<"twenty-five people="" are="" directly="" employed="" on="" any="" given="" rig,="" so="" we="" have="" about="" 25="" employees="" at="" [the="" la="" salle]="" location,"="" the="" vice="" president="" of="" marketing="" for="" ensign="" energy="" services,="" will="" matthews="" said.="" there="" are="" about="" 40,00="" oil="" wells="" right="" now="" in="" the="" state="" of="" colorado.="" "we="" are="" a="" drilling="" contractor,="" so="" we="" work="" for="" operators="" that="" have="" leased="" property="" and="" want="" to="" drill="" wells.="" in="" our="" case,="" here="" in="" colorado,="" we="" operate="" 18="" different="" drilling="" rigs.="" here="" in="" the="" u.s.="" combined,="" 115="" drilling="" rigs,"="" he="" said.="" technology="" has="" taken="" an="" important="" role="" in="" the="" advancement="" of="" oil="" drilling="" in="" the="" country="" and="" around="" the="" state.="" "this="" is="" one="" of="" these="" industries="" that="" has="" really="" evolved.="" for="" the="" public,="" we="" want="" to="" be="" good="" neighbors="" out="" there,"="" matthews="" said.="" "it's="" about="" being="" quieter="" and="" developing="" more="" opportunities="" generating="" energy="" for="" the="" country="" and="" doing="" a="" safer,="" quieter,="" better="" job."="" but="" the="" industry="" itself="" is="" a="" controversial="" one.="" critics="" say="" the="" rigs="" are="" going="" up="" too="" fast="" and="" in="" more="" locations="" than="" necessary.="" "when="" looking="" at="" any="" type="" of="" new="" exploration,="" you="" want="" to="" do="" it="" being="" a="" 'good="" neighbor'="" and="" that's="" what="" we="" do="" as="" an="" industry.="" what="" we="" are="" doing="" here="" at="" this="" location="" used="" to="" take="" 10="" or="" 12="" locations="" so="" we've="" really="" reduced="" the="" amount="" of="" space="" it="" takes="" to="" do="" this,="" making="" a="" smaller="" footprint,"="" he="" said.="">
Ensign doesn#39;t handle the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) part of the drilling process, but hydraulic fracking fluids used by the oil and gas industry have come under fire because of the potential harmful effects to the environment and humans. Critics maintain that fracking fluids - which can contain potentially toxic chemicals - are a risk to groundwater. Colorado plans to have a regulation in place by the end of the year requiring disclosure of the ingredients in hydraulic fracking fluids used by the oil and gas industry.
For more information about fracking click on the links below.
http://www.coga.org
http://www.earthworksaction.org/hydfracking.cfm
http://www.energyfromshale.org/what-is-fracking?gclid=CNbRkr2By6sCFUlgTAodcVYg2A
http://earthjustice.org/our_work/campaigns/fracking-gone-wrong-finding-a-better-way?gclid=CIyrhJaBy6sCFUlgTAodcVYg2A
