Archives by Tag 'Department of Environmental Protection'
Thousands of Gallons of Fracking Fluids Spill at Natural Gas Well on PA State Forest Land
By William J. Dubanevich - Last updated: Saturday, February 5, 2011
A mechanical failure during hydraulic fracturing operations on a natural gas well in Pennsylvania’s Tioga County caused a blow out of the well and a spill of about 21,000 gallons of fracking fluid. Hydraulic fracturing is a process used to increase the output of oil and gas wells by forcing thousands of gallons of a [...]
DEP Says PA Gas Well Blowout Could Have Been Catastrophic
By William J. Dubanevich - Last updated: Sunday, June 6, 2010
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) vows it will thoroughly investigate a blowout at a Marcellus shale natural gas well that the agency says could have been “catastrophic.” At about 8 p.m. Thursday June 3, operators of a EOG Resources gas well in Lawrence Township of Clearfield County, PA “lost control” of the well [...]
