At dispute is whether or not the oil company can make use of the right of way as well as city property. Denbury is using a technique that involves using controlled explosions to create a seismic survey.
From the Clarion Ledger:
Denbury Resources, the largest oil and gas company in Mississippi, is surveying Madison County for carbon dioxide that could be used to increase oil production.The good folks of Madison support drilling, just not in Madison. I wonder how they feel about offshore drilling?
Crews recently have been setting off about 300 controlled explosions a day and have set up seismic survey equipment from Flora to the Ross Barnett Reservoir.
Madison officials denied permission to use city rights of way, Butler said, but workers set up equipment on city property last week and this week.
If they pay me enough money, I'll move out of my house and leave Madison.
ReplyDeleteHaving grown up in Heidelberg, home of one of the major oil fields in the state, it's been my experience that seismic surveys are not a big deal at all.
ReplyDeleteI hope Denbury finds some more carbon dioxide. They need it for their projects.
J. Paul Getty once said, "The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights." If they want something, they're gonna just roll right on in and take it. That's the real American way.
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