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"Possible vandalism investigated after chemical spill at gas well site

By Laura Legere (Staff Writer)

Published: August 21, 2012

Police probing chemical spill

State environmental regulators asked state police to help investigate a 100-gallon chemical spill at a natural gas well site in Susquehanna County on Monday after bullet casings and a bullet were found near a broken glass tube that caused the leak. 

The spill of glycol was discovered by a worker Monday about 11:30 a.m. at Cabot Oil and Gas Corp.'s Grosvenor well site in Dimock Twp., Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Colleen Connolly said.

The chemical was largely contained to the well pad but a heavy rain raised the risk of runoff, she said. Absorbent material and a vacuum truck were sent to the site to clean up the fluid.

The broken tube was connected to a 500-gallon tank of glycol, which is used as part of the dehydration process at the well site, she said.

The two Grosvenor wells were drilled in September 2010, according to state data. Ms. Connolly did not immediately know if there are active operations at the site." 

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