Fracing a Natural Gas Well

A virtual tour of a well site in Lycoming County Pennsylvania during the 'fracing' process.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• natural
• gas
• well
• frac
• frack
• penn
• state
• cooperative
• extension
• wayne

[JakeEvilclown]

Hmmmm. They claim they only put 5,000 gallons per frac well into the ground. Count the trucks here and figure how many gallons or tons of poison they are pumping into this well. Looks like they are lying about the scale and amounts. They have to be pumping way more than 5,000 gallons into this well. Probably closer to 500,000 gallons or more.

[PSUWayneCounty]

@JakeEvilclown Actually during the clip I stated that 800,000 gallons were used at this hydraulic fracturing site. And this is a relatively small 'frac' compared to what we typically see in Pennsylvania today (average of around 4 million gallons). No one is lying.

[brucenator]

@PSUWayneCounty Where were the 800,000 gallons of water drawn from? From what water supply?

[PSUWayneCounty]

@brucenator The water used for hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania comes largely from surface water bodies - rivers and larger streams.

[inactionvideo]

I will not slam this video, as it was made for informational purposes. What I do not understand is, if your trying to be proactive and be an information outlet, why now disclose ALL the compounds that are used in these operations. There was a lot that was left out that should have been HONESTLY been disclosed for the general public's awareness if this was to be used as an educational outlet. The long term repercussions and time will tell the truth of what is happening with these operations.

[PSUWayneCounty]

@inactionvideo Thanks for your comment. The video was just meant to give people a visual idea of what the hydraulic fracturing process looks like. When the video was recorded and posted (Feb 2008) very few people in Pennsylvania had seen the process including myself.

[JoeCool031619]

So how long does the "Flaring" process last? I have a site about 250yds from my house in a very rural area & for 3 weeks now it constantly sounds like a jet fly around my house from the gas being burnt off. It sounds like you would think a giant flame thrower would. I can't wait for this site to be completed. Thanks for the local jobs though. Oh wait all the workers are from TX. It took 18 hrs to plug a well gushing frac water last wk b/c guys from tx had to be flown in to pa to stop it. ???

[McGillicutty88]

@JakeEvilclown Hmmm why don't you go hug a tree rufus....you're a clown...everyones always gotta bitch about something they know nothing about..this is why this country is almost worthless because ppl like you. Since you specialize in being a clown go look up some of those vids and comment on them.

[Rickey85]

yeah lets frac all over and poison our food and water. then die

[misterbuilder]

@meldaby22 I agree...we are cleaning up the Earth thru fracing...

[godlessthrash]

Iv been on smaller pads like ritz in columbia cross roads but not a bad set up not many frac or flow back tanks did they use a pond maybe off site ? I didn't see any poly tho

[meathead0724]

looks like environmental terrorism

[ea32da32]

Looks like a nice operation considering the elements you have to work in. I can tell there are many who comment and have never been involved in the 'working in the elements'. It's ok, you worry about chemicals and amounts of water, you ever look at your parents water bill, I doubt that. You have no clue, nor any right to comment on this. Try science, no don't bother, that would be a waste of resources too. We'll import the Chinese to make up for our scientific loss here. No sense in wasti

[GeoguyNEPA]

Water is pumped down the hole at about 3000 gpm.

[JonEApelcede]

Where I am from in Western NY, many wells and underground water supplies have been affected by well fracturing. The industry can make all of the claims that it cares to, but the people who live the aftermath never seem to get the same amount of "air time" as the energy companies...........I wonder why that is??