Fracking scares me. Bonjour de Lyon (hello from Lyon, France).
BurntOrange Champion Author Austin Posts:8,708 Points:1,579,930 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 3:30:22 PM Ignore BurntOrange Report Abuse Fracking fabulous
gizbo123 Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,504 Points:1,749,160 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 3:21:23 PM Ignore gizbo123 Report Abuse I bet this makes the fracking libs mad.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,929 Points:750,035 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 3:16:07 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse News like this only drives those against hydraulic fracturing further into fear and paranoia mode.
OHMS Champion Author Orange County Posts:13,701 Points:1,688,855 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 3:14:42 PM Ignore OHMS Report Abuse push, pull or drag
mastermariner Champion Author Texas Posts:4,236 Points:492,035 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 3:10:39 PM Ignore mastermariner Report Abuse Just the tip of the iceberg
xgojim All-Star Author Michigan Posts:516 Points:449,035 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 10, 2013 2:35:18 PM Ignore xgojim Report Abuse North Dakota is the new boom state and will never be the same! No doubt every last ounce of oil was counted to raise the total over 7 million barrels a day. It seems like all this great news has come from nowhere just a year or so ago.