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Suit outlines safety concerns at Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Anadarko spokeswoman Jennifer Brice declined to comment on the suit Tuesday.
Credit: JAMIE SCHWABEROW | BLOOMBERG
Workers stand next to water service tanks at a hydraulic fracturing (fracking) site north of Dacono.

DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL — A federal lawsuit against Anadarko Petroleum Corp., claims the company in recent years — faced with several hundred old wells that needed remediation in its Colorado operations — put concerns about drilling schedules and production ahead of safety in prioritizing which wells would be fixed.

It also claims company executives determined a 28,000-gallon spill in January 2017 near Hudson was caused by the “lack of trained personnel,” but didn’t tell state regulators its conclusion.

The class-action suit, which seeks a jury trial, was detailed Tuesday in a story by the Colorado Independent.

Anadarko spokeswoman Jennifer Brice declined to comment on the suit Tuesday.

Read more at the Denver Business Journal: https://bit.ly/2rpEqZw

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