Dear Mr. Graves,
I received a copy of your article, “DISH, Texas Is Not So ‘Despicable,’ Colchester Town Council Is Told” from un-naturalgas.org.
I am a retired Ch. E. and physicist who lives in Fort Worth, TX. I am also a well informed student of the gas industry and horizontal drilling. Mr. Triebe’s story contains a number of errors.
* He didn’t stay in a motel in downtown Fort Worth, because there are none in downtown Fort Worth. If he will provide the name of the HOTEL he stayed in I will check to see if there is a drill site nearby.
* Actually, the source of most of the pollution in DISH (about 30 miles up the road) is the megacomplex of compressor stations, as well as pipelines, metering stations, gathering lines and gas wells–not just gas wells in DISH.
* There is no new development “across the road” from DISH.
* I’ve been to DISH several times, and you can hear the compressors and smell the petroleum odor there. No one, including the TCEQ, disputes the emissions there. The contaminants have been found in the air, the well water, and in residents’ urine and blood. No one disputes it.
* Someone told Mr. Triebe a lie about school taxes and college tuition. Was he being shown around by the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council director, Ed Ireland, Ph. D. (formerly of Enron)?You’ll probably hear from others in this area who have read your article today. I hope so.
Jerry Lobdill
Fort Worth, TX
Tags: Colchester, DISH, school taxes, Texas
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