Sherburne to sell water for drilling
SHERBURNE – The Village of Sherburne plans to sell up to 100,000 gallons of water per day to Norse Energy, Inc. in what Mayor William Acee described as “a tightly written contract.”
The village was approached approximately a year ago, and the agreement was reached in August.
Acee said the village could earn as much as $400 per day based on water rates for the amount. Because it takes approximately 15 days to drill a well, and Norse tentatively plans to use Sherburne’s water to drill four wells, the village stands to reap about $24,000.
The mayor described the potential windfall as “a substantial amount.”
According to Chenango County Planner Rena Doing, the Norwegian company could be planning to truck the water to newly-permitted vertical well sites in Afton and Coventry. The formation targeted is the Marcellus Shale, but because the wells are vertical rather than horizontal, Norse is not being held up by still to be determined state permitting regulations.
Norse utilizes both air and water pressure to drill vertical wells.
Acee said the village is permitted by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission to draw up to 720,000 gallons of water per day. The average daily current demand of the water system is 225,000 gallons.
The mayor said the contract with Norse is “a tightly written contract with a lot of circuit breakers,” meaning if the village needs the water it can terminate the agreement at any time.
The village has already been collecting revenue from treating drilling wastewater. Its plant has regularly taken in formation water from a number of wells that have been drilled over the past two years in nearby Smyrna, Plymouth and Preston. Acee said the post-drilling waste stream does not contain hydrofraking fluids, however. Hydrofraking solutions come in a variety of patented formations that some experts claim contain hazardous chemicals.
Yesterday, Doing told members of the Chenango County Planning Committee that Norse generally reuses water supplies in the process of drilling, and stores formation water on site in triple-lined open pits. A contracted hauler periodically picks up the waste from the pits and takes it to treatment facilities in Pennsylvania.
The village was approached approximately a year ago, and the agreement was reached in August.
Acee said the village could earn as much as $400 per day based on water rates for the amount. Because it takes approximately 15 days to drill a well, and Norse tentatively plans to use Sherburne’s water to drill four wells, the village stands to reap about $24,000.
The mayor described the potential windfall as “a substantial amount.”
According to Chenango County Planner Rena Doing, the Norwegian company could be planning to truck the water to newly-permitted vertical well sites in Afton and Coventry. The formation targeted is the Marcellus Shale, but because the wells are vertical rather than horizontal, Norse is not being held up by still to be determined state permitting regulations.
Norse utilizes both air and water pressure to drill vertical wells.
Acee said the village is permitted by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission to draw up to 720,000 gallons of water per day. The average daily current demand of the water system is 225,000 gallons.
The mayor said the contract with Norse is “a tightly written contract with a lot of circuit breakers,” meaning if the village needs the water it can terminate the agreement at any time.
The village has already been collecting revenue from treating drilling wastewater. Its plant has regularly taken in formation water from a number of wells that have been drilled over the past two years in nearby Smyrna, Plymouth and Preston. Acee said the post-drilling waste stream does not contain hydrofraking fluids, however. Hydrofraking solutions come in a variety of patented formations that some experts claim contain hazardous chemicals.
Yesterday, Doing told members of the Chenango County Planning Committee that Norse generally reuses water supplies in the process of drilling, and stores formation water on site in triple-lined open pits. A contracted hauler periodically picks up the waste from the pits and takes it to treatment facilities in Pennsylvania.
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