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But drilling fundamentally and permanently alters the land, even if it is a lease rather than a purchase.
by xenocyon 6y ago
But drilling fundamentally and permanently alters the land, even if it is a lease rather than a purchase.
- refurb 6y agoThat’s why companies are required to return the land to the way they found it. Unless there is some sort of a spill there, the land is most certainly not “fundamentally and permanently” altered.
- icedistilled 6y agoBut they often don't.
- barney54 6y agoDrilling for oil and gas doesn’t actually change the surface much. It doesn’t change the contour of the land or result in much subsidence. Mining is a different story.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoUntil there's a spill (or, even better, an unnoticed leak) and the water supply is contaminated. Aw shucks, just an act of God. What can you do?