Spill Reports

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.

Per Site Supervisor Glenn Boyd:
One of the Flynn trucks malfunctioned overnight and they made plans to switch it out today.
A replacement truck that was apparently not road legal showed up today on a Low Boy.
The Flynn Crew transferred the fuel from the lame truck into the replacement truck.
Then they loaded the lame truck on to the low boy and removed it from location.
The Flynn Crew then spotted the replacement truck near the blender. When the pump was kicked in the swivel connection on the hose started leaking. The crew stopped transferring fuel.
We stopped operations and the entire crew started containing the fuel.
Most of the fuel was on a secondary duck pond. A small amount was on the primary containment.
All the Fuel was contained and cleaned up.
Flynn will be replacing all the oil soak pads and removing the used oil soak pads from location tonight.
It is difficult to estimate the amount of fuel lost, but it may be as much as 40 according to Flynn.
Glenn,

During Line inspections today of the Temp Line Running from Coastal to Fisher location. I found a Diesel Spill coming from a Staged BJ Pump Truck. The Fuel has stoped leaking as of now, the Frac Consultant along with BJ was passed the information.

I just received word from the field that one of the water truck drivers from Ransom Drilling was killed as a result of his truck wrecking. I?m told as he was traveling on Rt. 50 to/from one the disposal facilities in Ohio, the truck blew a tire and he lost control. DOT is on scene and will conduct an investigation. There is a story already on WBOY?s website with two pictures, as well as WDTV?s website.

On 11/21/17 at approximately 4:15 PM and on 11/22/17 at approximately 2:00 PM, as crews were pressure testing the temporary, aboveground waterline between Coastal and Fisher, stress fractures were discovered during the line walks. These fractures allowed freshwater to be released onto the ground. Testing was immediately halted, the line was evacuated, and repairs were made and have been scheduled. The pipe that was delivered for this installation was used previously for other transfer jobs. QAQC was performed on the pipe prior to installation, but due to the nature of these impairments, they could not have been detected until pressure was applied to the line.

At 7:30 this morning a 16" temporary above ground waterline owned and operated by Rockwater, parted at a weld during frac operations on the Fisher Pad. The waterline operator had been pumping at 70 bbls/min for a couple of minutes when he noticed a drop in pressure and increase in flow rate. He immediately shut down operations to determine where the potential issue was. The break in the line was found above the Coastal Pad, along the access road that runs between the Fisher and Coastal Pads. We are estimating that 450 bbls of a 30% concentration mixture of produced and fresh water escaped and ran down the hillside and lease road. There are no streams or waterways that connect with the contaminated area. DEP inspector Gayne Knitowski was notifed at 9:00 am this morning, and visited the location. He was supportive of the actions we had taken and asked to be kept in the loop with the NGE plan of action for remediation. DEP spill hotline was contacted at 10:30 am and assigned the following reference number 31-67939. NGE has been brought in to address environmental remediation, and we are scheduling a meeting with Rockwater to address this incident.

On 12/13/17 at approximately 1:30 PM, NNE's drilling consultant observed water leaking at a flange on the discharge pipe at the AST. An estimated 2 BBL of blended water was released onto the ground, outside of containment. The water never left the well pad and did not impact any streams. NNE's HSE rep and Water rep went to site to assess situation and put containment under the leak to prevent further spreading. Water transfer crew members were immediately called to break down the flange and identify the failure. Upon breaking the flange down, it was determined the failure was a broken bolt that holds the flange together. Crew members replaced the damaged bolt with a new one, bolted the flange back up, which resolved the issue.

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.

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.

Water line ARV inspection

While inspecting the Kassay MEPCO line on night shift, a spill was observed coming from the ARV located on the Eddie Sine property. The ARV was locked and other than the water leaking out of the vault appeared to be in good condition. Attempts were made to close the valve to shut off the flow of additional water. Anthony Carlson was notified and drove out to location from his home, he was able reach into the vault while full of produced water and shut the valve below the ARV assembly, which stopped the flow of additional water at approximately 10:30 pm Friday night.

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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.

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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