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mbperrin

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4. I worked in the wellhead industry as a manager for 10 years, and this is definitely a

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2013, 07:56 PM

Aug 2013

Susie Sunshine CYA piece.

How about some shale gas FIRES?

Explosion Rocks Natural Gas Drilling Well in Marcellus Shale, Workers Seriously Injured
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-07-10/explosion-rocks-natural-gas-drilling-well-in-marcellus-shale-workers-seriously-injured

Explosion at West Virginia natural gas well site injures at least five
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/08/us-antero-fire-idUSBRE9670Q420130708

Explosion, Fire At Marcellus Shale Gas Well Site Under Investigation
3 Workers Injured In Fire At Chesapeake Energy Site
Read more: http://www.wtae.com/Explosion-Fire-At-Marcellus-Shale-Gas-Well-Site-Under-Investigation/-/9681798/7714474/-/aprc0b/-/index.html#ixzz2b8rvJh7c

3 injured in gas well fire during Marcellus shale drilling
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20120817/NEWS01/308170021/3-injured-gas-well-fire-during-Marcellus-shale-drilling

plus another 1,620,000 hits from search "shale gas well fire"

Proven technology? NOPE. Old name put on new process.

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Gas leaks from shale wells rare [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2013 OP

If they are so rare, the industry should not be exempt from the clean water act. Right? Vincardog Aug 2013 #1

You would think so. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #5

EXPLOSIVE gas leaks might be rare NickB79 Aug 2013 #2

One is too many. nt femmocrat Aug 2013 #3

I worked in the wellhead industry as a manager for 10 years, and this is definitely a mbperrin Aug 2013 #4

++++ Champion Jack Aug 2013 #7

All wells leak something. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #6

And with the new fracking technology which is orders of magnitude more powerful than what they used mbperrin Aug 2013 #8

Definitely. This isn't "old fashioned" drilling. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #9

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