Cabot Oil & Gas is denying allegations that its operations may be responsible for possible chemical contamination of water sources on Carter Road in Dimrock Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

摘要

The company specifically claims it did not use xylene, ethyl benzene and toluene recently been found water samples in hydraulic fracturing operations near Carter Road and has scientific data to confirm this. Media reports include claims of affected water by a local water tester Daniel Farnham, who is working for the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Cabot, and Victoria Switzer, one of the plaintiffs in that suit. Cabot added that it has reviewed sample results analyzed by Farnham prior to the time when Cabot commenced drilling in the area. These sample results confirm the presence of many of these chemicals in water samples taken from Carter Road properties in 2008, before any drilling for natural gas began in the region. Cabot also notes an automobile and truck repair garage is located near the properties tested. All of the chemicals mentioned in the media reports are commonly used in automotive fluids.