UPDATE Company response Statoil USA Onshore Properties, Inc. said in a news release that the fire at the Eisenbarth well pad in Ohio Township in Monroe County is limited to the surface and is not burning in any actual wells. The wells on the site either have been, or are expected to be, hydraulically fractured, or fracked. The company said in the news release that no one was injured, but residents close to the well site have been evacuated. It isn’t clear how many were told to leave their homes or how far the evacuation zone extends. Personnel from several agencies are assisting, but no one from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency or the Ohio Department of Natural Resources was immediately available for comment. The Ohio EPA deals with potential hazards to the state’s water supply and responds in cases of spills or explosions that endanger the environment, according to its web site. The natural resources agency is responsible for oversight of the state’s oil and gas industry. Earlier local officials stated the pad was owned and operated by Halliburton. Haliburton owns the well, but Stotoil is the operator, said Susie McMichael, senior spokesperson for Halliburton, and referred calls to Stotoil, which does not have a U.S. representative to answer media request, according to its web site. The site has eight wells; one is producing, one has been drilled and the rest are either permitted or are being drilled, according to the release. “We are coordinating closely with local first responders,” the company said in its statement.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:10:30 +0000
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