Chesapeake hit by vandals in Pennsylvania
Vandals have caused at least $300,000 worth of damage to a Chesapeake Energy Corp. water holding tank in northern Pennsylvania, television station WNEP reports.
Authorities told the television station that someone apparently sliced open the polyethylene liner of a water tank sometime over the weekend at a Chesapeake facility near Towanda.
Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake is the largest lease holder in the Marcellus Shale, a gas rich formation that covers much of Pennsylvania.
Chesapeake has reduced the number of rigs it has operating in the Marcellus due to lower gas prices.
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Is this the water pit that holds the water for fracing that was damaged. I have one of these pits on my property in western Ok. that is lined with plastic. It holds about 100K barrels when full which makes for a clear pond. I always thought if the plastic tore it would just cause the water to soak in perhaps run off, a bit.
I think I will stock it with koi later on for a new farm adventure.