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July 24, 2010

The explosion occurred in a remote, wooded area off Rich Hill Road at 9:48 a.m., shaking nearby houses and sending a plume of black smoke into the air, officials said. The power of the blast flung a nearby oil storage tank that measured 12 feet tall and 8 feet wide more than 70 yards, Full said.

Tom Tugend, deputy chief of the ODNR's Division of Mineral Resources Management, said one of the reasons the well was denied was that an alleged violation was found by the ODNR on a Beck Energy-drilled well in Benton Township in Monroe County, Ohio.

"An inspector noticed drilling fluids had been leaked into a stream," Tugend said. "There was a large notch on the side of the drilling pit that released the fluids. The drilling fluids and sediment entered the stream.

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Published on Friday, Jul 23, 2010

Denial of gas well rightly flags health and safety concerns

In March, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a new study on the effects of hydraulic fracturing on groundwater and human health. Launching the study should signal officials in Ohio to consider with greater care the tradeoffs of drilling wells in residential areas.

http://www.ohio.com/editorial/opinions/99084394.html

Gas line hit by tractor; vapor cloud reached 50 feet into air

Fire Capt. Brooks Ross said firefighters found natural gas being emitted from a 1-inch metal pipe between the well-head and the oil/gas separator. It caused a vapor cloud to rise about 50 feet into the air.

http://www.timesreporter.com/topstories/x98872548/Gas-leak-near-Dover-investigated