Monthly Disaster Report
Texas Explosion
A fatal natural gas explosion in Texas killed two men, making it the second deadly blast involving natural gas in two days. The explosion occurred when a bulldozer struck a natural gas pipeline in a remote area of the Texas panhandle.
It’s Raining Frac
A gas well blowout in Clearfield, Pa. sent natural gas spewing 75 feet into the air. Conservative estimates indicate the blowout released 35,000 gallons of waste water and methane into the surrounding environment. It sprayed for 16 hours and a containment crew from Texas had to be called in to get it under control.
Repeating the Same Mistakes
The same safety device used to prevent blowouts in the rig that caused the recent oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is being used in the “exploratory wells” in Equinunk and elsewhere. The rig in the Gulf was also considered an “exploratory well.”
