Thursday, September 29, 2011
Fracking comes to Lake Ainslie
PetroWorth Resources may soon start fracking in Nova Scotia.
Posted by Chris Benjamin on Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:29 PM
PetroWorth Resources, an Ontario-based company, received final approval to drill an exploratory oil and gas well at MacIsaac Point. Approvals to drill have in cases along the Minas Basin led to the drilling of fracking test wells.
Jennifer West, a geologist at Ecology Action Centre, says PetroWorth has been “secretive and disrespectful.”
Residents are holding a public meeting Oct. 6 at the Whycocomagh Lion’s Hall, and have invited the company and Nova Scotia departments of energy and environment. So far they’ve heard no response.
Rebecca Parkins, a local resident, says the communities have not been consulted or given clear information. “We don’t have a date when drilling starts. Their consultation has been a PR endeavour. They did not answer the questions the community wanted answered.”
Parkins questions drilling in a large freshwater lake and is concerned about pollution and safety hazards posed by a rig 600 metres from shore. She says the company is permitted to use 87,000 litres of lake water per day without permit.
“This industry is pretty self-regulatory,” she says. “It does not require full environmental assessments---a company would have to do a lot more to put in a small wind energy project.”
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