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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
I heard a discussion of this on NPR. The takeaway was it's not the actual fracking but leaking issues with the wells, something that can be fixed.
Pete
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Sure. When you case a well through bed rock, it must be grouted to the rock. Lots of water wells are not cased correctly and can leak.
The thing that I can't figure out is where the methane is coming from & what is producing it. You would expect to find it near the service, not deep in the rock, gravel, or sand aquifer. Maybe there was something growing in an aquifer that has dried up & is now decaying(?) Maybe an illegally drilled well that has some issue? Even if anything like this the cause, the small amount of gas would be vented out very quickly IMO. I'm sure that all the old/dry wells on record were checked to make sure they weren't leaking septic waste or something into a deep & dry aquifer.
I don't buy the "fingerprint" crap either.
Pretty weird.
