What is called the largest fracking acid spill in state history has gone before the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Blake Production Co. has appealed a more than $10,000 fine from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission as a result of the spill that involved an estimated 21,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid solution at a well site near Kingfisher, July 28, 2014.
Workers for the company were preparing to hydraulically fracture the well when the spill occurred. Nearly two weeks later, the Corporation Commission’s Oil and Gas Conservation Division filed an enforcement action against Blake Production. An attorney for the company is also fighting a Corporation Commission Administrative Law Judge’s decision that three employees should also be held liable.
