Groundwater contaminated with shale gas found in Quebec

Groundwater contaminated with shale gas found in Quebec Unofficial translation of article by Charles Côté December 24, 2011 in La Presse
Leaks, a common problem… Mr Muehlenbachs said he believes that the leak problems will continue to plague the shale gas industry. … “There is an obvious correlation with age.” he says. “The leaks increase as the wells get older.” And he thinks that shale gas wells will be worse, because of the extreme pressures they have to go through during the hydraulic fracturing stages….  “If you add fracking at high pressures, it is disastrous.” he says. “Steel tubing is flexible. Cement around it is hard. So it cracks.”

This entry was posted in Global Frac News. Bookmark the permalink.