Replies to post #1877 on Black Dragon Resource Companies Inc (BDGR)

[Trooper]

This is what I love about the world today. Anyone who can read a webpage thinks he's an expert.

That being the case, why don't you read the LA DNR oil and gas rules and regulations? Those are the relevant ones. They are probably on their website. Or would you like me to mail you a hardcopy (some five hundred pages)?

EPA does not consider drilling mud nor crude oil a hazardous substance, and therefore is virtually never involved except in the most distastrous situations.

The states normally (LA included) on the other hand, have inspectors that confirm that injection wells are not leaking, that surface casing is up to spec, that abandoned wells have sufficient cement, etc., etc., etc.

I have drilled many and abandoned some oil and gas wells. They are permitted and inspected by the state, according to state rules. I have never once filed a federal form nor been inspected by EPA or any other federal agency nor had any interaction whatsoever.

[localoil]

Clarification:

RE: "Also, if you go to the EPA page you will get the basics on environmental liability. The entire point of this liability lesson is that contrary to localoil’s statement, no landholder nor lessee will be released from liability by leasing, subleasing, assigning or any other transfer to BDGR. Thus, localoil's conclusion that the transfer of ownership or rights in property to BDGR to avoid liability is wrong."

I did not address the landowner's liability. My point was that the liability for spills originating from a lease is the responsibility of the OPERATOR, and not the responsibility of the mineral owner, the royalty owner or the landowner, all of which can be different, except for a case such as an operator producing lands they own in fee (ie, own the surface and minerals), but still, they have the operator's liability.