Hydrofracturing

EOG Blowout Aftermath: Pennsylvania Shuts Down Contractor

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has ordered C.C. Forbes, a contractor that had provided post-hydrofracturing services at an EOG Resources well in Clearfield County, PA, to suspend all post-hydraulic fracturing activities on Marcellus Shale wells in the state as DEP continues its investigation of a June 3 blowout at the EOG well.

June 11, 2010