Not exact matches
Though the
fluids were natural and not the byproduct of drilling or hydraulic fracturing, the
finding further stokes the red - hot controversy over
fracking in the Marcellus Shale, suggesting that drilling waste and chemicals could migrate in ways previously thought to be impossible.
Some of the
findings in the report also directly contradict longstanding arguments by the drilling industry for why the
fracking process is safe: that hydrologic pressure would naturally force
fluids down, not up; that deep geologic layers provide a watertight barrier preventing the movement of chemicals towards the surface; and that the problems with the cement and steel barriers around gas wells aren't connected to
fracking.
Then, in 2011, a congressional investigation
found that in fact between 2005 and 2009, 12 companies had injected 32 million gallons of diesel fuel or
fracking fluids containing diesel fuel in wells in 19 states.
But they also
found that produced water contained potentially toxic chlorocarbons and organobromides, probably formed from interactions between high levels of bacteria in the water and salts or chemical treatments used in
fracking fluids.
The study
found no evidence of contamination from chemical - laden
fracking fluids, which are injected into gas wells to help break up shale deposits, or from «produced water,» wastewater that is extracted back out of the wells after the shale has been fractured....
The Duke study
found no evidence of contamination from chemicals in the
fracking fluids that are injected into gas wells to help break up shale deposits, or from produced water.