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MARCELLUS AIR FIVE takes you on an early-June 2011 flight over Marcellus Shale gas production activities in southwestern Pennsylvania and the panhandle of West Virginia. Enjoy your flight! Aerial photos of fracking, wastewater impoundments, compressor stations, and active drilling operations, as well as newly excavated drilling pads and recently completed Marcellus Shale gas wells. |
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Marcellus Shale photos of: |
| DRILLING PADS & EXCAVATED SITES |
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Marcellus drilling site and impoundment |
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Completed Marcellus Shale drilling site with 14 condensate tanks and impoundment |
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Bunk trailers and office trailers along edge of drilling pad |
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Large excavation well underway |
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Smaller rigs drill the initial vertical holes |
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Aerial view of the complete drilling operation |
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Drilling pad with production pit to the rear |
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Most drilling still occurs in rural areas |
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Brown erosion matting is used on steep slopes |
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| WASTEWATER IMPOUNDMENTS & PITS |
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Mixers in impoundments are now more common than they
were during previous flights. Note the circular areas on the surface of the impoundment fluid. |
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Backyard grill with three ponds! |
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Triple impoundments with stained liners |
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Dual impoundments and a battery of condensate tanks |
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Color of the Day! |
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Poor placement of an impoundment |
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Backyard gas production |
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Hydraulic fracturing operation |
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Wastewater impoundment being removed |
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Brown fluids fill this impoundment |
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Dark brown fluids in this one |
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| Yeager Impoundment with 10 mixers |
| GAS PLANTS & COMPRESSOR STATIONS |
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Major excavation and construction is changing the landscape |
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Marcellus shale gas processing to remove valuable gas liquids |
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Gas processing plant and impoundment |
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Welling Compressor Station near Claysville, Pa |
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Welling Compressor Station |
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Pipeline excavation to rear of Welling Comp Sta |
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Baker Compressor Station |
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Gas happy valley? Sierzega drilling pad (left center) Baker Compressor Station (top center) |
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Changing landscape in Amwell Township, Pa. |
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Compressor station and impoundment |
| FRACKED & FLARED |
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West Virginia fracking operation underway |
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Compressor trucks are linked to create over 10,000 psi of pressure to fracture the shale |
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Yellow and blue tanks each hold 2,000 gallons of fracking liquids |
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Fracking equipment in place on a drilling pad |
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White temporary pipeline feeds red and blue fluid tanks |
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Candlestick flare on some completed wells |
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Triple impoundment and candlestick flare |
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Backyard cookout on the open flame |
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Triple impoundments |
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| Fracking at Trax Farm on Rt 88 near Finleyville |
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| MISCELLANEOUS MARCELLUS |
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Condensate tank containment is wet around the edges |
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Pipeline installation |
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Welded pipeline joints are x-rayed |
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Wastewater tankers on standby |
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Wet roads near a frac site |
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MORE MARCELLUS SHALE PHOTOS |
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