Argentinas indigenous communities unite to stop fracking. Like his predecessor, he has made fracking a centerpiece of the countrys economic revival. This report quantifies some of the key environmental and public healthrelated impacts triggered by fracking during the technologys decadelong spread across the country. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Another concern regarding fracking is its potential to contribute to earthquakes in a part of argentina experiencing increasing volcanic activity 4. Fracking the future how unconventional gas threatens our water, health and climate contents executive summary the myth that gas is clean energy the dangers of gas drilling big oils takeover of the gas industry gas politics are polluted gas industry lobbying muscle conclusion pg 4 pg 6 pg 14 pg 28 pg 32 pg 42 pg 50. Fracking prohibido en 4 paises y premiado en argentina. The success of the usa in developing its unconventional resources. Sep 12, 2019 read the briefing pdf leer en castellano pdf as us energy secretary rick perry said in june 2018, the aim of us foreign energy policy in argentina was to help the country become more like texas by bringing us business to work on unlocking patagonias shale oil and gas reserves.
This kind of information, including scientific and academic studies, is not easily available in argentina. But fracking makes people afraid, and so do big american oil companies. Read the briefing pdf leer en castellano pdf as us energy secretary rick perry said in june 2018, the aim of us foreign energy policy in argentina was to help the country become more like texas by bringing us business to work on unlocking patagonias shale oil and gas reserves. But the fracking technique used to extract this treasure from underground rocks could be used at a huge cost. In argentina, enormous fracking potential and opposition. Fracking has been sold as a saving grace by the government, which has recruited big names to sell the process, including the argentinian national soccer team. Vaca muerta is a megaproject of shale fossil fuel exploitation through hydraulic fracturing or fracking in the argentine patagonia. Thats never happened before, mapuche member susana campo told the bbc. Menjual gamis dan jilbab segi empat, instan, pashmina mulai serian, kodian hingga karungan. Fracking prohibido en 4 paises y premiado en argentina youtube.
It became the first province in the country to reach this decision, which was preceded by local laws in dozens of municipalities. On june 15th, 20 chevron signed an agreement with the newly statecontrolled ypf formally controlled by spains repsol in argentina to begin resource extraction anew in the region of. Argentina has some of the largest natural gas and oil reserves in the world. Fracking fractures argentinas energy development inter. But through a subsidiary, the company has now started fracking in argentina, despite resistance from local communities including the indigenous mapuche people. Argentinas president alberto fernandez takes office in the midst of an economic crisis.
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, is a process used to extract natural gas or oil from shale rock and coal. Reimagining argentina unconventional resources specifically shale gas, tight gas, shale oil and tight oilare revolutionizing the energy landscape in the usa, and now other countries with large unconventional reserves are keen to start their own revolution. Jan 06, 2020 in argentina, the province of entre rios prohibited fracking with law 10477 of 2017. Content is available under creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike. Resistance to chevronypf fracking, argentina ejatlas. Anelo, argentina, oct 8 2014 ips unconventional oil and gas reserves in vaca muerta in southwest argentina hold out the promise of energy selfsufficiency and development for the country. Governments and industry representatives often say that fracking has been used as an extraction method for more than 60 years. Jun 16, 2015 on may 5, 2015, delegations from earthworks, ecologic institute, and the fractracker alliance, traveled to argentina to share our stories. When it comes to fracking, argentina dreams big inter press. Fracking involves injecting water and chemicals deep into the earth at extremely high pressure to break up layers of rock that harbor deposits of natural gas andor oil.
How unconventional gas threatens our water, health and climate. The damage to our water, land and climate from a decade of. In argentina, enormous fracking potential and opposition to match public. The greatest achievement so far by the opponents of fracking in argentina came on apr. How unconventional gas threatens our water, health and. The argentine government predicts that gas and oil export revenues from this reservoir will surpass those from agricultural production by 2027. Working with our partners in argentina, we were able to attend a series of events aimed at showing the real costs of fracking to us communities. However, the older type of fracking known as vertical fracking or fracking for conventional gas is different than the new form of fracking. Bp doesnt frack in the uk, as it would attract the wrong kind of attention. Somos mujeres y hombres argentinos, somos trabajadores, somos artistas, intelectuales, somos nosotros, somos vos.
Argentinas reserves of shale gas are estimated at 47. The animals drank the water and then they gave birth to kids with just skin, no hair. When it comes to fracking, argentina dreams big inter. Feb 17, 20 fracking argentina mendoza 2018 duration. Overall, the general public sees fracking positively, and those who oppose it are seen as opposing progress. Gas and oil development in shale, coal beds, and tight sands via high volume hydraulic fracturing has emerged as a topic of social, economic, environmental, and political importance in countries worldwide, including the us, canada, the uk, france, germany, additional european union member states, china, russia, south africa, argentina, mexico. In argentina, enormous fracking potential and opposition to.
Oil companies looking to expand on fracking have met a great deal of resistance in argentina, where conservationists and the indigenous mapuche communities say the gas extraction technique has severely polluted their land and water argentina has been a particularly appealing target for oil companies in recent years, as it has the worlds secondlargest reserves of shale gas and the. This page was last edited on 15 january 2020, at 14. Hydraulic fracturing related creation of a moderate magnitude earthquake magnitude greater than 5 in an unknown fault system is a very remote possibility because of the generally low incidence of quakes after or during fracs and the ease of spotting larger faults on 3d seismic surveys. This could be a whopping 15 percent of the remaining global carbon budget the limit past which. Members of the mapuche communities claim there has been an increase in animal deformities as a result of fracking, which pumps highlypressurized water deep into rock to release gas and oil. The threat of fracking in patagonia bp and shell are poised to begin fracking on a massive scale in the highlands of patagonia. This law reiterates the importance of protecting rain, surface, and underground waters, including the guarani aquifer law 10477 of 2017.