March 29, 2012

SandboxBlogs: Steamboat Today "Shell shares oil exploration plans at meeting in Hayden"

Is there some kind of pattern to the news that SandBox aggregates daily?

Yes, there is.

Is there some kind of method of posting..some kind of organization to how that news is posted each day?

Yes, there is.

Every region, every community has its own pulse, its own rhythm and vibe.  Human beings gravitate to where they feel the most comfortable and set up their homes, lives and general sense of personal wellness.

Yet, they all must interact with each other on local, state, regional, national and world levels.

Is there a community over in Saudi Arabia that is worried about the effects of fracking where the health of their family is concerned?  Is there a city or town in the USA that has similar concerns that their sworn duty officials are not there when the folks need them?

Yes, there is.

Is it all some giant conspiracy to quash the little guy and glorify the " 1% " ?

Not a chance.

One of the concepts of SandBoxBlogs is to show the patterns that exist in our part of the world.  When 'SandBox Nanny' (and sometimes guest moderators...you didn't know that, did you now...see...you should never assume anything...) posts each day, she usually starts off with human interest then goes to a round robin of environment, municipal and county governments, development/tourism/revenue, crime/justice/courts and then wraps it up with state, national and world politics and news.

Yes, there is a pattern that is very, very interesting to follow when you stop in on SandBox Commentators.

In this story, imagine a world over in Hayden where big oil and gas (and) a class act type of casino thrived.  Now, if just pushing up the Yampa airport to be able to accommodate jumbo planes was enough to get the Crown Family and Aspen Ski Corp to reach out to Steamboat Springs for a partnership package earlier this past season; imagine how anxious the Skico is going to get over that news of major prosperity just a few miles down the road from Steamboat Springs.

And when Aspen is anxious...we're all anxious.

Scott Franz:
" — On Tuesday night, Shell Oil’s Matt Holman shared in Hayden his company’s exploration plans for Northwest Colorado.

With the help of hors d’oeuvres, 11 employees and a large map of Routt and Moffat counties, Holman, Shell’s exploration project manager for the area, spent much of the evening telling more than 150 people at the Haven Community Center exactly how, when and where his company plans to drill this year for the sweet crude oil nestled in the Niobrara Shale formation.

“It’s really all about being transparent,” Holman said about his company’s open house while throngs of people spoke with his exploration team that included transportation, logistics, environmental and regulatory managers and landmen. “If I have business in front of the community, like at a county commissioners’ meeting, that’s a bad time to do community engagement like this because at that point, everything is formal.

There’s a process, and we’re all bound to do what we’ve come there to do. But if I can talk to the landowners beforehand, and I can tell the commissioners that they support me, I become a good neighbor. That’s really what I want to be.” ...."  (Read more?  Click title)

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