Edith, I prefaced by saying the Bakken. If you are in shallow formation with an interconnection, you may have something going on.  We have areas in MT where the groundwater is interconnected with coal seams and ranchers actually use an inverted cone to remove the natural gas from the livestock water.  Remember that Tit...more

I am a Civil Engineer from eastern Montana and I agree that the oil companies have not always played fair.  That has changed and it changing.  Montana has a very detialed proecss for abandonening all wells, even your household water well.  You can go to south central Montana and the groundwater contains enogh natural g...more

If you want to say this refers to the Bakken, due to the 10,000 ft depth, it would be nice if you would show the 5000 ft of solid rock between the oil and the anything close to potable water.  Also, the drill hole is triple protected with concrete enclosed steel casings.  The materials that enter into the frac are the ...more