We have an important message from the chemical storage industry: zombies and noxious fumes are spiking gas detectors in your vicinity! But we’re not talking about the putrid walking dead who are rotting from the inside out, longing for one last gasp of life beyond the grave. However, this lingering chemical threat lurking from the depths below is equally as sinister and malevolent. An alarming number of zombie wells are posing a maligned battery of threats to unsuspecting residents in petroleum and fossil-fuel-rich communities nationwide. Also known by their EPA call signal as an abandoned or uncapped well, zombie wells can silently leak invisible poisonous gasses to surface atmospheres and laden water tables with sulfurous contaminants. Most abandoned zombie wells degrade to derelict status due to bankruptcy and foreclosure before municipal takeover places the responsibility on beleaguered taxpayers.
What is a Zombie Well?
A zombie well is an abandoned oil or gas that is no longer producing raw unrefined fuel but still poses environmental risks to the surrounding area. Although thousands of zombie wells exist nationwide, the predominate derelict carbon geysers are located under the earth’s Permian basin in the southwestern U.S. Unfortunately, zombie wells are plugged and neutralized by priority of degradation, so many of the abandoned liquid mineshafts will continue to threaten unsuspecting townships nationwide.
Protecting Employees From the Walking Dead of Non-Compliant Storage
Zombie wells are the ultimate red flag in the dicey world of sketchy and suspect chemical storage. While most heavy industries handling variable hazardous chemicals stockpile will never produce or handle quantities of flammable viscous fuel at the level of a zombie well, such egregious neglect as these underground wells is a warning to all inventory specialists neglecting current onsite chemical stockpiles. While we don’t offer the single-shot cure for prolific zombie well-rampaging poisoning underground water tables nationwide, we can inoculate onsite chemical storage at any industrial manufacturer against blatant and unwarranted chemical spills. Our fire-rated chemical storage lockers can properly store small and large IBC tote and chemical steel drum systems from rapid temperature fluctuations, errant sparks, and employee mishaps at your facility without interrupting workflow processes. Wide-swinging or roll-up doors on the locker’s broad size make for easy access, storage, and retrieval of chemical drums and totes, limiting environmental exposure and minimizing breach or pollution risk while dangerous but necessary chemicals are not in use. Contact us today for a free quote and consultation.
