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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 [...]