After deliberating for two days, a federal jury has awarded two families in rural Dimock Township, PA, more than $4 million, finding that Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.’s operations there were responsible for contaminating their water wells.
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WPX: Pennsylvania Water Wells Not Contaminated by Drilling
WPX Energy Inc. said last week it determined through isotopic testing that four contaminated drinking water wells in Susquehanna County, PA, were fouled by naturally occurring methane and not by Marcellus Shale drilling.
May 14, 2012
WPX Energy: Pennsylvania Water Wells Not Fouled by Drilling
WPX Energy Inc. said it has determined through isotopic testing that four contaminated drinking water wells in Susquehanna County, PA, were fouled by naturally occurring methane and not by Marcellus Shale drilling.
May 11, 2012
Texas Judge: Flaming Water a Hoax, Conspiracy Against Range
A Texas couple that has sued Range Resources Corp. for allegedly contaminating its drinking water with hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on Thursday lost a bid for dismissal of the company’s countersuit, which alleges that the couple participated in a conspiracy to defame Range.
February 21, 2012
EPA Investigating Shale Development In Pennsylvania
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been conducting inspections of natural gas development in Washington County, PA, to make sure it complies with federal environmental laws.
February 16, 2012
Smaller Delaware River Basin Marcellus Projects Under Microscope
A recent settlement of a case involving one of the first shale gas wells in the Delaware River Basin will change the way future Marcellus Shale wells are permitted in that region.
February 15, 2012
EPA Asked to Suspend Comment Period on WY Water Quality Report
Encana Oil & Gas (USA), owner of a natural gas field in Pavillion, WY, that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claims is contaminated by chemicals used in production practices (including hydraulic fracturing, or fracking), has called on the agency to suspend the public comment period on a draft report issued in December.
January 11, 2012
Study: Pennsylvania Wells Contaminated Before Drilling
A new study of private water wells in rural Pennsylvania found 20% to be contaminated with methane before Marcellus operations began nearby, but also found increased bromide levels that could be the result of natural gas drilling.
October 28, 2011
Probe Finds No Elevated Methane; Cabot Resumes Drilling
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has given Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. permission to resume drilling at a Marcellus Shale natural gas well pad in Susquehanna County after an investigation found no elevated levels of methane in private drinking water wells.
September 6, 2011
Antero, Service Companies Sued for Alleged Water Contamination
A Colorado family alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday that natural gas driller Antero Resources Corp. and two oilfield service subcontractors contaminated their drinking water supply and air, which forced the couple and their two children to abandon their home.
March 28, 2011
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