Resources
City of Carpinteria:
Paredon Oil & Gas Development Initiative (Measure J) information: http://www.carpinteria.ca.us/communitydev/paredon%20initiative_info.shtml
5-page Executive Summary of the City of Carpinteria's 9212 Report on the Paredon Oil and Gas Development Initiative
9212 Report on the Paredon Oil and Gas Development Initiative (including a 5-page executive summary): http://www.carpinteria.ca.us/agendas/cc/ccit9121409.pdf
Paredon: http://www.carpinteria.ca.us/communitydev/project_info.shtml
Paredon Oil & Gas Development Initiative & Supplement: http://www.carpinteria.ca.us/PDFs/Paredon%20Initiative.pdf
Environmental Impact Review Schedule (that Venoco abandoned): http://www.carpinteria.ca.us/PDFs/cd_paredon%20EIR%20Schedule.pdf
Proposed Final draft of the Paredon Environmental Impact Report (EIR): http://www.carpinteria.ca.us/PDFs/Paredon%20Project%20Proposed%20Final%20EIR.pdf
Carpinteria General Plan/Local Coastal Plan: http://www.carpinteria.ca.us/PDFs/cd_General%20Plan.pdf
Financial Analysis:
Venoco. Inc. (NYSE:VQ) annual 10-K report filed Feb. 25, 2010 as required by SEC; provides complete overview of company's operations, litigation, financial health. Posted on Venoco's site: http://tinyurl.com/yftgwyf
Venoco's annual 8-K report showing financial/operational costs; filed Feb. 25, 2010 and posted on Venoco's site: http://tinyurl.com/yhobq6o
Venoco's Accounting & Governance Risk (AGR) rating: http://www.auditintegrity.com/
[You will need to enter "VQ" for Venoco at the top in the "Get AGR" ticker box]
Environmental Analysis by Environmental Groups:
Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs: http://www.carpinteriabluffs.org/wp/?page_id=23
Carpinteria Valley Association: http://www.silcom.com/~cva/
Environmental Defense Center: http://www.edcnet.org/learn/current_cases/offshore_oil/venoco_paredon/index.html
Federal Analysis:
Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service report on safety and environmental management: http://www.mms.gov/federalregister/PDFs/74FR28639.pdf
"It appears that equipment failure is rarely the primary cause of the incident or accident... However, in most cases, accidents and oil spills can be traced to human error and/or organizational failures. For that reason, operators must ensure that safe and environmentally sound operating practices are followed." p. 28643 of above document
Directional Drilling and the Fracing process:
It is still unclear if the Paredon Project will employ hydraulic fracturing for their method of extraction or what the effects could be given Carpinteria's geology. (The prospect of reinjection wells alone was troubling in the Proposed Final EIR.)
The Endocrine Disruption Exchange has a page devoted to the chemicals involved in natural gas operations available: http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/chemicals.introduction.php
The TEDX Natural Gas page also contains a longer and more informative video presentation entitled "What You Need to Know about Natural Gas Production" at http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/chemicals.video.php
And this page also contains links to a short industry video about hydraulic fracturing (in shale) available at : http://www.pamarcellus.com/web/
A great documentary about the fracking process by PBS. A new boom in natural gas drilling, a process called "fracking", raises concerns about health and environmental risks. http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/613/
