Pennsylvania fines Chesapeake Energy $1.1 million

phantom power

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Wed May-18-11 10:02 AM
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Pennsylvania fines Chesapeake Energy $1.1 million

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania has fined Chesapeake Energy Corp. $1.1 million for contaminating well water and causing a tank fire during natural gas drilling operations.

The state environmental protection department said Tuesday that the well contamination fine was the largest it ever imposed against companies drilling in the Marcellus shale, energy-rich formations under the Appalachians.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9N9C7981.htm

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jtrockville

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Wed May-18-11 10:11 AM
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1. Any chance Chesapeake Energy will pay the fine?

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jwirr

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Wed May-18-11 11:16 AM
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2. No, but there users will.

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jtrockville

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Wed May-18-11 02:35 PM
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3. Hopefully, most will switch from gas to something else

if gas becomes too expensive due to the cost of covering catastrophes.

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