FROM Society of Petroleum Engineers! THEY ADMIT IT!!! "Oil and gas wells can develop gas leaks along the casing years after production has ceased and the well has been plugged and abandoned. There are literally tens of thousands of abandoned, inactive, or active oil and gas wells, including gas storage wells, that currently leak gas to surface. Much of this enters the atmosphere directly, contributing slightly to greenhouse effects. Some of the gas enters shallow aquifers, where traces of sulfurous compounds can render the water non-potable, or where the methane itself can generate unpleasant effects such as gas locking of household wells, or gas entering household systems to come out when taps are turned on." onepetro.org/mslib/servlet/onepetropreview...
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 09:09:32 +0000
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