Fort Worth Barnett Shale on NPR. Chesapeake Admits They Have Bought the Media

The companies insist the gas lines are perfectly safe. Well hey howdy, ain't that grand? So I'm sure there are strict liability clauses in all those contracts agreeing that Chesapeake itself - not subs, materialmen, or suppliers - will indemnify property owners for any loss of any kind to any and all areas of any property granted lease rights, yes? And the leases themselves are for fixed time periods with openers for renegotiation of royalties, say, every five years? For sure they haven't overlooked the costs for returning any and all land to precisely the same condition it was prior to the first site action taken, yeah? Being the good citizens they are, they simply must have set up a royalty trust fund for the citizens of Fort Worth, guaranteed no-cost local supplies, and agreed to install any and all necessary upgrades, parts, supplies, and labor to the local utility for the new distribution system they're installing, right? Hesitate to mention it - I'm so sure they're morally upright, law-abiding Richistanis - but it might be helpful to verify they've filed EIRs for each and every property they intend to drill. Just a formality. Good. For a minute you had me worried . . .