DEP Investigating Source of Methane Gas
DEP is continuing to investigate the source of methane gas found in the North Branch Susquehanna River and six private water wells in Bradford County last week.
DEP Secretary John Hanger says the gas probably migrated through the ground as a result of Marcellus Shale drilling in the area, but is most likely not from the Marcellus Shale.
Chesapeake Energy tested 26 residential wells within a half-mile radius of the river and found six of them had elevated methane levels. Methane was also detected in a crawl space of a seasonal home.
A team of DEP inspectors went to the river, where bubbling had been reported, and collected sample to analyze that will be used to identify the source. Analysis of the lab results is expected to be finished within two weeks.
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=14034&typeid=1
DEP Secretary John Hanger says the gas probably migrated through the ground as a result of Marcellus Shale drilling in the area, but is most likely not from the Marcellus Shale.
Chesapeake Energy tested 26 residential wells within a half-mile radius of the river and found six of them had elevated methane levels. Methane was also detected in a crawl space of a seasonal home.
A team of DEP inspectors went to the river, where bubbling had been reported, and collected sample to analyze that will be used to identify the source. Analysis of the lab results is expected to be finished within two weeks.
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=14034&typeid=1
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