Gastar Shuts-in Marshall County Wells Due to Pipeline Explosion
Last Saturday morning a Williams pipeline in Marshall County, WV ruptured and caught fire (see Williams Pipeline Rupture/Fire in Marshall County, WV). We still don't know the cause for sure, but it's looking like there was a small landslide from a hill that triggered the rupture and explosion.
Already that single 12-inch pipeline is having an effect on some Williams customers. Gastar Exploration with wells in Marshall County issued a statement on Monday to say they've had "shut-in" their wells in the area because of the pipeline outage. We have the Gastar statement below, along with a first-hand, eyewitness account of the explosion from a nearby neighbor...
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