Drilling Santa Fe

Most pipelines are made of steel. It is durable, b...

2011-09-27T07:27:13.147-06:00

Most pipelines are made of steel. It is durable, but it must be maintain properly.

This such a great post! Awesome! Oil Drilling

I am interested in moving into the film industry. ...

2011-08-07T00:54:14.542-06:00

I am interested in moving into the film industry. Not that I want to be an actor but rather something to do with production. So, anyone knows how to join this industry and what the requirements are.

film industry

I've just got gas lands DVD and worked through...

2011-06-04T00:12:32.204-06:00

I've just got gas lands DVD and worked through stunned depression to find this http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2011/3222366.htm about red mud remediation. Can it help remediate the soils poisoned in the fracking process? This red mud is a toxic tide if just stored and let loose haphazardly as in Hungary but an environmental miracle if applied to heavily contaminated soils. Don't let the criminals get away with poisoning America

Please do not let them poison the ground water of ...

2011-05-21T14:09:57.749-06:00

Please do not let them poison the ground water of New Mexico!!!

Sorry but I think the real crackpots are the peopl...

2011-01-28T08:52:15.628-07:00

Sorry but I think the real crackpots are the people making the 60 year predictions of drought and devastation. Science simply can't support those rediculous claims, they are pure speculation. And by the way $26 billion over 40 years amounts to about .008% of New Mexicao's GDP. That is not a number which can be acurrately measured let alone predicted. So go back Russia. While you're there go back to high school and learn some basic math.

The government is only thinking of the film produc...

2011-01-27T11:15:11.304-07:00

The government is only thinking of the film production rather then thinking of any other oil and gas industry. The government must concentrate on these productions also.

Senator Schmitt should study Santa Fe County's...

2011-01-14T16:39:45.275-07:00

Senator Schmitt should study Santa Fe County's 2009 oil and gas ordinance through which the "People" of the County have exercised their rights to require that resource extraction industries be subject to rigorous studies and findings concerning environmental degradation, water pollution, fiscal impact and adequate off-site public facilities and services before drilling, exploration and production is undertaken. If he is an advocate of limited government, why does he support the use of state power to preempt the rights of local people to determine their destiny and quality of life? Could it be that his limits on government do not apply to state support of the rights of big business, to restrict the rights of the "people" that he claims to protect?

This guy's a whack job. Takes a point and stre...

2011-01-14T10:51:39.683-07:00

This guy's a whack job. Takes a point and stretches it to an irrational edge. Not the kind of guy looking out for the greater good. Just another looking for attention. Unfortunately, there's too much at stake these days to have to put up with his rhetoric.

Its hard to understand why conservatives, who clai...

2011-01-14T10:41:20.614-07:00

Its hard to understand why conservatives, who claim to be interested in free enterprise, are working so hard to stifle the green economy and preserve the carbon economy. Of course the oil industry lavished vast sums on Martinez (you can read her contribution reports online with all the names of Texas contributors). She works for the oil industry, eating fat laden beef at their banquets, riding around in their suburbans with the good old boys in their big hats, taking their money drawn on Ft. Worth banks. This is a subculture that clashes with those who populate the green economy. These folks live in Hobbs and Farmington, not Santa Fe. They have no use for Intel or solar plants.

This clash is a front on the culture wars. Sadly this war will rage for the next 4 years, as Martinez and her far-right Harrison Schmitt drive us all crazy with their blatant corruption, rationalized in a million ways to appeal to their talk radio crowd. Let's get busy countering her every day. And let's make sure we have strong candidates to run against her when she goes for the US Senate in 2012.

She has to do something to pay back all the oily T...

2011-01-14T08:41:25.983-07:00

She has to do something to pay back all the oily Texans that funder her campaign.

Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Action Alert: http...

2010-11-07T16:07:50.082-07:00

Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Action Alert:

https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=5139

A couple of links of interest: Pages 6-7: http://...

2010-11-07T15:35:07.139-07:00

A couple of links of interest:

Pages 6-7:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/lng/documents/3_WEST_COAST_LNG_PROJECTS_PROPOSALS.PDF

http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-664048/Washington-Site-Proposed-for-LNG.html

http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/38-may-2007/880-lng-terminals-ignite-a-statewide-controversy

"Vassilopoulos is 54 and CEO and part-owner o...

2010-11-07T13:47:37.510-07:00

"Vassilopoulos is 54 and CEO and part-owner of Port Westward LNG, the newspaper reported. He has never held a political office." http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2007/10/newcomer-to-battle-wilson-in-senate-primary/

Some interesting links:
http://www.voy.com/197675/1/1545.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LNGsafety/message/3704

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/319540.shtml

http://pfrplng.blogspot.com/2005/06/port-westward-ceo-how-he-does-business.html

And an email alert sent out from United Communitie...

2010-11-07T10:21:54.208-07:00

And an email alert sent out from United Communities of Santa Fe County:

Community Action Alert!
11/4/2010

Dear Concerned Citizen,

I had written to you back in August that there would come a time when we really needed your help and this is it!

Summary:
On November 9th Santa Fe County could pass the Sustainable Growth Management Plan (SGMP) which promotes sustainability in Santa Fe County. The Santa Fe County Tea Party, the Republican Party and other extremists, backed by real estate and mining interests are trying to kill the Plan.

