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Spill Shuts Down Elk County Drilling Rig

The AP has details on a spill at an Elk County drilling site:

A company has halted Marcellus drilling in one northwestern Pennsylvania town after a kind of clay used to expedite the process spilled into a local reservoir.
Hunt Marcellus Operating Co. tells the Bradford Era ( http://bit.ly/vf5OUf) that it stopped drilling in Johnsonburg after some bentonite gel was released into Silver Creek and made its way into a drinking water reservoir controlled by the Johnsonburg Municipal Authority.
Bentonite is a form of impure clay that easily absorbs water and is used to facilitate gas and oil well drilling.

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