Igas Energy Share Discussion Threads

[123qwer] 02/2/2015 09:15

Stockmarket report today "oils up,"

[hawkwind4] 02/2/2015 08:59

'Well Put' Spot On.

Now is the time to put this about and out there more.

I think we need to post this article every day on here and on as many sites and newspapers as possible and put down the Beeb and all others and their biased reporting.

[au24] 02/2/2015 00:41

Dave Great find

They don't tell us the whole story do they. The old Greens I mean-


Marcellus shale field

Recently a number of people have written to UKIP raising concerns about shale gas. I have replied in the following terms:

Thank you for writing to us about shale gas. I can well understand your concerns, given the torrent of negative stories from “green” groups. You may like to know that you are helping to fund these groups, via the European Commission. Many commentators also believe that Russia has a hand in promoting anti-shale-gas campaigns – they are fearful of losing Gazprom’s lucrative export markets.

But there is another side to the story. As Energy Spokesman for UKIP, I have taken the trouble to go to the USA and look at shale gas first hand, in Pennsylvania and in Texas. In the small town of Mansfield PA, on the great Marcellus shale field, I found local residents delighted by the economic resurgence, based on the new shale industry, in their previously declining town. New businesses, new shops and restaurants and hotels, and house prices boosted by increased demand.

What I did not find was people complaining about pollution, or earth tremors, or any other problems. Admittedly during the drilling phase – several months – a new shale well means a football-pitch-sized area of industrial activity. But when drilling is complete, the landscape is reinstated, and the remaining well which goes on producing for two or three decades is no more intrusive than a garden shed – far less intrusive and disturbing than a wind farm.

More generally, America is enjoying an industrial renaissance based on shale gas. Businesses that were off-shored to Asia are coming home. There are more jobs, more prosperity, more energy security, industry is more competitive on the back of lower energy prices, the balance of payments is improved. It would be utterly irresponsible for politicians to ignore this huge opportunity.

These are vast benefits, and they stand in stark contrast to Europe, where energy prices are far too high, jobs and investment are moving abroad, and we depend on insecure energy sources like Russia.

We hear about methane in tap water. But the USA experienced methane in tap water long before fracking. It comes from the natural decay of plant material in the soil. There has never been a case of fracking per se leading to pollution. There have been a few cases of pollution from cracked piping. But occasional minor issues occur in any energy industry. Seismic events resulting from fracking are very small – less than those associated with coal mining, for example.

Indeed shale gas is much cleaner, safer and less intrusive than coal mining. Across Britain, communities regret the loss of the coal mines. They should be delighted to have a new technology that offers similar economic benefits, without requiring hundreds of men to spend decades underground acquiring respiratory diseases. Gas also burns cleaner than coal.

If we had seen the same sort of protests against the nascent coal industry in the eighteenth century that we see today against shale gas, the Industrial Revolution might never have happened.

Some people say we need more time to see evidence of safety – but they’ve been fracking in the USA for fifty years with no major problems. We’ve even had fracking sites in the UK for a couple of decades, and they were so problem-free that local people hardly knew they were there.

The industry has made great strides in improving well integrity, reducing water use and recycling more water, and reducing the use of chemicals in fracking fluid. Fracking fluid now consists of water, sand, detergent, and other perfectly safe chemicals which can typically be found around the home in toiletries and cleaning products. The concerns raised by protesters really relate to an earlier period.


Please do stand back and take a new look at the opportunity represented by shale gas. Don’t be taken in by the black propaganda of “green” campaigners. These people aren’t “Friends of the Earth” – they’re enemies of the people.

[daveperry] 31/1/2015 15:51

Could be a good day for oil shares on Monday. 128 rigs idled in the States last.

[123qwer] 31/1/2015 13:55

Quote:
gutterhead 26 Jan'15 - 21:12 - 6169 of 6220 1 0

Looks like greedy Austen was right to sell his shares (without telling the shareholders) I am surprised he hasn't been lynched.
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Gutterhead, tht is not nice at all. Its' not his fault but the idiots that believed the ramps. What you fail to note is that shares can up as well as down - in Igas case, down from 160p+ but hey not Igas fault is it.

[123qwer] 31/1/2015 13:44

LOL

Have you seen TW's post from today?

if not, I wont post the link and it is up to you to have a look

LOL

[daveperry] 31/1/2015 13:21

The SNP are a spent force.

[123qwer] 31/1/2015 12:25

Yes, fracking is coming but the poor idots that fell for the ramps will lose out when the companies they have thrown their money at are taken over for next to nothing by the biger players.

IMO Igas is a solid company as it has a very good leader


DYOR and I will post later what I have just read lol

[au24] 31/1/2015 10:51

Agree Ken,it all adds up.
He makes me keep adding as I can see how scared he is. So I know I am on to a good thing.

Edit- It's an economic certainty that fracking is coming.
Yesterday on the news someone was saying that we import 50% of our heating fuel. That this is unsustainable as much comes from Russia. That fracking would make us less dependant on other nations and give us thousands of new jobs at home and save us spending billions abroad for the same energy.

Wind farms are a stitch up for us the paying consumer (which we are now paying for, added to our fuel bills) While the farmers and millionaires get even richer on our backs. A friend of a friend of the family (a multi millionaire)own several turbines and gifted 1 to their child as a present. These wind farms are under performing by a long way on the predicted outage expected and us dooped mugs are footing the bill all in the Name of clean enegy.

[123qwer] 30/1/2015 20:03

Some good news from Scotland re fracking



ATB

[123qwer] 30/1/2015 17:05

LOL

LOL

[solanki2000] 30/1/2015 16:31

Exactly, no reason it should be on 25.5

[daveperry] 30/1/2015 16:26

2.5p spread wtf

[trulyscrumptious] 30/1/2015 10:00

hxxp://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2014/10/518479.html

[haydock] 30/1/2015 09:18

More hostility on BBC last night : Question Time from Wrexham.
A story about the local council moving against fracking , but being overruled by Central govt.
Much spouting of the many unquantified but very scary gas & water dangers.

Was this our N. Wales block ?

[2baffled] 29/1/2015 16:50

GMB INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FRACKING IN BLACKPOOL ON FRIDAY 30TH JANUARY


Gary Smith, GMB National Secretary for Energy, said "GMB is still working through our policy on fracking.

I will tell the conference that the fact is that UK will be using gas for many decades to come.
The gas is going to have to come from somewhere and we need to consider whether it is morally right to import gas from countries like Russia, Qatar, with lesser environmental regulations than here and that have no labour rights to protect workers in the industry or to protect safety.
Transporting gas across continents is no good for the environment either.

So the issue really is if we are going to use gas as we are - should we be taking responsibility for our own carbon and wider impact on the environment or take the approach out of sight out of mind."

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