This is yet another one of those “rare” fracking accidents. There were others today but I can’t keep up. The well is located about 1/2 mile off of South U.S. Highway 287 on SECR 3100.
UPDATE: WFAA video.
NOTE: “There was no fire and no natural gas is leaking above ground from the well, he said.”
All hell has broken loose underground. I said.
UPDATE: Crews remain on site at well casing collapse
By Bob Belcher
Corsicana Daily SunCorsicana — Repair crews and first responders are still on the scene of a casing collapse in a fracking well on SECR 3100 south of Corsicana.
The casing collapse was reported to local authorities about 6 a.m. Thursday. Fracking fluid is reported to be leaking at a rate of 3 to 4 gallons per minute from the well. A crew from Houston has been dispatched to attempt to cap the well, operated by Obrien Energy.
Eric Meyers, Navarro County emergency management coordinator, said several fire departments are on scene to provide assistance to crews working the incident. He said they are assessing an area around the well site in the event any evacuation is ordered.
Representatives from the Texas Railroad Commission are on the scene, as is Navarro County Pct. 2 Commissioner Dick Martin.
The well is located about a half-mile off South U.S. Highway 287 on SECR 3100.
More photos from the scene are available on the Daily Sun’s Facebook page.
Photo courtesy Navarro County OEM A look at the collapsed fracking well on SECR 3100, reported to be leaking about 3 to 4 gallons of fluid per minute. An emergency response crew from Houston is en route to try to cap the well – See more at: http://corsicanadailysun.com/local/x541281999/Well-collapse-on-SECR-3100-draws-emergency-responders#sthash.cAEhNvj5.dpuf
Today Halliburton admitted destroying evidence in the BP spill that killed the Gulf of Mexico, the DOJ announced they are under investigation for price fixing and they had a well collapse in Corsicana. No tell what else happened.
UPDATE: Too bad this is not baseball.
This is just want I know about from yesterday; I’m sure there’s more:
- Halliburton admitted destroying evidence in the BP spill.
- The DOJ announced Halliburton is under investigation for antitrust.
- The casing collapsed on this frack job.
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KRLD reported on this Corsicana accident saying that no contamination occurred because it happened underground…I swear he said that!
I remember playing peek-a-boo with my babies. They would sometimes cry. They thought I might be gone because they couldn’t see me. By the time they are 6 or 9 months old they learned that just because you can’t see something it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
They were above average tho’.
Just another example of melting an ice berg. Great, like we need more of that today.
Kim is right. I heard the same report today after lunch. No contamination because everything happened underground. I thought Where domtheynget these people? And do they really thinks this? And will the public believe this?
Wow. The article reports, “All hell has broken loose underground.”
From the satellite view on Google maps, it appears that this site is VERY close to Richland Chambers Reservoir, one of the reservoirs which supplies the drinking water to nearly a half-million Arlington, TX residents. Wonder if the City will issue an alert???
Guess we shouldn’t worry ~ the Railroad Commission’s been out there to look into it.
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The “all hell…” comment was mine. That’s why it’s not in quotes. I sure wish someone would say that.
I’m going to write the reporter an email.
It’s a given that “all hell is breaking loose” whenever there is a casing failure. Always.
Keep us posted Sharon.
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I hope they are testing all the water sources within several miles and continue to test for a long time.
Yes ~ several miles and over a period of years. How stupid an idea to think they can drill near any water source? All the waterways of the world are interconnected and those drilling fluids CAN Migrate to the surface too.
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This is why baseline testing PRIOR to any drilling is critical.While testing can be expensive, if not out of reach for homeowners, it’s a very small price for Industry.
The problem now is that any testing done in reaction to this fracident is that we’ll soon hear the story about how all that methane was ‘already present’, long before the drilling.
Which is not to say that testing shouldn’t be done, at least people will know if the water is contaminated.
What’s it going to take before people realize how dangerous fracking really is? Do we have to have all the people in a city get cancer, or do we have to destroy a reservoir?
Might be the wrong question, George. Maybe we need to ask what it’s going to take for our government to listen to the people.
You do realize that the casing failures you hear about are either repaired or plugged and aren’t the wells you need to be chasing, right?
If they find the surface casing spit, they will be required to plug and abandon the well. If the split occurred in the intermediate or production casing, they will be allowed to repair it and run an additional string of pipe inside the existing strings for the next frac job.
Baseline testing is good for a surface/water owner to walk into the company’s office with. Just make sure it’s done properly. There’s only one baseline.
I don’t see this as ‘rare’ at all. More like ‘well’ done.