Fault Lines Death on the Bakken shale Death on the Bakken shale
The United States is now the world's largest oil and gas producer. That is in part because of what is happening in North Dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the Bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. North Dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. Ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the Bakken. Now there are more than 8,000. The rapid pace of development has made North Dakota the state with the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, but the boom has brought with it a serious problem: It has the highest worker fatality rate in the nation. Fault Lines spent six months investigating safety risks in North Dakota's oil fields and uncovered a dark side to the boom - the human cost. Why are so many dying and who should be held responsible?
We live in a world run through with Fault Lines. Al Jazeera's Fault Lines takes you beyond the headlines and holds the powerful to account as we examine the US' role in the world.
Primary Title
- Fault Lines
Secondary Title
- Death on the Bakken shale
Episode Title
- Death on the Bakken shale
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 29 April 2015
Start Time
- 18 : 30
Finish Time
- 19 : 00
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- Al Jazeera English
Broadcaster
- Al Jazeera Media Network
Programme Description
- We live in a world run through with Fault Lines. Al Jazeera's Fault Lines takes you beyond the headlines and holds the powerful to account as we examine the US' role in the world.
Episode Description
- The United States is now the world's largest oil and gas producer. That is in part because of what is happening in North Dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the Bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. North Dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. Ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the Bakken. Now there are more than 8,000. The rapid pace of development has made North Dakota the state with the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, but the boom has brought with it a serious problem: It has the highest worker fatality rate in the nation. Fault Lines spent six months investigating safety risks in North Dakota's oil fields and uncovered a dark side to the boom - the human cost. Why are so many dying and who should be held responsible?
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Shale gas reservoirs--United States
- Petroleum--North Dakota
- Bakken Formation
- Petroleum engineering--Environmental aspects--North Dakota
Genres
- Documentary
Subjects
- Shale gas reservoirs--United States
- Petroleum--North Dakota
- Bakken Formation
- Petroleum engineering--Environmental aspects--North Dakota