Gas Well Workshop
Third Session
Videos
There is only one video for this session where we put together
the various elements available for a preliminary well assessment.
The well in this video is a
vertical Marcellus well in Kanawha county about 25 miles
from the state capitol.
Besides our own evaluation, we have depended on 3 extensive interviews with the surface owner, testing of a water sample from their water well, aerial photographs provided by SkyTruth, and reports of the operator's activities in Pennsylvania.
Documents
Documents for this session are Making
a Complaint and Looking
at a Drill Site. We intend to devote a part of the conference
call time to discussing how to look at an active drill site.
Study
Documents
We think our 2011
Gas Well Study and Thirty
Wells paper provide ideas on how to use information gathered
from looking at gas well sites.
We suggest that industry videos which can be seen on YouTube are worth looking at. They obviously tell only part of the story. People in areas where these companies are active may find the videos useful as a comparison to what is actually happening.
Horizontal
Well Comments
We believe that operators' abandoned wells and legacy wells
in the county and region where they are actively drilling
horizontal Marcellus wells can provide basis for commenting
on permits.
Online databases are useful for determining types of well activity in county and throughout the state.
State
law, 22-6-19, states "Any well which is completed as
a dry hole or which is not in use for a period of twelve consecutive
months shall be presumed to have been abandoned and shall
promptly be plugged by the operator . . ." Some abandoned
wells are an environmental hazard. One recently drilled well
in our area was considered abandoned by the Office of Oil
and Gas because the operator failed to provide production
reports, even though the well was producing. A backlog of
unplugged abandoned wells can be both worthy of comment and
a topic for letters to the editor/articles.
YouTube
videos
Session
3
Putting
it all together
Documents
Session
Looking
at a Drill Site
Making
a Complaint
Study
Documents
Session
3
SkyTruth
Gas
Well Study, 2011
Thirty Wells
Industry Videos
Additional
Documents
EOG Punxsutawney 36H blowout report and
documents (prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection). The report (item 2) describes the
event and cause of this blowout. Items 6 through 14 are records
of extensive interviews. Item 15 is a letter from the Pennsylvania
DEP to operators stating additional requirements.
1.
Cover Letter
2.
Bedrock Engineering Report
3.
EOG Emergency Response Plan
4.
EOG Daily Reports
5.
EOG Timeline
6.
CC Forbes interview Bill Ralston
7.
CC Forbes interview Brent Hrubochek
8.
CC Forbes interview Daniel Luzier
9.
EOG Interview Barry Rodkey
10.
EOG Interview Charley Kendrick
11.
EOG Interview Gary Smith
12.
EOG interview Jeff Leitzell
13.
CC Forbes Consent Order and Agreement
14.
EOG Consent Order and Agreement
15.
Letter to Gas Well Operators
Crosby 25-3 Well in Wyoming photographs of condensate bubbling and flowing on surface after blowout.
Also see the special topics that came up during the 2012 Workshop third session conference calls.
2013 Gas Well Workshop
About the Workshop
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Materials Used for the Workshop
Reporting Wells
Gas Well Study is the examination of natural gas wells in West Virginia.
Underground Injection Control Class 2 Wells
These wells are used either for the disposal of oil and gas liquid waste or for the enhanced recovery of oil or natural gas.
Gas Well Study Site Visits
Annual reports, environmental assessments, and individual well information.
YouTube Videos
Select videos from the Gas Well Study YouTube channel.
What Happened at Fernow
An investigation into what caused the vegetation death in the land application area after landspraying hydraulic fracture flowback waste.
The Spill at Buckeye Creek
An investigation into a spill from a Marcellus well site into Buckeye Creek in Doddridge county.