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DEP: 446 Million Gallons Of Marcellus Drilling Waste Produced In Last 6 Months Of 2010
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The Department of Environmental Protection this week posted new Marcellus Shale natural gas production and waste reports from July through December 2010. DEP reported 446,600,204.3 gallons of Marcellus Shale drilling-related waste was produced in that time and over 256 million Mcf (thousand cubic feet) of gas were produced, much more than in all of 2009.
DEP total statewide waste production included: 2,495,655.71 barrels of brine (104,817,539.8 gallons), 196,511.19 tons of drill cuttings, 6,946,465.61 barrels of frac fluid (291,751,555.6 gallons), 1,189,799.23 barrels of drilling waste (49,971,567.6 gallons), 1,293.35 barrels of basic sediment (54,320.7 gallons), 117.30 barrels of spent lubricant (4,926.6 gallons) and 7 barrels of servicing fluid (294 gallons).
Statewide natural gas production during the same time period was 256,414,041.48 Mcf (thousand cubic feet). For some perspective, Marcellus Shale production for all of 2009 was 196,409,423.36 Mcf.
NewsClip: Marcellus Shale Production Database July-Dec 2010
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