COLORADO FRACKING ACCIDENT KILLS HALIBURTON EMPLOYEE, INJURES 2 OTHERS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Sunday, November 16, 2014, 23:27

Reuters / Shannon Stapleton

Halliburton workers trying to thaw a frozen high-pressure water line at a Colorado fracking site found themselves in an extremely dangerous situation when it ruptured, killing one of them and injuring two others.

Colorado has been experiencing record-breaking cold conditions, with temperatures dropping to well below zero degrees Fahrenheit (-18 degrees Celsius) at night. When temperatures hit zero on Wednesday evening, a high-pressure water line froze.

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The delivery of high-pressure water is a crucial component of the fracking process – which requires blasting water, along with sand and other chemicals, into layers of rock to free up oil and natural gas.

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