Gas Well Inspections to Be Required After Fracking, Salazar Says
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Natural-gas drillers will be required by U.S. rules to inspect their wells after hydraulic fracturing on public land to ensure the safety of drinking-water supplies, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said.
The agency in coming weeks will propose standards under which companies such as Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. must disclose the chemicals in the mixture injected underground to free trapped gas, demonstrate the well isn’t leaking and check the work after fracking, Salazar said today in a speech to the City Club of Cleveland.