Dimock Residents to Share $4.1 Million

Cabot Oil & Gas will pay $4.1 million to Susquehanna County residents whose drinking water was contaminated by natural gas from its wells.

The agreement also allows the Houston-based company to start drilling again around Dimock Township, where the contamination occurred. The company expects to start drilling again in the first part of next year.

The Department of Environmental Protection announced the agreement this morning.

Cabot also must continue to work to prevent gas from migrating from its wells, according to DEP Secretary John Hanger.

The 19 Dimock families affected by the contamination will receive amounts equal to twice the value of the homes. Cabot also will provide water treatment systems to the families.

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=15595&typeid=1



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Marcia L. Neil said…
Way to go -- all they had to do is watch Cabot sent into their area, watch them become disoriented from personal demand-and-attack calls, make note of affected performance and gas pollution, let the senders write up a lawsuit and bingo! more carrots in the grocery bin.
December 16, 2010 at 3:21 PM
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