An investigation is underway following a natural gas drilling site spill in Harrison County.
Antero Resources faces a possible sanction after a hose broke Friday spilling nearly 15,000 gallons of drilling mud. Some of the mixture reached area waterways.
The accident happened near Indian Run Road.
Antero is working on cleanup, providing drinking water and inspecting area wells for contamination following the spill.
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GregG
Whats the big deal? Don't you people listen to the pro "drilling" commercials? Drilling is safe. Nothing to worry about. If your going to drink the Marcellus Shale Kool-aid you might as well chase it with some contaminated water.
December 31, 2012 at 3:34 pm | Report comment
anon
Stuff happens, if you look at any other industry incidents happen, you just fix them and move on. People complain the economy is slow, well natural gas is stimulating the wv economy and providing jobs that pay more than minimum wage...state average salary is pathetic and people complain when they finally get an industry that does something
January 1, 2013 at 10:27 am | Report comment
pippi
stuff happens? You mean like families left without drinking water, like properties values worth nothing and people and livestock possibly getting sick? Yeah this industry and politicians backing it are really doing a lot for our state.
January 2, 2013 at 6:00 pm | Report comment
anon
Average oilfield worker salary above 60k paying 6.5% state tax??? How is that not doing anything for our state?
January 3, 2013 at 1:27 pm | Report comment