Gas Well Workshop

Materials Used for the Workshop

YouTube videos
Session 1
Well equipment
Infrastructure
Laws
Databases
Looking at a site

Session 2
Looking at roads and construction
Looking closer at a site
Contamination

Session 3
Putting it all together

Documents
Session
The Basics
West Virginia Laws

Session 2
Chloride
Environmental Assessment--Chloride Testing
Online Databases
Well Site Survey Form

Session 3
Looking at a Drill Site
Making a Complaint

Session Exercises
Session One
Session Two
Session Three

West Virginia Regulations
35CSR1
35CSR2
35CSR3
35CSR4
35CSR5
35CSR6
35CSR7
35CSR8 (Horizontal Well Rule with comments and final changes)

Office of Oil and Gas Website
http://www.dep.wv.gov/oil-and-gas/Pages/default.aspx

Office of Oil and Gas Documents
General Water Pollution Control Permit GP-WV-1-88
New Erosion and Sediment Control Field Manual

Study Documents
Session 1
Legal right to look at well sites
West Virginia Legislature audit of state abandoned well program
West Virginia coalbed methane well study for EPA
Condensate MSDS
Another condensate MSDS
Coalbed Methane Produced Water permit
RAPPS Manual
Study for EPA in Barnett Shale region

Session 2
USGS report on low cost assessment
Our 2009 environmental assessment for a well in Kanawha county

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.

Mpeg2 Downloads*
Well equipment
Infrastructure
Laws
Looking at a site
Looking at roads and construction
Looking closer at a site
Contamination
Databases
Putting it all together

*In Internet Explorer right click on link and select Save Target As

Mp4 Downloads*
Well equipment
Infrastructure
Laws
Looking at a site
Looking at roads and construction
Looking closer at a site
Contamination
Databases
Putting it all together

*In Internet Explorer right click on link and select Save Target As

WMV Downloads*
Well equipment
Infrastructure
Laws
Looking at a site
Looking at roads and construction
Looking closer at a site
Contamination
Databases
Putting it all together

*In Internet Explorer right click on link and select Save Target As

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.