Transportation safety is a priority for shale industry drivers
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Trucks used to transport equipment, water, sand, drill cuttings and other materials to and from drilling sites over traverse many rural roads. In Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that companies like Magna Service Agency exist to promote road and traffic safety.
Magna Service Agency works with drilling companies by helping to maneuver vehicles. The men wear reflective orange vests and wave orange flags while directing tractor-trailers and heavy machinery.
The leading cause of death in oil and gas industry accidents is vehicle crashes, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Via: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review > Experts guide vehicles over Pennsylvania’s rural roads to gas wells
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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.