Posted on 09/15/2014 2:52:33 PM PDT by grundle
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study says that the drilling procedure called fracking didn’t cause much-publicized cases of tainted water, blaming contamination on leaky natural gas wells instead.
The study finds that eight hydraulically fractured wells in Pennsylvania and Texas leaked gas because the piping and cement seals in the wells themselves weren’t working properly.
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You should put this on some list.
This has been known for years - but anti-fracking people just ignore it.
Fracking takes place thousands of feet below ground. Groundwater is taken 80+ feet below ground. They are 2 completely different geologic spaces. Its like worrying if cars will interfere with airplanes.
Well Duh...
Axenolith - CA registered professional geologist.
Boom!!
Well looky here, “thackney!” Somebody else found it and did it right!! Wish I’da done that!!!
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