DNR audit shows lax compliance of abandoned wells
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Thousands of oil and gas wells have been drilled around the state, some left abandoned and others orphaned. A report by the Legislative Auditor says that could mean a risk to public safety. The audit found the people in charge of overseeing the problem, the Office of Conservation under the Department of Natural Resources, is not doing its job.
Daryl Purpera, the state legislative auditor, says orphaned wells were drilled at one point in time, but are no longer productive. He adds in many cases they were left abandoned and unplugged.
There are about 60,000 oil and gas wells in Louisiana.
Purpera says when wells are drilled, companies are required to set aside money in case anything goes wrong or to help with clean-up issues. Of those nearly 60,000 wells, 2,850 are orphaned, according to Purpera.
He says the Office of Conservation is not paying the necessary attention to those orphaned wells.
“Fifty-three percent of those that were orphaned oil wells were not monitored within the last three years as required by their regulations,” Purpera said. “Sometimes as many as six years would go by without an actual inspection.”
Those, he says, have the potential for environmental hazards like polluting the water supplies.
The audit also found the OC is not requiring companies to pay penalties for violations and that lax enforcement is creating an atmosphere of non-compliance. It finds that Louisiana is not holding companies to the same standards that many other states are.
“Presents the image of we allow this. We’re not going to penalize you.”
At a news conference Monday afternoon, Governor Bobby Jindal said his experts have the next six months to correct what the auditor found.
“My understanding is the office does have a plan involving new technology and new protocols to hold companies accountable to meet the audit findings. We’re going to give them six months to implement those new technologies and new protocols and we’re going to then ask the auditor to come back within six months to make sure the findings have been addressed. Every one of those.”
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Fashion of Tuesday, 3 June 2014
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Standing at a height of 167cm/5’6’, model Nunana Awoonor isn’t what your typical model is supposed to look like.
She has however braved all odds to make it in a competitive and sometimes discriminatory industry in the United States of America for five years and counting.
“… Like maybe I will be the path or the way for the shorter girls who look good but are not all that tall to become professional models” was her response to what keeps her going in an interview early this year.
She does editorial, fashion, commercial, sports, glamour, fitness, lifestyle, beauty and lingerie shoots and shows as well.
Makeup Forever, DEX Cosmetics, Mary Kay, Nissan, Neon Aeon (LookBook Model for vintage brand 2013/14) and Lipton Pure Leaf are a few of the brands/companies that she’s worked with.
Nunana’s got a very kind heart, she loves modelling for charity purposes aside commercial jobs. She was a sales associate and representative and currently a brand ambassador and a student, pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts, Interior Design at the Academy of Art University in the United States of America.
Nunu Vaness as called fondly by friends and family is the founder and Chief Executive officer of NVA Marketing and Promotions, an event staffing and promotional marketing company.
Her personal website: http://www.nunuvaness.com/
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/nunuvanessmodel