Chesapeake Energy Well Blowout in Wyoming Causes Evacuation, Methane “Roared” for Days
Brendan DeMelle
Desmogblog / News Report
Published: Saturday 28 April 2012
The Wyoming incident occurred following completion of horizontal drilling, a precursor to the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of the well, which would’ve occurred in the coming weeks, according to local press accounts.
A potentially dangerous oil well blowout at a Chesapeake Energy site in Wyoming caused at least 60 and perhaps 70 residents to evacuate within 5 miles of the disaster for several days until it was contained earlier today. Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) was drilling the well in the Niobrara Shale region underlying parts of Wyoming, Colorada, and Nebraska. ”Potentially explosive methane gas roared from the ground at the site five miles northeast of the town of Douglas,” the AP reported.Residents reported hearing the roar of escaping gas six miles away. Continue reading
