Diesel fuel found in Rover Pipeline drilling mud
Friday, June 9, 2017
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency found signs of diesel fuel in drilling fluid samples from an April 15 spill at a Rover Pipeline drilling site on the Tuscarawas River in Stark County, according to Kallanish Energy.
The discovery then spurred a two-page statement from two commissioners at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, warning Energy Transfer Partners and conveying their concern. They have ordered the FERC’s Office of Energy projects and Office of Enforcement to investigate the pollution and work with the Ohio EPA to resolve the problem.
The Rover Pipeline spill that haunted operations in April was estimated to include 1.5 to 2 million gallons of drilling mud that covered roughly 6.5 acres of wetlands.
Learn more: Kallanish Energy > Diesel fuel found in drilling mud along Rover Pipeline in Ohio
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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.
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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.