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politicat

(9,808 posts)
2. Anadarko again. Twice in 6 weeks is twice too much.
Fri May 26, 2017, 12:34 AM
May 2017

It's time for the Oil & Gas Commission to pull their license. Anadarko can't be trusted with their employees or the public.

Reminder of their history: They were 25% owners and a major contractor on Deepwater Horizon. BP and Anadarko have been fighting ever since, and the EPA levied a fine. They've had multiple well blowouts in Texas since 2013, with several fatalities. Two major leaks, one in CO in January, one in Texas in February. Another blowout in 2013 resulted in (so far) permanent dislocation of several households in Brookeland, TX.

The Texas Railroad Commission website turns out to be very useful for keeping an eye on misbehaving oil and gas companies. Would that the COGCC was as useful.

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