40 permits issued in Appalachian Basin during week ended Sept. 19
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Forty permits were issued to oil and gas drillers in the Appalachian Basin during the week ended Sept. 19, according to Marcellus Drilling News.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued 19 new permits across five well pads in the northeast and southwest portions of the Marcellus Shale. Eight of those were for a single Cabot Oil & Gas pad in Susquehanna County.
West Virginia issued 18 permits to two drillers on three pads in Marshall and Monongalia counties. Ohio issued three new permits to Encino Energy for a single pad in Carroll County.
Learn more: Marcellus Drilling News > Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Sep 13-19
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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.