Drilling complete on second monitoring well in Wheatley

WHEATLEY — Contractors completed drilling on the second of two monitoring wells in Wheatley without incident last week.

No gas was discovered at the scene of the second well, located near the Wheatley Arena. The first monitoring well, located in the municipal parking lot behind the scene of last August’s explosion, was completed Monday, February 14.

Information gathered from this work, as well as sampling of regional gas wells for comparison with on site samples, should provide more information for investigators.

Work on redrilling the Tait well at APEC 2 is expected to begin this week, once equipment arrives on site.