Pennsylvania… Fracking Explosion

 

SPRINGVILLE TWP. – An explosion at a natural gas compressor station
in Susquehanna County on Thursday morning blew a hole in the roof of the
complex holding the engines, shaking homes as far as a half-mile away
and drawing emergency responders from nearby counties. ~ article

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The 11 a.m.
blast at the Lathrop compressor station off Route 29 sent black and
gray clouds billowing from the building for several hours, but the
damage was contained to the site and no one was injured, said a
spokeswoman for Williams Partners LP, which owns the Lathrop station.

Automated
emergency shutdown procedures stopped gas from entering or leaving the
compressors, and Williams will do a full investigation of the cause and
damage as soon as it is safe to go back into the building, Williams
spokeswoman Helen Humphreys said.

“The emergency shutdown
equipment did work properly to isolate and minimize the incident,” she
said. “Emergency procedures were immediately activated. That included
notifying local authorities and first responders, and evacuating all
personnel.”

The Lathrop station pressurizes and dehydrates natural
gas from Marcellus Shale wells in the county for transport through
interstate pipelines, including the Tennessee and Transco, which bring
the gas to market. The station was sold to Williams by Cabot Oil and Gas
Corp. as part of a deal announced in 2010 that also included a second
compressor station and 75 miles of the natural gas drilling company’s
gathering pipelines.

 

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