Natural gas wells, besides the natural gas they produce, create pollution. The most common pollution is errant and deliberate methane emissions. Just about every well we’ve looked at had a minor leak of some sorts. Sometimes the leak is audible from a distance as a hissing sound. Gas wells with storage tanks have vents to […]
Yesterday, Molly and I took a break (sort of a break, anyway) and hiked in the Amherst Plymouth Wildlife Management Area that’s just north of Bancroft. We were there last year looking at wells and this year we did the same, though the hike was a lot longer. The Wildlife Management Area has lots of […]
The 2013 Gas Well Study is now available. Last year we one of our focuses was Underground Injection Control (UIC) class 2 wells used to dispose of oil and gas waste. We have a section on our website devoted to UIC class 2 documents for 5 wells in West Virginia. This is a photo of […]