Replies to post #504 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[OakesCS]

Sounds a bit like sour grapes because she lost out on royalty payouts (she sold her mineral rights for $180 so she and other family members go for environmental litigation payouts).

It looks like the Marcellus is over 1 mile deep at Dimock, and water wells tend to be on the order of a few hundred feet, so any contamination of water wells that is traceable to NG production is probably due either to a faulty well (e.g. bad cement job) or one of the surface spills of fracturing fluid. Those things do happen in oil and gas production and are fixable. Unfortunately, the "back to living in caves but I still want a Lexus" crowd has gotten hold of this story.

audio presentation of locals who seem to generally be happy with natural gas production in the area
http://pagaslease.com/journal_mp3_dsblk_04-30-2009.php

regards,
Charlie