| Noise pollution from oil and gas drilling and | | | | noise source can greatly disturb the natural |
| production is an important issue for many | | | | environmental sounds they are accustomed to. |
| landowners living in close proximity to these | | | | An acceptable noise abatement solution is |
| developments. | | | | necessary to protect the area residents from |
| Landowners often complain about noise levels | | | | unwanted noise pollution. Typically a Sound Barrier |
| produced by natural gas compressors. The noise | | | | Wall would be installed to eliminate industrial sound. |
| level varies with the size of the compressor and | | | | This is not a viable solution to oil and gas drilling |
| distance from the compressor; and it changes | | | | however, due to its constant changing of |
| with shifts in wind direction and intensity. | | | | locations. |
| Depending on wind speed and direction, the | | | | There are new mobile absorptive sound wall units |
| constant roaring sounds of a gas compressor can | | | | which are easy to assemble, disassemble and |
| be heard three to four miles from an oil drilling | | | | move. Since oil and gas drilling are temporary |
| site. | | | | projects, moving from one well to another, a |
| Noise from oil and gas development comes from | | | | portable sound wall can be used to eliminate the |
| a number of sources: truck traffic, drilling and | | | | unwanted noise during the drilling and moved from |
| completion activities, well pumps and compressors. | | | | one site to the next with little effort. With the |
| For some landowners, noise from oil and gas | | | | inclusion of a mobile sound wall in oil and gas drilling |
| operations is so loud that it makes them feel as if | | | | activities near residential areas, residents will be |
| they are living in an industrial zone. For people who | | | | able to enjoy their peaceful quite neighborhood |
| live in rural areas, the arrival of a new, industrial | | | | throughout the completion of the project. |