Service Director Doesn't Link Seismic Testing to Fracking
But some readers are skeptical the seismic testing done on Norton Road last week may lead to fracking.
Several readers have brought up the "f-word" after Patch posted a story about sets of cords placed down Norton Road. The odd-looking cables seen snaking alongside Seasons/Norton Road represent just 3.5-miles of a 500-mile exploration mission for natural gas reserves under way in Ohio through at least October. Mike Martin, project manager for Nicholson Land Services of Tyler, TX, said the cables and related equipment in Stow are part of a seismic testing process that “basically provides us with a road map of the subsurface.” Martin said the Ohio testing locations were chosen “by geophysicists and we are not privy to that information.” Testing in Stow already wrapped up in a week. But, many have speculated that fracking may be on its way. "…
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carlsmith
4:43 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
hey Debbie S. you're 100% correct. This is all nothing but a quick get rich scheme; and leave landowners with contaminated water. They are dong Seismic testing here now in Coitsville, OH. No one said a word about any testing..all we heard were bomb like sounds going off and my house would just shake! I had no idea what was happening. And plus, there is no water regulations in place..SO GO AHEAD … more ›