Comments on: Thousands of Known Spills at Fracking Sites, But How Many Unknown? https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/02/23/thousands-of-known-spills-at-fracking-sites-but-how-many-unknown/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: PA — DEP https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/02/23/thousands-of-known-spills-at-fracking-sites-but-how-many-unknown/#comment-221048 PA — DEP Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:06:13 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=19429#comment-221048 <strong>PA-DEP annual report details increased inspections, protections | Business | observer-reporter.com</strong> From the Washington PA Observer Reporter, August 31, 2018 The Pennsylvania state Department of Environmental Protection released its annual oil and gas report Friday afternoon. Among the highlights for 2017: >> “About 5.36 trillion cubic feet of natural gas was produced from unconventional gas wells ... the largest volume ... on record that has been produced in Pennsylvania in a single year.” >> “Amid a record number of inspections, unconventional operators maintained a strong 95 percent compliance rate.” >> “… there is no evidence that hydraulic fracturing has resulted in a direct impact to a water supply in Pennsylvania.” PA-DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell said in a prepared statement: “As the production of natural gas in Pennsylvania reached record volume last year, DEP continued to work hard on program developments that improved customer service to industry and strengthened environmental protection.” Total inspections, and inspections of unconventional Marcellus Shale wells, hit record levels, the report said, adding more than 36,000 compliance inspections were conducted during the year. PA-DEP reported it has averaged 35,483 total inspections per year during the three years of the Wolf administration, up from an average of 26,230 in the previous four years under Gov. Tom Corbett. The report said PA-DEP issued 2,028 unconventional well permits last year, 707 more than in 2016, and operators produced 5.36 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, about a quarter-trillion increase over 2016. Source: https://observer-reporter.com/business/dep-report-details-increased-inspections-protections/article_7af2e3bc-ad4b-11e8-ae9b-5bacdd09aee3.html PA-DEP annual report details increased inspections, protections | Business | observer-reporter.com

From the Washington PA Observer Reporter, August 31, 2018

The Pennsylvania state Department of Environmental Protection released its annual oil and gas report Friday afternoon. Among the highlights for 2017:

>> “About 5.36 trillion cubic feet of natural gas was produced from unconventional gas wells … the largest volume … on record that has been produced in Pennsylvania in a single year.”

>> “Amid a record number of inspections, unconventional operators maintained a strong 95 percent compliance rate.”

>> “… there is no evidence that hydraulic fracturing has resulted in a direct impact to a water supply in Pennsylvania.”

PA-DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell said in a prepared statement: “As the production of natural gas in Pennsylvania reached record volume last year, DEP continued to work hard on program developments that improved customer service to industry and strengthened environmental protection.”

Total inspections, and inspections of unconventional Marcellus Shale wells, hit record levels, the report said, adding more than 36,000 compliance inspections were conducted during the year. PA-DEP reported it has averaged 35,483 total inspections per year during the three years of the Wolf administration, up from an average of 26,230 in the previous four years under Gov. Tom Corbett.

The report said PA-DEP issued 2,028 unconventional well permits last year, 707 more than in 2016, and operators produced 5.36 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, about a quarter-trillion increase over 2016.

Source: https://observer-reporter.com/business/dep-report-details-increased-inspections-protections/article_7af2e3bc-ad4b-11e8-ae9b-5bacdd09aee3.html

]]> By: SKY TRUTH https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/02/23/thousands-of-known-spills-at-fracking-sites-but-how-many-unknown/#comment-220645 SKY TRUTH Sat, 25 Aug 2018 15:05:46 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=19429#comment-220645 <strong>Skytruth Alert: NRC Report: Fr - Fracking Liquid near Middlebourne, WV 2018-08-18</strong> Report Details: NRC Report ID: 1221983 Incident Time: 2018-08-18 10:00:00 Nearest City: Middlebourne, Tyler County, WV Material: FR - FRACKING LIQUID Medium Affected: WATER Suspected Responsible Party: US WELL Lat/Long: 39.494028, -80.897319 (Approximated from CITY_STATE) Report Description: CALLER IS REPORTING THAT A TRUCK LOST LOAD OF TOTES AND SPILLED SOME KIND OF FRACKING LIQUID ON SOIL, GRASS AND DITCH. THE CALLER IS CONCERNED ABOUT WELL WATER CONTAMINATION. Source: http://alerts.skytruth.org/report/db628bce-f742-3e38-83bb-a1168cbadb28#c=stae Skytruth Alert: NRC Report: Fr – Fracking Liquid near Middlebourne, WV 2018-08-18

