Spill Reports

Crude Oil Soil Contamination at the Harvey 1 Well

Initial contact made by DEP Inspector, Gayne Knitowski, on March 2nd regarding oil contaminated soil in the immediate area around the wellhead. Also mentioned oil and grease on the wellhead and stuffing box. This was pre-existing condition of the well prior to acquisition by Northeast.

Jeremiah Wilt cleaned wellhead and immediate soil area around the wellhead on March 6th. Gayne was notified via email that day with accompanied pictures of site.

Gayne re-visited location on March 21st and raised concerns about remaining contaminated soil as well as berm condition of old tanks. He asked that more remediation efforts be done on contaminated soil and repair of tank berm to avoid threat of violation.

NGE Environmental onsite morning of the 22nd to obtain samples/pictures of contaminated soil and develop a plan to remediate areas of concern. Plan to pursue tilling of contaminated soil, liming, and re-seed in accordance with regulations.

At approximately 12:00 PM, while crews were transferring freshwater to Dyna Tank #1, the pressure gauge on the booster pump at the Matteo site failed. As a result, approximately 1 gallon of freshwater was released onto the ground, but within the pump's containment. The Rock Water employee manning the pump immediately shut down and notified NNE's Water Consultant. Upon investigation, it was discovered the housing for the stem of the gauge failed, not the gauge itself. Crews replaced same and resumed transferring water.

At 12:00 PM, April 3, 2017, NNE found a failure in the tank containment on the Beach Pad. The failure was a six inch cut in the containment, which allowed standing rain water to exit onto the pad - all water released remained on the pad. Notifications were made, the water was tested and results were within the allowable parameters, a sand bag was placed on top of the cut to reduce any additional water from escaping, and crews were dispatched. Daybrook Development was called to remove all remaining water from containment, and RW Products was called to patch the failed portion of the containment.

1-1.5 gallon diesel spill on Statler lease road. Rockwater was moving a fuel cell in place for water transfer from the Statler impoundments. The fuel cell was mostly empty. During transport on the forklift a pump broke off allowing the remaining fuel to spill

Have a very small Diesel Spill on the Statler Lease Road. The only Party that looks to be at Fault is Jacobs Fuel. Currently Rock Water is Ordering Clean Up services.

When transporting SBM tank from Fisher to Coastal the truck started down hill and about 1 bbl of SBM splashed out of vent cap on top of tank. It then began to drip down on the lease road. It remained contained to the lease road.
Gayne was notified and tank and lease road was cleaned up.

While delivering a load of fuel to location, diesel was spotted underneath the fuel truck every time he came to a stop. We followed the truck and immediately got him up on containment and placed a drip pan under the leak. Once the leak was contained we began immediate transfer of fuel from the truck to the diesel tank so we could empty out the fuel load. The drivers name was Rick Bowser (330-847-0087) driving truck #25, He is employed by Mike Ainsley (330-727-1414) of Ainsley oil and has 3 Yrs with the company, 15 years driving experience.

On November 30, 2017 at approximately 3:15 PM, NNE employee arrived onsite at the auxiliary pad above the Fisher Pad and found hydraulic fluid released on the ground where a fusing machine had been sitting. The fusing machine was removed from site, absorbent pads were placed on the contaminated area, and a crew removed the contaminated stone and replaced with clean stone. WV DEP Inspector, Gayne Knitowski, was notified and provided no other action to take.

On 12/13/17 at approximately 11:00 AM, water transfer crew members were relocating a pump from the Campbell Pad to the Dunkard Creek Withdrawal Site and upon transporting the pump, diesel fuel leaked out of the pump's fuel cell in two places along the Coastal-Campbell Access Road. Oil soak rags were immediately placed on the spill areas. The pump was taken to a level area in order to run the pump and use the extra fuel prior to transporting further on uneven terrain and potentially causing further leaking. NNE's HSE Rep and Water Rep talked with crew members about fueling with consideration of transporting pumps.

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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Pumping slug to finish tripping out of hole

While tripping out of the hole, the fluid flow path was connected to the trip tank as normal. When it was time to pump a slug, the Driller called on radio for derrick hand to line up on the flow line and off the trip tank. The derrick hand confirmed the flowline was ready. Driller began pumping and immediately noticed an increase in pump pressure and shut off pumps. The back yard came across radio and said he was seeing mud coming across the choke skid. After investigation the main flowline valve was left closed causing pressure to build up and blow out the seal between the flowline and elkhorn. There was a miss communication, and the motorman shut the valve while the derrick hand was in the derrick tripping pipe. The derrick hand assumed the valve was still open.

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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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.