Spill Reports

Reclamation of Paw Paw Creek road bore

While reclaiming the Paw Paw Creek road bore, the operator struck an unmarked 3" water line . Fairview water department was notified and shut the water off after approximately 1 hour. There was enough water that the super silt fence and silt sock were compromised and allowed fresh water to flow into Paw Paw Creek.

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.

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.

Conducting bi-monthly AST inspection.

While conducting the bi-monthly AST inspection, water was observed to be leaking on the outside of the AST and onto the ground. All water is within the AST's secondary containment and did not leave the site. The cause of the leak is undetermined at this time, until further investigation. The AST will be drained and the liner will be inspected for a failure. Once the failure is located, a repair will be made. If no failure is found, the liner will be replaced in its entirety.

Was notified of soap suds in run off water believed to be coming off the pad on a neighbors property. Went to investigate.

Upon skidding the rig this morning according to Decker drillings superintendent it is believed that the rig hands disconnected the mist pump lines on the containment. The mist pump lines contained soapy water. We had a torrential downpour. All water went to the back end of our containment which is the lowest point of the burm over flowing into the gravel. The max concentration soap to water is our mist tank is 30 Bbl's of fresh water to 2 gallons off soap. Corrective action was discussed with Deckers superintended, tool pusher and rig crew that anytime lines are disconnected they will be sucked out with the super sucker also additional catch pans will be place under the tote were soap is collected on the the containment.

Bear Contracting, who is building the Cummins Pad, stores the diesel fuel to refill their equipment on the Kassay Pad in a vessel. (The Cummins Pad entrance begins at the northern end of the Kassay Pad). Woodford, a subcontractor of Bear, was offloading diesel fuel with a fuel truck via hose into the vessel.

Summary of events occurred Monday, April 15, 2019.
Spill Area Approximately 10' by 10', 50 gallons, diesel fuel.
Tracy Davis, Bear Cummins Pad Superintendent, was not on the physical location of the fuel tank. When he contacted me at approximately 12:00 PM he informed me that the truck driver/delivery man for Woodford, a subcontractor of Bear Contracting, had let the on site fuel tank overrun during this mornings fill up. This occurred at approximately 11:15 Am. The secondary containment was either overrun or spray from the full vessel was discharged onto the Kassay well pad outside of the secondary containment for the vessel . (Visual estimation of 50 gallons). It is not known how much freeboard was available in the secondary containment prior to incident. It is believed that no fuels left the Kassay Well Pad containment per Tracy Davis. Mr. Davis indicted the driver for Woodford was not cooperative in providing any information regarding the incident. Mr. Davis is to provide a detailed report via email. Also, NNE employee Jeff Wilson, was on location during the incident. Please see Mr. Wilson's comments regarding the incident via email attachment. Also see photos post incident provided by Mr. Davis.

Re-fueling a portable heater unit.

"While re-fueling a third piece of equipment (a portable heater unit) the transfer / pump hose split and began to spray / release diesel fuel. The employee immediately shut down the pump and began to place spill pads to absorb the fuel. The fuel was on the bed of the truck as well as on the ground. Before the truck was moved it was cleaned to verify no additional areas would be affected. Approximately 2 - 4 gallons of diesel fuel was released (see attached photos). The spill area was cleaned up by placing the soiled spill pads and any dirt / rocks, that were affected, into collection buckets for disposal. The hose transfer line on the fuel cell was immediately replaced."

Crew was on the Coastal Pad removing solids from the AST, loading into vac boxes, and making ready for transport to disposal.

After the solids removal crew loaded one of the vac boxes, it was relocated from the work area to the staging area to wait for transport to disposal. As it was being unloaded from the roll-off truck to the staging area, the hatch door wasn't fully closed and allowed some of the solids/sludge to escape and spill onto the pad, outside secondary containment. The solids removal crew cleaned up the sludge and dressed in the area with new stone.

Operations of Wells

Daybrook was filling the heater with fuel and overfilled heater causing fuel to spill on ground.

No active task at time of notification of release.

On 9/16/18, at approximately 6:25 PM, NNE was notified by a landowner that water was overflowing an air release valve (ARV) vault and running down the hill. Landowner also notified WV DEP of the incident. NNE made notifications to supervision and dispatched field personnel to visually inspect the site and ensure the leaking had stopped. Once field personnel arrived at ARV site, water was still leaking and detected a one-inch drain valve was open on the bottom of the ARV. The valve was shut and the leaking stopped. Environmental contractor was called to bring erosion controls and gather water and soil samples to begin the remediation process. NNE personnel met with WV DEP Inspector, Gayne Knitowski, to review the site and discuss next steps. Remediation efforts will be ongoing until site is vacant of all contaminated material. Spill hotline was called and NNE was provided reference number 31-80825.

Daybrook Development arrived at the Coastal AST site to offload production water into the Coastal AST. The driver hooked up to the ground manifold and started to pressurize the line, at which point the hose between the truck and the ground manifold failed, specifically at the cam lock connection. Approximately 1 BBL of produced water was sprayed onto the ground, outside secondary containment, but remained on pad. The driver immediately shut the truck off and removed all standing water with the truck.

Calls were made to supervisors, as well as the District WV DEP Inspector. NNE's first response environmental clean-up vendor was contacted and dispatched for remediation services.

DEP Inspector agreed with NNE's reactionary measures and said there was no need to call WV Spill Hotline.

At 10:15 AM, April 3, 2017, NNE found a failure in the tank containment on the Coastal 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.

NNE's WV DEP Inspector was called to provide a summary of the incident, and no further direction was given.