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A frac-out, or "inadvertent return" happens when drilling mud pops out of places where it's not supposed to--places outside the borehole being drilled. A landowner who lives near a well being drilled and fracked by EQT in Greene County complained her water well was fouled by EQT's drilling, and that a nearby abandoned well is releasing fluids and natural gas. According to the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), EQT confirmed some of its fluids are "communicating" with the abandoned well--a frac-out.
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