Spill Reports

During the Patterson 334 rig DeMOB from Lemley, hauling the VFD house to the stack out yard in Mt. Morris, PA

While hauling the load down the lease road (steep blacktop portion at the bottom of Mepco), the truck began to loose traction and the load pushed the tractor around. The driver attempted to correct the situation but ended up jack-knifed. The truck came to a stop positioned over a culvert entry to a small stream. When the trailer jack-knifed, it punctured a hole in the passenger side tank and released diesel fuel. There was a nearby pallet of absorbent material. The truck driver & pilot car drivers immediately began placing pads & socks to contain the spill and to minimize the amount of fuel that made it into the culvert & stream. The truck driver was not injured.

While boring under 218/Paw Paw Creek Rd our drilling assembly became plugged with cuttings. In an effort to regain circulation a smaller assembly was inserted to remove the plugged section. During this operation the plug released and with it so did the drilling mud and spring water that had built up behind the plug. This volume of fluid overcame the drill pit, reserve pit and vacuum truck , as well as 2 layers of silt protection and an estimated 35 bbls of fluid containing betonite clay made its way into Paw Paw Creek.

Summary from East Coast Underground driller Clint George. "We had lost flow to the drill. We put on 12” reamer and started bringing it back to the drill in attempt to get the flow back to the drill. We were approximately 155 feet away from the drill with the reamer. While drilling out we hit a spring in the hillside that
is producing approximately 5 gallons a minute. Which was adding to the fluid that we had pumped into the bore hole. When
the flow started to come back to the drill. We were not able to keep up with the flow rate that was coming out of the bore hole.
We had a Vac truck sucking water up as well as the reclaimer pump picking up water as well. The 2 of them could not keep up
with it as fast as it was coming out. The fluid over ran both pits and ran out of the last pit. To the E and S control ran over them
and ran into the stream. Releasing approximately 700 to 1000 gallons of fluid into the stream."

Transferring produced water from the ASTs on the McClellan pad to the frac tank on the McClellan staging area in order to load out trucks.

AT APPROXIMATELY 3:07PM, ON APRIL 2, 2021, NNE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE FRAC TANK AT THE MCCLELLAN STAGING AREA WAS OVERFLOWING. THE SELECT ENERGY SERVICES ("SES") HAND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OVERSEEING THE PUMPING AND TANK FILLING WAS DISTRACTED BY HIS PHONE AND ALLOWED THE TANK TO OVERFLOW. PRODUCED WATER WAS PUMPED INTO THE TANK TO THE POINT THAT THE TANK ITSELF OVERFLOWED INTO THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT, THEN BREACHED THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT AND WAS RELEASED ONTO THE GROUND, AN ESTIMATED 50 BBL WAS RELEASED ONTO THE GROUND. THE PUMP WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN TO ELIMINATE THE SOURCE. WATER TRUCKS WERE DISPATCHED IMMEDIATELY TO EVACUATE ALL WATER FROM THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT AND GROUND. E & S CONTROLS WERE PLACED IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS AND PREVENT FURTHER CONTAMINATION. NO STREAMS OR WETLANDS WERE AFFECTED BY THE SPILL. SES DISPATCHED MCCUTCHEON, AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP CREW, TO FULLY ADDRESS THE SPILL AREA. THE WV DEP INSPECTOR, BRYAN HARRIS, WAS NOTIFIED, AS WELL AS THE SPILL HOTLINE (REFERENCE ID 31-13410). MR. HARRIS VISITED THE SITE AND WAS HAPPY WITH THE STEPS TAKEN AND PLAN AHEAD. SES WILL BE COMPLETING A SPILL REPORT AND WILL SUBMIT.

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Jeff was driving by pad when he saw the leak on the 3H and ESD'd the pad.

The Mepco 3H dump valve washed out and was leaking. Jeff Wilson was driving by when he saw the leak and ESD'd the pad. Nick Swartz and Matt Jones went to Mepco and saw that the dump valve had washed out. They replaced the valve and cleaned up the site. There was a small amount of produced water that got onto the ground. The DEP inspector was notified and the area was cleaned up and new material put down. The soil was also tested.

