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Horizontal drilling continues ateady pace in West a st Virginia, where
operators are concentrating on a wet gas zone in the Marcellus For-
mation.
lthough A t he s tate’s stfir hizoorntal well was illed dr in 2008 and t Wes
Vgniai’ris gas and oil industr ydates back to around 1860, when o liwas
discovered in Wirt County, much of the focus of the Appalachian basin
has been on the excitement surrounding the promise of the Utica Shale
in Ohio and the prolific gas fields in Pennsylvania.
Natural gas production in the Marcellus con-
tinues to surge, with 12.9 billion cubic foot a
n Scee of an J uary 21st truck accident near Sist er il v sle Count ry Club day pumped out in December, a 3.3 percent
increase from the 12.5 Bcf/d in November,
er Rt 2 Ch emical Spill昀琀nues a琀ng Con e s T according to the US Environmental Infor-
mat on i dminis A tat r ion’s Drilling roductP vi ti y
B Daniel Ty son y Reports released earlier in January.
Bill Dawson, public information officer
The trucking company responsible for Included in that tally are wells producing in
las t week’s chemical s pill that c los ed for Sistersville Volunteer Fire Depart-
approximately a quarter mile of Rt 2 is ment, at the scene. West Virginia, often considered the southern
awaiting soil test results to determine Marcellus. The counties of Doddridge, Harri-
State officials did confirm dead min-
if any long-term environmental impact
nows floating in Cow House Run below son, Wetzel, Marshall, and Tyler have con-
occurred when a tractor trailer over-
the accident site. However, said
turned. sistently averaged between 24 and 32 rigs
Aluise, the waterway flows into the
since late 2009, according to state industry groups.
Last week all affected soil was re-
Ohio River where the chemical would
moved from the accident scene and
dissolve. The figure hasn’t flagged in ecent r months either, with Baker H ugh es
placed in two roll away containers for reporting that the state has averaged 37 rigs at the end of 2013. That is
Bonkowski said Sodium Hydroxide
offsite testing, said Janet Bonkowski,
solidifies between 50-55 degrees
public relations manager for Schnei- ahead of the 34 rigs in Ohio but way behind the 54 in Pennsylvania.
der National, Inc. Fahrenheit. On January 21, the tem-
perature hovered in the teens. What sets West Virginia apart, sources said, is its geography. Both Utica
he kT“ teyo our successful nigcarle of and Marcellus formations overlap and encompass a broad area that
“Weather Conditions, c ombined with
the impacted site is to ensure that runs almost entirely under the whole state.
tested soil comes back with a neutral
the damming efforts of the contrac-
pH level and will be compared to unaf- ’tors and t he authortiise at he t time of Cont
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immediat e area,” s he s aid. the incident all reduced t he s pread,”
she said.
Test results will return in a few weeks,
she said. Emergency personnel had streets
closed between routes 2 and 18.
The accident occurred around 3pm
Jan 21 when the driver, whose identity Sistersville Police Department Patrol-
wasn’t eleased, r lost control of t he 1 8 - man Rob Haught said the road
opened after midnight. Local traffic
wheeler, hit the guardrail, overturned
was diverted around the area by tak-
breaking the end cap off the tank trail-
ing Virginia Terrace. Dawson said
er releasing approximately 17,000
Paden City officials were advising driv-
gallons of sodium hydroxide, which is
ers to find alternatroutes if travelinge
used to balance the pH levels in water
though Sistersville.
said Thomas Aluise, spokesman for bruare y 8th 2MF P
the West Virginia Department of Envi-Crews from Sistersville Volunteer Fire a e T fternoon A A Special Valentine’s theme. Menu inside
ronmental Protection. Department and Paden City Volunteer
Fire Department and the hazardous
DEP officials used granular critic acid bruar e y 13th F
to neutralize the spill, response teams from Axiall and Mo-
Lincoln mbraha A with i nnerD
mentive responded to the accident ,
N“obody’s in harm’s way. C rews are Dawson and Haught said.
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responding by damming the Cow s Day ’inealentV
House Run to contain sp eadr ng,” said i