Archives by Tag 'Fracking'

EPA Develops Plan to Study Hydraulic Fracturing Process

The U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) has announced the submission of its draft study plan on hydraulic Fracturing for review by a panel of independent scientists. After announcing its intention to study the hydraulic fracturing process in March 2010 and conducting a series of public meetings across the country last July, August and September, the EPA [...]

Thousands of Gallons of Fracking Fluids Spill at Natural Gas Well on PA State Forest Land

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

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 [...]