We have every right to be concerned about urban and rural drilling. Listed below are a few of the environmental incidents for which Chesapeake is responsible.
January 2007
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/january2007.html
2007 7 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 1/17/2007 Producer LIPSCOMB 00000 180857 0000 Gas Well Liquid 37 20 17 Tank Battery Corrosion – Rust Repaired Existing Equipment 0 None SECTION 784 BLK 43 H&TC SURVEY HOLE FORMED IN BOTTOM OF THE TANK. SCHULTZ WASHITA (CHESTER)
February 2007
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/feb07.html
2007 37 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 2/15/2007 Producer WHEELER 00000 214605 0000 Gas Well Liquid 22 8 14 Tank Battery Human Error – Other Other 0 None SECTION 5 BLOCK A3 H&GN SURVEY OIL HAULER OVERFILLED TRUCK STILES RANCH 5 STILES RANCH (ATOKA)
2007 36 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 2/14/2007 Producer WHEELER 00000 206956 0000 Gas Well Liquid 78 65 13 Tank Battery Act of God Other 0 None SECTION 69 BLOCK A7 H&GN SURVEY VALVE ON WATER TANK FROZE. ATHERTON 69 STILES RANCH (GRANITE WASH)
March 2007
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/march07.html
2007 65 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 3/16/2007 Producer WHEELER 00000 204976 0000 Gas Well Liquid 90 13 77 Tank Battery Equipment Failure Other 0 None SECTION 21 BLK A3 H&GN SURVEY VALVE ON DRAW OFF LINE WAS CRACKED. BRYANT STILES RANCH (GRANITE WASH)
2007 66 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 3/3/2007 Producer WHEELER 00000 630524 0000 Gas Well Liquid 10 0 10 Other Company Human Error Other 0 None SECTION 22 BLK A3 H&GN SURVEY VALVE ON FRAC TANK WAS LEFT OPEN. BRYANT NO FIELD NAME
April 2007
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/april07.html
2007 177 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 4/17/2007 Producer WHEELER 00000 225231 0000 Gas Well Liquid 70 6 64 Tank Battery Human Error – Other Other 0 None SEC 32 BLK RE R&E SVY WATER HAULERS FAILED TO HAUL 2 LOADS. ELMORE 32 ALLISON-BRITT (12350)
May 2007
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/may07.html
2007 223 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 5/23/2007 Producer ROBERTS 00000 621636 0000 Gas Well Liquid 86 70 16 Tank Battery Equipment Failure Other 0 None SEC 5 BBB&C LOADLINE FAILURE DUE TO CATTLE. CLARKSON NO FIELD NAME
2007 263 08 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 5/22/2007 Producer MARTIN 37676 000000 0000 Crude 100 45 55 Valve Other Other 0 None 32 DEG 19′ 31.75″N 102 DEG 10′ 37.53″W COW STEPPED ON VALVE, BROUGHT TO SURFACE FOR BIO-REMEDIATION MABEE ‘B’ SPRABERRY (TREND AREA)
2007 176 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 5/6/2007 Producer WHEELER 00000 206956 0000 Gas Well Liquid 40 0 40 Tank Battery Act of God Other 0 None SEC 69 BLK A7 H&GN LIGHTNING. ATHERTON 69 STILES RANCH (GRANITE WASH)
June 2007
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/june07.html
2007 368 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 6/27/2007 Producer ROBERTS 06914 000000 0000 Gas Well Liquid 165 0 165 Tank Battery Equipment Failure Repaired Existing Equipment 0 None SECTION 7, BLK B, H & GN SVY LIVESTOCK RUBBED TANK VALVE OPEN, REMEDIATION ONGOING ALPHA
July 2007
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/july07.html
2007 369 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 7/17/2007 Producer WHEELER 00000 228804 0000 Gas Well Liquid 5 0 5 Valve Equipment Failure Repaired Existing Equipment 0 None SECTION 1, BLK C & M, C & M RR SVY, A-412 STARTED FLOWING BEFORE BOP TIGHTENED, CHANGED BOP, CLEAN UP ONGOIN REED 1 B & B (ATOKA GRANITE WASH)
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/july07.html
07 371 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 7/16/2007 Producer HEMPHILL 00000 200313 0000 Gas Well Liquid 45 23 22 Tank Battery Equipment Failure Repaired Existing Equipment 0 None SECTION 15, BLK. 1. I & GN SVY OIL TANK OVERFLOWED FLUID PICKED UP,REMEDIATED SOIL WITH TESTING ABRAHAM MENDOTA, NW. (GRANITE WASH)
07 372 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 7/12/2007 Producer HEMPHILL 00000 199318 0000 Gas Well Liquid 1 0 1 Tank Battery Equipment Failure Repaired Existing Equipment 0 None SECTION 15, BLK. 1, I & GN SVY TANK OVERFLOWED, NO REMEDIATION NECESSARY ABRAHAM MENDOTA, NW. (GRANITE WASH)
Sept 2007
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/september07.html
2007 518 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 9/13/2007 Producer WHEELER 00000 199264 0000 Gas Well Liquid 13 10 3 Tank Battery Corrosion – Rust Repaired Existing Equipment 0 None SECTION 69, BLK A7, H & GN SVY LINE PLUGGED, TANK RAN OVER, REMEDIATE SOIL ATHERTON 69 STILES RANCH (GRANITE WASH)