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Unloading water recovered from drilling from water trucks into AST on Coastal pad.

Driver was unloading when he noticed a leak on the ground. After further investigation, he noticed a wing nut on the truck's pump had broken, allowing the pump to leak. When the leak was discovered, the driver put down absorbent pads and notified his supervisor. Supervisor and HSE rep went to site to conduct clean-up.

Hauling Fuel

At approximately 8:30 PM, Rock water’s fuel truck reported seeing a fuel spill on the lease road by the county road. The release was just uphill from the county road, which would be on the Coastal side. The roustabout went there immediately to evaluate the situation. The roustabout returned and gathered material to contain the unintended release. Peat Moss and oil soak rags were placed to contain the fuel. I estimate that the release was under 5 gallons. Producers had just received a delivery from Stewart Oil. The fuel delivery truck off loaded, there was a Producers employee watching and assisting the driver. There were no issues during or immediately after the delivery. Producers field supervisor called the delivery driver and asked him if he had an unintended release. The driver stated that he did not believe so but would pull over and inspect his truck. The Fuel delivery driver did call back and stated that his lower vapor line cap was off. He also stated that the vapor line will sometimes collect a little fuel when he off loads a load of fuel. The driver also states that the cap was on when he did a pre-trip prior to leaving. Steward oil also said that they will utilize a trailer that does not have a lower vapor line from now on.
The release of fuel was cleaned up by Producers employees and the roustabout. They used an excavator and shovels to scrap the area. Peat moss was also utilized to help in the collection. Fresh gravel was also replaced on the lease road. Producers supervisor and the roustabout said that all the fuel was collected, and the area looked good. I will also inspect the area in the morning. The poly line was spray painted with orange to identify the area for future inspections. The waste was placed in a leak proof container and returned to the Coastal pad for proper disposal.
I personally thanked the Rock Water driver for reporting the incident which allowed us to begin the clean up immediately. The driver also states that the fuel truck was ahead of him on the lease road. This allowed us to have a very accurate time line for the release. Producers also thanked the fuel delivery truck driver for his honesty about the vapor cap missing.
Time of day: 20:30 on March 2, 2018.
Temperature: 31 Degs
Material released: On road diesel fuel
Wind: Calm
Delivery Truck info: Stuart Oil out of Parkersburg, WV
Driver: Eric Stuart (304) 482-1179
I have also attached 2 photos. The one picture shows a lot of peat moss. You can also see that it is mostly dry which means that there was not much fuel to absorb.

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Following up on notification that a diesel spill had occurred at the Booster #2 pump station on the Mon River Waterline.

On 03 Jan 19, at approximately 1:00 PM, a diesel spill was discovered at Booster #2 pump station on the Mon River Waterline, outside secondary containment and estimated to be 5 gallons. No waters of the state or US were affected. It was determined this occurred near the end of the last transfer activity and went unreported. After discovery, a crew was dispatched to remove the contaminated stone and replace with new stone. The Spill Hotline was called and provided the following reference number: 31-84925. DEP Waste and Water Inspector Travis Hayes is also aware of the spill and the remedial actions taken.

Rig crew instructed in the morning safety meeting to check equipment that needed to be capped and/or plugged. they men where told where their where caps, plugs and valves opened and to ensure the equipment was ready for transport prior to loading and hauling. The crew failed to ensure that the load and several others where road ready. The result was a 0.5bbl spill from the elk horn from a valve left open. The truck operated by Complete was loaded and hauling to Cummins from Matteo. The NNE company man, noticed drilling fluid along the top left side of the truck bed and wheels. The Company man inspected the truck and then headed up the lease road to find where the spill was located. The company man then took pictures, contacted NNE Drilling Engineer and went to Matteo to speak with the Patterson Rig Manager to make a plan for containment and cleaning.

A 0.5bbl spill occurred just off the Kassay Pad on the lease road heading down hill towards Cummins Pad due to the failure to properly inspect equipment prior to loading. Spill was contained and cleaned up quickly.

