The concerns of hundreds of people in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area are coming true. In Parker County, a gentlemen called the Environmental Protection Agency because he started to notice gas was being leaked into his well contaminating his drinking water. Not too far from his home is a Barnett Shale drilling station done by Range Production Company. Of course there are investigations to see if the gas in his well is in fact from the drilling nearby because natural gas has supposedly been found in wells around his before. Since Texas was once filled with natural gas pockets, it's supposedly not uncommon to find gas in wells. Some say it's gas that's naturally in that area, while some say it's caused by a leak from the drilling nearby. This makes Barnett Shale look pretty bad since they have been saying for years that the drillings would be safe. The worst part of this article says that EPA mentions that they have problems like this nationwide.
This article hit so close to home since they are planning on putting a Barnett Shale drilling station near my house. I know our drinking water will not be affected but I would assume that, if gas is leaking into water sources, that there is going to be environmental damage. Barnett Shale should understand that their obligation is to those around their drilling stations and to prove that they will investigate and get the matter under hand. Otherwise, this is the kind of thing that can shut a company down.
Read the article. It hits too close to home for a lot of people in the north Texas area.
http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/headlines/20110122-gas-in-parker-county-home’s-drinking-water-puts-drilling-epa-in-national-spotlight.ece
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