7 hurt in W.Va. gas well explosion..(Texas too! ??)

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10158/1063830-455.stm ^ | June 7th, 2010

[TaraP]

West Virginia gas blast hurts 7, sparks inferno
70-foot high column of flame blazes at former coal mine site

[SoothingDave]

There are maps and then there is reality. Remember Quecreek?

The mine wasn’t where it was supposed to be.

[TaraP]

I know!!

Pa. Stops Company’s Marcellus Shale Drilling After 16-Hour Rupture
Water, Gas Spewed From Clearfield Co. Drill Site...

Pennsylvania regulators said they’re halting all gas drilling activities by the company whose natural gas well spewed out explosive gas and polluted water for 16 hours on Thursday night and Friday morning in Clearfield County.

The operators lost control while they were preparing to extract gas from fractured shale, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection, which said it plans to “aggressively” investigate what may be the Pennsylvania’s worst Marcellus Shale drilling accident ever.

It happened deep in Moshannon State Forest, down a dirt road. Emergency officials said a mile-wide area was evacuated and the Federal Aviation Administration issued a temporary flight restriction in the immediate area

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/23793198/detail.html

Something more is happening then we know IMHO

[Qbert]

I’ll just speculate and throw this out there:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html#printMode

TECHNOLOGYAPRIL 8, 2009
“Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies”
By SIOBHAN GORMAN

WASHINGTON — Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.

The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. electrical system and its controls. The intruders haven’t sought to damage the power grid or other key infrastructure, but officials warned they could try during a crisis or war.

“The Chinese have attempted to map our infrastructure, such as the electrical grid,” said a senior intelligence official. “So have the Russians.”

The espionage appeared pervasive across the U.S. and doesn’t target a particular company or region, said a former Department of Homeland Security official. “There are intrusions, and they are growing,” the former official said, referring to electrical systems. “There were a lot last year.”

Many of the intrusions were detected not by the companies in charge of the infrastructure but by U.S. intelligence agencies, officials said. Intelligence officials worry about cyber attackers taking control of electrical facilities, a nuclear power plant or financial networks via the Internet.

Authorities investigating the intrusions have found software tools left behind that could be used to destroy infrastructure components, the senior intelligence official said. He added, “If we go to war with them, they will try to turn them on.”

Officials said water, sewage and other infrastructure systems also were at risk...” (article continues)

***If spies can do it, why not US leftists wanting to push cap and tax? Failed blowout preventers have been eyed as a problem in the BP spill, and the PA natural gas accident over the weekend...

[Myrddin]

Coincidence???????

Coal mine disasters. Oil disasters. Natural gas disasters. It appears to be an intentional pattern of attack on the energy producing segment of the economy.

[TaraP]

Interesting......

Just more lies constantly being spread by the evils that are the world’s governments....

[Cindy]

Thanks Vel for the ping.

Prayers for the families.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Something more is happening then we know IMHO

IMHO you have no idea what you are talking about. Texas alone had 15 blowouts in 09, 16 in 08 and more than 20 the year before that. People like YOU think we are under attack because YOU HAVE NEVER PAID ATTENTION BEFORE!

[Xenalyte]

Dude, that was all sabotage. ADMIT IT. Why are you covering for them???!!!?!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I'm trying to cover the fact that I did it. ALL of them!!!

[PA Engineer]

Liar! You always take credit for my work! I quit! I’m starting my own company!!!! Consolidated Hell Action Operators Syndicate (CHAOS).

[deport]

The Texas event was a gas well explosion. A utility crew drilled into a 36" gas pipeline.

Enterprise Products Partners said it owned the 36-inch pipeline, which is part of its Texas Intrastate system. The explosion was 15 miles south of Godley, Texas.

WFAA-TV, a Dallas television station, quoted Chester Nolen, city manager of Cleburne, Texas, as saying 10 people were missing following the explosion. Cleburne is the largest city near the explosion.

The blast was originally thought to be an oil well explosion.

An electrical crew was digging a hole when it struck the gas pipeline, an emergency services spokesman in Hood County, Texas, said.

The first indication Enterprise had of a problem on the pipeline was a sudden drop in pressure seen at the company's operations center, said spokesman Rick Rainey.

"We have isolated that segment of line," Rainey said. "Our crews have been dispatched to the scene. Basically that line is equipped with line breaks that allows us to shut in that segment in case of a sudden drop in pressure."

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Liar! You always take credit for my work!

SEE that's the problem with you yankees. YOU are in charge of bridge failures, mine explosions and derailments.

I have drilling and pipeline attacks

PLEASE pay better attention.

[PA Engineer]

My apologies. I have always had a hard time with the division of labor concept.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

[deport]

Here are a couple of photos showing the pipeline after the blast...

Other Photos here

[nw_arizona_granny]

Vel, thanks for the ping.