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Permalink Reply by Utica Shale on April 27, 2012 at 2:02am

David,

 It is amazing that the gas did not start on fire.

 I agree, wells are dangerous and accidents do happen.

 I wonder if there is some kind of alarm/horn that the nearby landowners need to be informed of ? 

 

 

Permalink Reply by David L Humphrey on April 27, 2012 at 5:36pm

http://www.propublica.org/article/response-to-pa-gas-well-accident-...

This is another link to a Chesapeake well accident that happened over in Leroy Township in Pennsylvania just about a year ago.  Even though Chesapeake says they were on it right away, it took quite awhile for a team to arrive from Texas, and even longer to fix and contain the accident.

When you "Google" - Chesapeake well accident (or similar searches), you see a lot of what has happened around the country.  Chesapeake says that drilling will, of course, have these problems from time to time.  We should be aware if - and it would be MY luck - the well next to our Columbiana County property is the one that makes the news for some kind of accident.

Permalink Reply by Chip Roush on April 28, 2012 at 1:40pm

Yes. Ronda reeda with the oogeep is who you need to talk to.

I am the fire chief of Ergon WV refinery in Newell, WV. We are a partner in the oogeep. We sponsor several classes every year for no fee to the local fire responders. My refinery has hundreds if not thousands of wells in the tri state area. But none of them are horizontal. They are the old vertical oil wells. We put these classes on and purchase equipment for the local fire fire department... Many who are volunteer.

Since this whole horizontal well thing is new to our county... I am sure there are may classes that will be coming up in the near future.

I used to be on a couple of the local volunteer fire departments. And I can tell you that many of them are unprepared for this type of situation. These classes and the donation of vital equipment will put them where they need to be.

Permalink Reply by Utica Shale on May 1, 2012 at 1:35am

Boot & Coots used the Top-Kill method to bring the well under control ...

 

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-chesapeake-blowout-idUK...