THIS SITE HISTORICAL:
In 2008 through 2010, an "Independent mom & pop" oil company violated the "Alaskan Public Trust" doctrine, allowing malfeasance and environmental atrocities upon the "Last Frontier". This "blog" is dedicated to follow the outcome of the illegal activities that have now become front and center attention before the regulators in charge of making sure the "Public Trust" is upheld, as a centralized forum to make sure Alaskans and others are kept abreast of penalties and fines upon those that feel Alaska is the "Last Frontier Dumping Grounds".

The above image depicts a crude oil well flow-back test, wherein for days hydrocarbon saturated "wet" natural gas was allowed to vent to the atmosphere out a safety relief valve, with temperatures and ambient conditions such that the "wet" vapors most likely condensed and fell upon the pristine waters of Harrison Bay of the Colville River delta, a place so far removed from man-made pollution. This image is also the cover photo of the report called "Alaska's Deadliest Sin", a culmination of malfeasance and environmental corruption evidence upon this Independent, collected by an ex-employee who has made it a personal "mission" to make sure this kind of irresponsible behavior is stopped and never again repeated on this "Frontier". To date, the company – Pioneer Natural Resources - has attempted to deny all allegations, but the evidence allowing denial is too strong. With that, the company has started to admit true so serious these violations. They have admitted their actions are indeed a violation of "Public Trust". With a 3rd party ongoing investigation following the submittal of the "Sin", the end result should be stiff fines and penalties upon the perpetrators, that which sends a message to those that want to "Go North" for oil exploration and exploitation.

"Drill Baby Drill" is upon us, thanks to Sarah Palin and others, and we must stand up against this all out blitzkrieg assault upon the ecosystem, to protect the environment from continued malfeasance and environmental atrocities, as it is not worth another Love Canal!
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Help Wanted!

Job Description:



The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) is recruiting for a permanent, full-time, overtime eligible, PETROLEUM INSPECTOR. Under general direction of the AOGCC, the Petroleum Inspector performs fieldwork in the enforcement of Oil and Gas Conservation statutes and regulations to assure the prevention of waste in the exploration, development and production of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Program goals are defined as part of the specific duties and to accomplish these goals inspectors must select which inspections are critical to witness and which inspections can be waived. Inspectors exercise discretion regarding how the AOGCC’s inspection goals are achieved.

Finally, the AOGCC is staffing up. To date, there existed only 5 positions for field inspectors, for the entire North Slope region! And lack of oversight due reduced staff was not due concerns of budget constraints, as the Commission’s $5.6-million a year budget is paid for by the oil companies. So lack of oversight finds no excuses. And that is the reason today the AOGCC is under scrutiny of a 3rd party audit, because it was not watching out what was going on at Pioneer Natural Resources’ Ooogurk project. With no oversight, this 1st Independent is now facing enforcement action by the Commission, for many different derelictions of duty including illegal underground injections, illegal natural gas wasting that polluted the environment and many other atrocities. Bottom line, this Texas based corporation’s project should be shut down and banned from ever again being allowed to work the North Slope.