Marcellus Shale Gas Well Rupture Forces Evacuation
Pa. Officials Say Water, Gas Leaking From Clearfield Co. Well
CLEARFIELD, Pa. — Natural gas and drilling fluids are spewing from an out-of-control well in Clearfield County.
Emergency officials said a mile-wide area has been evacuated after an operation drilling into the Marcellus Shale ruptured on Friday.
The FAA has issued a flight restriction in the immediate area.
According to a news release from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, a well which was in the frack process ruptured in Clearfield, spilling frack water and unignited wet gas.
Frack water is water mixed with other substances used during drilling.
According to PEMA, the well is six miles from State Route 153 in the area of I-80 exit 111. Read more