Frac McClellan 14H

While performing walk around found approximently 10 gal off road diesel on containment under pump #11 & #13. Spill was cleaned up, leak was found to be coming from braided fuel pump line on pump #11. Pump was shut down and line replaced. Fuel had also breached containment through a bad seam and was trapped between main containment and Felt. Containment was removed, fuel was cleaned up, rock was removed, new felt and containment was laid.

Frac Operations on the McClellan 6H, 10H, 14H

Following up from prior report from unknown source of spill resulting in spill off containment on 2/10/21 at first was undetermined later was found to be SI SteamStream SC- 405. The leak originated on containment at a camlock on Scale line between scale ISO to blender. The camlock was not secured properly resulting in a slow leak of 600 gal of scale over the course of 12-24 hrs. The scale mixed with snow melt and rain water on containment traveled and collected at the low point of containment berm then leaking through 3 cracked seams in containment breching containment then collecting in standing water off containment. On 2/10/21 containment was cleaned and standing water directly affected off containment was picked up and desposed of in produced water tanks. A sump/trench was cut outside containment to collect and catch any residual that may accumulate. On 2/11/21 another 4-5 gal was picked up with vac truck that had accumulated over the course of 24 hrs. A 40'X70' section of containment was cut out and removed to inspect for any accumulation that could be traped under containment, no accumulation was visibly found. Containment repair replacing the removed section is underway and will be completed before moving removed frac equipment back on.

Cleaning up location after rig was moved out.

A heavy storm rolled in that seized cleaning operations on the Bunner pad. Upon leaving the site, Sam noticed soap bubbles forming in the ditchline along the lease road. Nothing was present on the pad, only the bottom half of the lease road & culvert. It appeared to be Dawn soap, which is used to clean the rig prior to a move. Its assumed that a truck load leaving location the prior days splashed some residual soap onto the blacktop lease road. The heavy downpour agitated the soap and made bubbles visible. The DEP inspector was notified. The following morning the soap suds were not visible.

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Moving around immobile equipment in tight space

The Skidsteer was non functional in the front of the drive over. The derrickman attempted to move around the skidsteer with the extend a boom forklift as he needed to get to the other side of location. The rear right tire tagged the 4" mud line going to the drive over causing the hose to separate at the crimped collar causing a 1 to 1-1/2 bbl spill. The ground below and around the spill was excavated to remove all contaminants.

As we finished Coastal 6H stg 13, one of the hands called on the radio to tell us there was an FR spill. Went back and checked, a load of FR was delivered during the stage, the driver was told not to blow off until we were finished. (it causes the FR pumps to lose prime). Evidently, he left the pump running and left. I don’t know where he went. When the Producers guys found it there was a large quantity of FR on the containment, pumps, pump room and a small amount beside the containment. There is even a thin film on the side of the AST.

Driver – Richard Charles says he owns Charco Three the trucking company. Truck Tag AG 68768 Pennsylvania Trailer Tag PT 672E2, Copy of CDL attached, did not have any proof of insurance
Hauling for – Flowtek (FR supplier)

When asked why he was pumping after being told not to pump, he claimed no one told him. I believe this statement to be an absolute untruth. I asked him his name, I asked his employer and he told me Flowtek, I asked for his supervisors number and he gave me Rick Shaner 412-452-4032. I called Rick and found out Richard doesn’t work for Flowtek. I doubt almost everything the guy has told me.
It appears Richard Charles owns Charco Three (trucking company) and is self-employed.
Richard was told not to leave the pad until Producers was through with their investigation, he tried to get up the hill 3 times, powering out each time, before Producers employees got him stopped and backed off the hill.

The estimated volume at this time is 100 gallons until we know better. (really hard to tell how much some is on top of pumps.

We have captured as much as we can off of containment, cut the saturated felt up. The small amount off containment has been soaked with moss and will be picked up and contained. The containment is being cut out and repaired were it is soaked.

Hopefully, we will be back in operation within the next hour or two, as soon as the mat is repaired and the trucks re-spotted.

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