Ohio construction benefits from shale recovery
Friday, June 16, 2017
As the Marcellus and Utica Shale markets have recently bounced back, northeast Ohio contractors and suppliers have seen an increase in business as building season hits full stride, according to the Youngstown Business Journal.
“We’ve experienced the largest surge this year with the exception of when the shale boom first started,” says Todd Miller, vice president of Bolt Construction Inc., a Poland, Ohio company that builds compressor, dehydration and metering stations for the oil and gas industry.
Although significant work for contractors in the oil and gas industry has been lacking for the past three years, the recent rebound has Bolt Construction Inc. looking for workers with experience as welders, pipefitters, construction superintendents and foremen.
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What is fracking?
Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
Is it safe?
What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
Will my water catch on fire?
Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.