Report Details: NRC Report ID: 1221983

Incident Time: 2018-08-18 10:00:00

Nearest City: Middlebourne, Tyler County, WV

Material: FR – FRACKING LIQUID

Medium Affected: WATER

Suspected Responsible Party: US WELL

Lat/Long: 39.494028, -80.897319 (Approximated from CITY_STATE)

Report Description:
CALLER IS REPORTING THAT A TRUCK LOST LOAD OF TOTES AND SPILLED SOME KIND OF FRACKING LIQUID ON SOIL, GRASS AND DITCH. THE CALLER IS CONCERNED ABOUT WELL WATER CONTAMINATION.

Source: http://alerts.skytruth.org/report/db628bce-f742-3e38-83bb-a1168cbadb28#c=stae

]]> By: Tom Bond https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/02/23/thousands-of-known-spills-at-fracking-sites-but-how-many-unknown/#comment-200806 Tom Bond Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:47:11 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=19429#comment-200806 Editor, Fredricksburg.com    April 12, 2017   Mr. Miles Morin’s statement about ground water in the article “National report: Rappahannock River endangered by fracking threat” is typical of a corporate employee designated to answer a pubic inquiry.  Eyes wide shut, leading with his nose, follow the profit line, even into a brick wall.   Water contamination was observed from the beginning of fracking.  Originally blown off as “anecdotal,” the poor landowner was considered an idiot, no matter how often it happened.    Think about it: the water changed simultaneously with the drilling.  How much else has been going on down there deep in the earth in the last century?  Not much!   Years ago, Dr, Anthony R. Ingraffea, one of the world’s leading petroleum engineers, using records of the Pennsylvania DEP, showed 16% of the fracked wells in Pennsylvania contaminated the aquifer immediately, and he expects more will be in time!  The contamination is frequently due to sloppy work.   If you Google “contamination of aquifers by fracking” you get pages of references. Articles in Scientific American, Physics.org., EPA, USA Today and more.  Energy in Depth talks about a study by Duke University scientists, Resilience carried one by Stanford scientists, and Marketplace has a nice graph of “Hydraulic Fracturing into Underground Sources of Drinking Water, Pavillion, WY.”   We are supposed to be living in the “post-truth era.”  Maybe Lenin was right, “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”  That seems to be the position of the oil and gas industry! Editor, Fredricksburg.com    April 12, 2017
 
Mr. Miles Morin’s statement about ground water in the article “National report: Rappahannock River endangered by fracking threat” is typical of a corporate employee designated to answer a pubic inquiry.  Eyes wide shut, leading with his nose, follow the profit line, even into a brick wall.
 
Water contamination was observed from the beginning of fracking.  Originally blown off as “anecdotal,” the poor landowner was considered an idiot, no matter how often it happened. 
 
Think about it: the water changed simultaneously with the drilling.  How much else has been going on down there deep in the earth in the last century?  Not much!
 
Years ago, Dr, Anthony R. Ingraffea, one of the world’s leading petroleum engineers, using records of the Pennsylvania DEP, showed 16% of the fracked wells in Pennsylvania contaminated the aquifer immediately, and he expects more will be in time!  The contamination is frequently due to sloppy work.
 
If you Google “contamination of aquifers by fracking” you get pages of references. Articles in Scientific American, Physics.org., EPA, USA Today and more.  Energy in Depth talks about a study by Duke University scientists, Resilience carried one by Stanford scientists, and Marketplace has a nice graph of “Hydraulic Fracturing into Underground Sources of Drinking Water, Pavillion, WY.”
 
We are supposed to be living in the “post-truth era.”  Maybe Lenin was right, “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”  That seems to be the position of the oil and gas industry!

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