tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470105285304935024.post7728774540129972577..comments2023-10-02T03:40:30.825-04:00Comments on Gas Wells Are Not Our Friends: Endless Mountains Visitors Guide: New Attraction in PA- Visit a Well PadPeacegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10098424765852560323noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470105285304935024.post-51590137338614547322010-08-05T09:50:19.801-04:002010-08-05T09:50:19.801-04:00Latest news, Bradford County:
Pennsylvania DEP fi...Latest news, Bradford County:<br /><br />Pennsylvania DEP fines Talisman for drilling fluid spill<br /><br /><br />August 4, 2010 <br />Source: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection<br /><br />The Department of Environmental Protection has fined Talisman Energy USA Inc., of Horseheads, N.Y., $15,506 for a spill of used natural gas drilling fluids last November at its Klein gas well pad in Armenia Township, Bradford County that polluted a small, unnamed waterway. <br /><br />The spill involved hydraulic fracturing flowback fluid, which is the substance that returns to the surface after a company injects the pressurized fluid underground to fracture, or “frack,” a geologic formation and extract natural gas. <br /><br />“DEP’s investigation in late November 2009 determined that Talisman spilled between 4,200 to 6,300 gallons of fracking flowback fluids when a pump failed and sand collected in a valve,” said DEP North-Central Oil and Gas Program Manager Jennifer Means. <br /><br />The fluids flowed off the well pad and toward a wetland, and a small amount ultimately discharged to an unnamed tributary to Webier Creek, which drains into the upper reaches of the Tioga River, a cold water fishery. <br />Talisman successfully completed DEP’s Act 2 process for spill cleanup activities. <br />The fine will be deposited into the fund that supports DEP’s oil and gas permitting and enforcement programs.CitynCountrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470105285304935024.post-19821966428529743082010-07-08T11:11:56.868-04:002010-07-08T11:11:56.868-04:00Or they could rename the region 'The Endless D...Or they could rename the region 'The Endless Drillpads' . . . (just take a look at the area around Dimock; it's well on its way to such a description). Maybe the tourists would enjoy breaking an axle driving the country roads destroyed by the water trucks.<br /><br />It boggles the mind that there would be a thought in the minds of the brochure promoters that folks would come to a place called 'The Endless Mountains' to see gas drilling. Talk about a whitewash job . . . It seems a truism that things must get worse before they get better. Some more well blow-ups and water poisonings later - which are bound to happen (along with demonstrations at well pad sites and anti-drilling signs on peoples lawns) might not look so attractive to tourists or tourism promoters.CitynCountrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470105285304935024.post-8232461209941427122010-04-24T12:20:02.324-04:002010-04-24T12:20:02.324-04:00Yes, that sounds great for the whole family!!!Yes, that sounds great for the whole family!!!Peacegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10098424765852560323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470105285304935024.post-75345175963287010802010-04-22T18:05:26.487-04:002010-04-22T18:05:26.487-04:00You could call it "The TOXIC tour"You could call it "The TOXIC tour"Davidnoreply@blogger.com