We need people to:

1) email or call all county commissioners. Leave the message that you support the SGMP and if anything it should be made stronger. Use the subject line: I Support the SGMP.
Their email addresses are:
manaya@santafecounty.org ; lstefanics@santafecounty.org ; vvigil@santafecounty.org ; hmontoya@santafecounty.org ; kholian@santafecounty.org . Also add the county manager and land use administrator: managersoffice@santafecounty.org , jkolkmey@co.santa-fe.nm.us . The phone # is 986-6200 to leave a message.

2) Attend the meeting: It will be helpful to have supporters there. November 9th, 6:00 P.M. at the County Commission Chambers: 102 Grant St.

3) Write a letter to the editor: If you know about the Plan, express your support to the editor.

Background:
This Tuesday, Santa Fe County could pass the Sustainable Growth Management Plan. This is a giant step forward in promoting sustainability in Santa Fe County. It addresses: zoning, construction, transportation, agriculture, open space, economic development, community plans, etc. It is a brilliant effort and incorporates thousands of hours of community input over a two year period. Ultimately (we hope), it will result in a land use code that supports ecological principles and protects communities.

However, the Santa Fe County Tea Party dominated by former officers of the Republican Party and other extremists, are working hard to sabotage this effort. Hidden behind them are real estate and mining interests, spreading misinformation, half-truths and outright lies.

I call them “extremists” because their flyers and emails refer to websites which call for: the abolition of local government powers, rejection of the “global warming hoax,” and stopping the United Nation’s push to ‘One World Order’ by Land Use regulations and Agenda 21. When I participated in over sixty meetings of the SGMP, I had no idea I was threatening the existence of the Free World.

One of their distortions is a claim that impact fees on developers are a “new tax”. It’s not a new tax. The Plan makes developers responsible for their fair share---the real costs of their development. Instead these extremists want you, the taxpayer, to subsidize developers; to give them a free government handout, now and into the future.

Another distortion is saying the Plan is against property rights. The Plan actually protects your right to enjoy your property. It makes it more difficult for someone to use their “property rights” to put a mine or other negative land use, right next to you.

Another distortion is that every home will require fire sprinklers and water tanks for fire fighting purposes. This is already a part of current land use codes and is required by State Fire Code in mountain areas for homes over 2,500 square feet.

There are too many distortions to address here. The Plan is excellent for our future, our community’s future, and our families’ future. Read the Plan, which is online at: www.santafecounty.org/growth_management/sgmp. The people behind this opposition to the Plan killed a 1999 Plan and it has shifted the costs of development from developers to the County and has created sprawl and illegal developments that taxpayers have had to pay for in correcting poorly build roads, and water and sewer systems.

Don’t let extremists destroy our future. Call or write your commissioners. Come on Tuesday at 6PM. Write a letter to the editor. Thanks!

I have been following this since December 3, 2008 ...

2010-11-06T10:05:22.283-06:00

I have been following this since December 3, 2008 and have attended over 60 meetings. This is a good Plan and a few developers and extremists should not be allowed to literally shout down the Plan at the BCC meeting by waving copies of the US Constitution and saying their rights trump yours.....

Questions for Lt Governor Denish: When it comes t...

2010-10-28T08:56:31.013-06:00

Questions for Lt Governor Denish:

When it comes to “revisiting” the “pit rule,” what does “revisit” mean?

When it comes to oil and gas issues, in what way is your stance different from Susana Martinez?

Question for both Senator Wirth and Lt Governor Denish:

Oil and gas development is similar to other developments. At the local level, local authority tends to focus on land use. Will you support State legislation that seeks to limit local authority over oil and gas issues?

David and Paul -- glad to see you both stirring th...

2010-10-26T11:38:46.268-06:00

David and Paul -- glad to see you both stirring things up around oil&gas issues. They are major issues up here in Southwestern Colorado as well. We should compare notes for our two states after the election -- maybe on the air somewhere...

I would like to ask Diane Denish why she promised ...

2010-10-26T10:15:10.326-06:00

I would like to ask Diane Denish why she promised to meet with constituents in the Aamodt settlement. Through her "policy guy" at the roundhouse we were told that she thinks the settlement is "too good of a deal to pass up" and then refused to meet with representatives of the community. This is the same tactic Richardson took with us. -Paul White

The drilling fluid is filtered through agitators t...

2010-10-05T05:28:10.714-06:00

The drilling fluid is filtered through agitators to remove all fragments of rock before being reused. Watching for abnormalities in the returning cuttings and volume of returning fluid are imperative to catch "kicks" (when the pressure below the bit is more than that above, causing gas and mud to come up uncontrollably) early.

This is causing flooding of drilling fluids and cu...

2010-10-05T05:08:34.624-06:00

This is causing flooding of drilling fluids and cuttings into the environment. In order to protect the environment, MoEF must consider about framing better policies in terms of eco-friendly nature.

http://www.manekgroup.net/6_0_Drilling-Fluids-(-MDF-Series).aspx

Stimulus money? Are you serious? What will this cr...

2010-09-20T18:48:47.961-06:00

Stimulus money? Are you serious? What will this create? Three jobs? Has anyone checked this mans mental stability? Unbelievable...

Bravo to the Governor and staff for long term thin...

2010-09-18T16:56:02.596-06:00

Bravo to the Governor and staff for long term thinking. Tourism is New Mexico's and this nation's, largest private sector employer.

This will save our natural heritage for our children while providing clean green sustainable jobs for their parents.