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Federal EPA Demands Answers from Chesapeake Energy on Well Blowout in Bradford County Last Week

April 28, 2011

Chesapeake Energy has successfully replaced a wellhead that was defective and had caused a blowout with fracking fluid escaping from a well in Leroy Township near Canton in Bradford County, PA last week. Over a two day period, fracking fluid ran over neighboring land and some of it into a … Continue reading

Filed Under: Federal / EPA, Pennsylvania Tagged With: Bradford County, Chesapeake Energy, Chesapeake Energy officials, Federal EPA, fracking fluid, fracturing fluids, PA State Department of Environmental Protection, well blowout, wellhead

Chesapeake Well in Bradford County, PA has Blowout; Chesapeake Temporarily Stops All Drilling Until Cause is Known

April 20, 2011

Chesapeake Energy experienced a blowout at a well being drilled near Canton in Bradford County, PA on Tuesday at 11:45 pm. A blowout occurs when the pressure systems fail and results (in this case) in drilling fracking fluids escaping in an uncontrolled manner. For a time the fluids from the … Continue reading

Filed Under: Federal / EPA, Industry Documents, Pennsylvania Tagged With: Blowout, Chesapeake Well, Chesapeake Well in Bradford County, containment system, Discharge of fluids, fracking fluids, wellhead

Drilling fluid gushes from natural gas well in Bradford County

April 20, 2011

Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press

ALLENTOWN — A blowout at a natural gas well in rural northern Pennsylvania spilled thousands of gallons of chemical-laced water today, contaminating a stream and forcing the evacuation of seven families who live nearby as crews struggled to stop the gusher.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. lost control … Continue reading