Could it be that the greater pressure needed for the horizontal fracking, and perhaps other factors of scale, need an upgrade in materials/processes/etc. that have been ignored?
From: Frank Young [mailto:fyoung@mountain.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 5:25 PM To: ec@osenergy.org; Dan Soeder; Beth Little Subject: Marcellus driller fined record $1.1M
One would think that after more than 100 years, the drilling industry could get it right. Are there reasons other than carelessness on the part of drilling crews that this could happen?
According to the consent agreement signed on Monday, the DEP investigated at least seven instances of methane migration that contaminated 16 residential water wells in Bradford County last year.
The DEP blamed improper cement casings of Chesapeake gas wells for allowing the natural gas to seep into drinking water supplies. .
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20110517_Marcellus_driller_fined_recor d__1_1M.html
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