Feds Investigate Equitrans Storage Well Leak in Cambria County, PA
Three weeks ago, one of the ten natural gas storage wells at the Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area in Jackson Township, Cambria County (in Pennsylvania) began to leak and ended up leaking roughly 100 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of gas into the atmosphere (see Equitrans Gas Storage Well in Cambria County, PA is Leaking). It took two weeks (14 days) for the leak to get fixed, after it had leaked roughly 1.4 billion cubic feet into the air (see Storage Well Leak Fix in Cambria County Failed, Leaked 1.4 Bcf). On Friday, we told you the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) is conducting a top to bottom review of how it regulates storage facilities following that incident (see PA DEP Doing “Top to Bottom” Review of Gas Storage After Big Leak). The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is joining the investigation.
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