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Local oil-and-gas operator outlines conventional drilling process, environmental safeguards
Summary
Boron Energy co-owner Sam Harvey briefed the council on conventional shallow oil-and-gas drilling in Warren City, describing how wells are sited, cased and fractured and answering residents questions about spills, flowback and air odors.
Sam Harvey, co-owner of Boron Energy, told Warren City Council on June 16 that the wells drilled in and around Warren are conventional, shallow wells distinct from deep horizontal Marcellus or Utica shale operations, and described the steps operators take to protect groundwater and manage wastewater.
"The whole everything we do with the regulations is about keeping the oil and the gas out of the freshwater and from the producer's side, keeping the freshwater out of your oil and gas," Harvey said during a 40-minute presentation that included diagrams and technical details of drilling, casing, cementing and frac stages.
Harvey said typical wells in the city are drilled…
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