Coterra Fined $299K for Methane Migration in 13 PA Water Wells

July 29, 2025July 29, 2025

Here we go again. We can see the headlines now: Dimock II...Paging Josh Fox!...Shale Drilling Contaminates Water Wells, Again. Coterra Energy is responsible for methane migrating more than a mile away to 13 "water supplies" (wells?) located around a nearby lake, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The offending nine wells sit on the Housel R Well Pad 1 in Susquehanna County's Lenox Township. Coincidentally, Lenox Township is not all that far from Dimock Township.

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