Increased seismic activity is only one of many inevitable potential dangers from the expansion of oil drilling in the Santa Maria Valley. ERG, Aera, and PetroRock all intend to use cyclic steam injection to pull the heavy, thick crude from the ground, which requires the re-injection of wastewater. Wastewater injections are considered to be responsible […]
Irv Beiman - Santa Ynez
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Three strategic risks we don’t want!
Of the three new oil projects under consideration in our county, ERG’s is the furthest along in the permitting process, creating three unwanted risks: financial loss, drinking/irrigation water contamination, and hazardous air quality. Financially, ERG is insolvent and operating under a bankruptcy reorganization that requires the sale of all California assets to partially pay a […]
