What this all means is that there is an incredible amount of excess drilling capacity in the system, waiting to come on line should the natural gas price firm up for any prolonged period of time.
Energy operators also must meet with homeowners and others who live within 1, 000 feet of their proposed projects to listen to their concerns, not use open pits to store drilling waste and ensure their venting system is closed to prevent sending methane into the air.
Shell Oil Vice President Paul Goodfellow said this is the first time the company and environmental groups have reached agreement to create an entire system for reducing the effects of shale drilling.
As for Matthew Arnold's objections, the mindless drilling of pupils in Victorian schools was a fault of the exam system, not the means by which teachers were paid.