Shell fracking methane leak in PA. Residents evacuated.

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15. A more recent update.

(Wells­boro, Tioga County) — A geyser of methane-infused water has been reduced to waist-height, as Shell Appalachia works to con­tain mys­te­ri­ous methane migra­tion near a clus­ter of three of its nat­ural gas wells in south­east­ern Tioga County.

The geyser was shoot­ing water more than thirty feet into the air at one point, but Tioga County Emer­gency Ser­vices Coor­di­na­tor Denny Cole­grove said it was down to less than two feet by yes­ter­day evening.

Shell is flar­ing off nearby wells in order to reduce under­ground gas pres­sure. “We’re see­ing that brings down — it depres­sur­izes — the gas that could be con­tribut­ing to migra­tion in the imme­di­ate area,” said Shell spokes­woman Kelly op de Weegh.

In addi­tion to the road­side geyser — or for­mer geyser — methane has been detected bub­bling up in nearby streams, and a pri­vate water well has over­flown. A pri­vate landowner first detected a methane prob­lem on Sat­ur­day. It’s not clear yet whether the migra­tion is directly tied to Shell drilling, but the com­pany is work­ing with the Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion to stop the flow of gas.
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http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/06/22/tioga-county-methane-migration-onetime-geyser-being-brought-under-conrol/

It's not clear whether the bubbling gas from streams and wells is related to the gas drilling ???
That would be one heck of a coincidence.

For reference, "gas migration" = "oh crap we're leaking gas everywhere"