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Seismic testing is taking place on Greers Ferry Lake. Chesapeake Energy is conducting the work, which is expected to last until late April.
The seismic plan has been approved and permitted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
A 30-foot boat with a 600 cubic inch air gun array will inject air at two meters deep and 2,000 PSI. The device will help to form a seismic picture, which will reveal faults and indicate rock formations where natural gas is located.
Initially, the mechanism will be turned on but will remain deactivated for a run through the water in order to scare fish away. Once the device is engaged and seismic work begins, some fish still in the area may be stunned and rendered motionless for approximately five minutes. The depth of Greers Ferry Lake will greatly reduce the impact on the fish.
Arkansas Game and Fish and an environmental engineering firm, FTN, will monitor the seismic work on the lake for the duration of the testing which will occur on an area of the lake from Greers Ferry to Tannenbaum Golf Course.
According to Chesapeake the US Bureau of Land Management controls the minerals under the lake and drilling will not occur unless those minerals are released. They reported they have no reason to believe that will happen any time in the near future. The primary objective of the seismic activity is to help complete their seismic picture in that area.
The lake bottom at Greers Ferry Lake is much deeper than other lakes where Chesapeake has conducted on-water seismic work. The greater depth will serve to reduce the disturbance of the fisheries and minimize turbidity of lake sediment.
The Sun-Times has been told there will be a meeting Thursday, March 3 at 6 p.m. about drilling and the lake. The meeting will be held at Community Water Systems at 299 Lakeshore Drive in Greers Ferry.
Joyce Haile, who has been studying fracking and the gas industry, will be at the meeting to speak.
Seismic testing is taking place on Greers Ferry Lake. Chesapeake Energy is conducting the work, which is expected to last until late April.
The seismic plan has been approved and permitted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
A 30-foot boat with a 600 cubic inch air gun array will inject air at two meters deep and 2,000 PSI. The device will help to form a seismic picture, which will reveal faults and indicate rock formations where natural gas is located.
Initially, the mechanism will be turned on but will remain deactivated for a run through the water in order to scare fish away. Once the device is engaged and seismic work begins, some fish still in the area may be stunned and rendered motionless for approximately five minutes. The depth of Greers Ferry Lake will greatly reduce the impact on the fish.
Arkansas Game and Fish and an environmental engineering firm, FTN, will monitor the seismic work on the lake for the duration of the testing which will occur on an area of the lake from Greers Ferry to Tannenbaum Golf Course.
According to Chesapeake the US Bureau of Land Management controls the minerals under the lake and drilling will not occur unless those minerals are released. They reported they have no reason to believe that will happen any time in the near future. The primary objective of the seismic activity is to help complete their seismic picture in that area.
The lake bottom at Greers Ferry Lake is much deeper than other lakes where Chesapeake has conducted on-water seismic work. The greater depth will serve to reduce the disturbance of the fisheries and minimize turbidity of lake sediment.
The Sun-Times has been told there will be a meeting Thursday, March 3 at 6 p.m. about drilling and the lake. The meeting will be held at Community Water Systems at 299 Lakeshore Drive in Greers Ferry.
Joyce Haile, who has been studying fracking and the gas industry, will be at the meeting to speak.
