Antero has had safety problems in the past. Last August a spark at an Antero-owned well in Harrison County ignited methane gas several hundred feet underground, causing a fireball and a fire that burned for about an hour. Three workers were injured in that fire. The DEP cited Antero for failure to maintain well control for that incident. The DEP has cited Antero for 17 violations of state law in the past three years. Those have been primarily environmental violations — for things like failing to prevent waste runoff, failure to report discharges and contaminating waterways. One violation, from Jan. 4, 2013, warned, “Imminent danger water supplies threatened by allowing pollutants to escape and flow into the waters of the state.” In June 2012, Antero was drilling using water in Harrison County when they accidentally repressurized some old water wells, causing several geysers, one about 10 feet high, that flooded one nearby home and several garages. frackingwestvirginia.blogspot/2013/08/drilling-injury-lawsuit-settled-for-12.html
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 03:59:07 +0000