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March 25, 2012
Are injection wells an issue in NY as well?
Sorta under the radar here as well –
from DEC site – Brine Disposal Well Summary –
first 3 are the active disposal wells, others for storage
– click on link, then click on searchable database and hit view map for location-
I am in process today of drafting inquiry letter for reports mandated by EPA – got very vague answers last year from Linda Collart on Quill disposal well 1800′ deep 3/4 mile from Cayuga Lake –
“No “drilling waste” taken, migration impossible, pressure is very low, biggest problem is truck traffic.”
Yet there are two large tanks labeled PRODUCED WATER/BRINE near that well – wouldn’t that be drilling waste?
I think one of the biggest problems is the fuzzy words thrown around by agencies – vague by design – won’t find a lot of these in glossaries of EPA nor DEC –
Brine
Formation water – naturally occurring but ‘brine’ used interchangably –
Salt Water (TX RR commission – really. http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/about/faqs/saltwaterwells.php
Waste Water
Frack Waste
Drilling Waste
Flowback Fluid
NG liquids
Produced Water – GAO report from Jan. 2012 – http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/587522.pdf
synonyms all? keep coming back to that conclusion –
Quill disposal well town of Cayuga –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCqucHS11hQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Three inj. disp. wells in NY.)
Three inj. disp. wells in NY.)
Just what and how much is going down there?
Will more Queenston wells be flipped for disposal? There are scores dotting Cayuga County. Is there a public notification process for this?
Agencies make a big deal of inspections for casing standards and integrity of disposal wells – just how do construction standards of these wells really matter? the concrete and steel WILL eventually fail. And when the fluids are being injected into a porous layer? nothing is containing them but the geology…(faults? fractures? abandoned wells? ) hard to figure how these make sense at a mere 640′, 1080′ and 1800 feet deep.
If anyone knows anything please share. Will post my query to the agencies when I finish later. I’ve got a lot of questions.
MaryM
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