Tens of millions of no longer functioning oil and gas wells around the world are already forming a ticking ecological bomb, wreaking its first destruction…
Is the danger even in France?
The Pechelbronn field (Alsace), with its 5,000 inactive oil wells, is monitored by the Bureau of Geological and Mineral Research. One of its representatives, Nicolas Koeberlé, explains: We have 17 wells under our operation because the oil is leaking. Oil spill in the middle of farmland?
methane scandal
An old borehole in the North Sea will release 30,000 tons of this gas, which causes 28 times more warming than CO2. In Bradford (Pennsylvania), methane released from abandoned wells has caused several homes to explode in recent years.
Vaccine
Ashley Watts at war! This purebred Texan owns a 9,000-acre farm. In 2021, he learns that one of the 130 wells abandoned by powerful oil company Chevron has leaked onto his land, spewing hydrocarbon-contaminated water. ” I’m looking for everywhere they do, not just the places Chevron screwed up on my land. Not just one, but a thousand attempts! »
Ghosts of Oil: Sunday, January 29, 20:55, France 5
FREDERIC LOHEZIC
Source: Programme Television
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