October 2007
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/october07.html
2007 470 02 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 10/1/2007 Producer LAVACA 00000 154087 0000 Products 100 100 0 Vehicle (Truck-Barge, Etc) Human Error – Other Other 0 None 5.1 MILES SE OF SHERIDAN,TX. ON HWY. 2437 VACUUM TRUCK WAS HAULING MUD AND ROLLED OFF HWY,SOIL HAULED OFF DICKSON FOUNDATION HOUND DOG (MID. WILCOX 12000)
November 2007
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/h82007/november07.html
2007 523 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 11/4/2007 Producer WHEELER 00000 214594 0000 Gas Well Liquid 20 0 20 Tank Battery Human Error – Other Other 0 None SECTION 46, BLK A7, H & GN SURVEY WATER HAULERS FAILED TO PICK UP WATER,TANK OVERFLOWED, ABERNETHY UNIT MILLS RANCH (DES MOINES)
2007 524 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 11/1/2007 Producer WHEELER 00000 225232 0000 Gas Well Liquid 0 0 0 Other Human Error – Other Other 0 None SECTION 66, BLK. A7, H & GN SVY TANK DRIVER DUMPED WATER ON PIT,SPILL WAS LEASE WATER ONLY LEDBETTER 66 STILES RANCH (GRANITE WASH)
Jan. 2008
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/2008/january2008.html
2008 26 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 01/24/08 Producer WHEELER 00000 208742 0000 Gas Well Liquid 26 20 6 Tank Battery Human Error – Other Other 0 None SECTION 21, BLK. RE, R & E SURVEY LOAD LINES FROZE,DRIVER WENT OVER TOP OF TANKS,REMEDIATING AREA ELMORE 21 ALLISON-BRITT (12350)
February 2008
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/h8s/2008/february2008.html
2008 7 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 02/26/08 Producer LIPSCOMB 00000 231686 0000 Gas Well Liquid 20 10 10 Other Equipment Failure Repaired Existing Equipment 0 None SECTION 104, BLK 10, H & TB SVY EQUALIZING LINE BETWEEN TANKS PLUGGED,OVERFLOWED,LINE CLEARED KEMP KIOWA CREEK (CLEVELAND)
2008 8 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 02/07/08 Producer LIPSCOMB 00000 231686 0000 Gas Well Liquid 16 5 11 Other Equipment Failure Other 0 None SECTION 104, BLK 10, H & TB SVY FLOWBACK CAUSED MIST OF OIL,CLEANED STANDING FLUID KEMP KIOWA CREEK (CLEVELAND)
2007 378 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 8/10/2007 Producer HEMPHILL 00000 642621 0000 Combined 0 0 0 Tank Battery Equipment Failure Repaired Existing Equipment 0 None SECTION 16, BLK A1, H& GN SURVEY FLOW BACK WATER OVERFLOWED,WILL REMOVE FRAC TANK,REMEDIATE AREA ABRAHAM NO FIELD NAME
2007 377 10 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 8/7/2007 Producer HEMPHILL 00000 200313 0000 Gas Well Liquid 61 34 27 Tank Battery Equipment Failure Repaired Existing Equipment 0 None SECTION 15, BLK 1, I & GN SVY LINE TO TANK WAS SHUT, TANK OVERFLOWED,REMEDIATED SOIL WITH TESTS ABRAHAM MENDOTA, NW. (GRANITE WASH)
2007 425 06 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. 8/6/2007 Producer NACOGDOCHES 00000 102202 0000 Crude 20 18 2 Other Equipment Failure Repaired Existing Equipment 0 Other POND MARIA D. CASTRO SVY, A-133 FRAC TANK OVERFLOWED, TRUCK SKIMMED MATERIAL FROM POND &SOIL FOSHEE, A.M. NACONICHE CREEK (ROD.-TP CONS.)
Blowouts and Well Control Problems
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og/blowouts-mm/allblowouts06-10.html
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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.
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Thanks for this list.
Industry and their handmaidens, the TX RRC and the US DOT PHMSA, think that they can turn these events to their advantage by reporting them and focusing on the individual minutiae of each one.
The minutiae give them a way to talk about their concern and their program to mitigate the number of such incidents. There’s always some handy excuse for the accident and an opportunity to change the subject to an examination of procedures and processes and improvements thereto that are said to make everything safer.
But an honest evaluation of the accident database reveals that with modern technology, maintenance, inspection, and regulation the rate of occurrence in the Barnett Shale is much higher than the national historical rate before the present gas boom.
The data also reveal that the more of this infrastructure you have, the more frequently accidents happen. Also, the higher the population density in the field the higher the accident rate. Isn’t this a confirmation of common sense?
I didn’t even come close to listing all the “incidents.” There are just too many and the effort wore me out!