Oily Goo on Pennsylvania Property Sparks Investigation
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
A family in Pennsylvania has been removed from their home after a gas-smelling ooze began coming from their front lawn in Allegheny County, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
The property was built near an abandoned well that has been capped and sealed.
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“DEP is trying to determine whether the substance, which smelled like crude oil, could have come from an abandoned well on the property, said spokeswoman Amanda Witman.
“We have encountered similar situations in the past, where there was an abandoned conventional oil well,” Witman said.
Laux said the house was built about 500 feet above an abandoned coal mine, and there once was a 2- or 3-inch-wide shaft on the property that since was capped and sealed. Though that shaft might have provided ventilation for the mine, it could have been the top of an oil well, he said.”
» Via: Pittsburgh Tribune Review » Fox Chapel ooze baffles state investigators
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