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This is a newly drilled well converted to commercial injection in Ritchie county.

 

Well drilled in 2015 as an injection well.
Formation into which waste is injected -- Oriskany
Geographic location: latitude 39.256623, longitude -81.097484

 

Documents

2015 Completion report

2014 Permit to drill

2015 Permit to convert to UIC

2015 UIC permit

2015 UIC permit application

2016 NOV for permit condition requiring water supply testing

2016 NOV for permit condition requiring disposal fluid chemical analysis

2016 NOV for permit condition requring plugging permit for AOR well

2017 UIC inspection report

2017 Complaint for possible communication with a well in the AOR


Goggle Earth Imagery

Well facility with 18 storage tanks in secondary containment. The two unloading stations are south of the tanks.

 

 

Underground Injection Control Class 2 Wells

Introduction to Class 2 Wells in West Virginia

Collected documents and information for a number of Class 2 disposal wells and secondary recovery area permits

Searchable tables for UIC inspections, UIC permitting and MITs based on a copy of the Office of Oil and Gas' online UIC databases made in 2016.

Background materials related to West Virginia's primacy (including the primacy application), EPA guidance documents, and a lot more.

Select wells which present important issues

A UIC well constructed without any cement behind the steel casing strings to protect groundwater.

A commercial UIC well where activity on the site contaminated groundwater.

A commercial UIC well where activity on the site or because of well failure has contaminated surface water.

A UIC well whose use led to earthquakes in the area.


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.


The Details

Plunger Lift Technology on Gas Wells
Fluids Brought to the Surface during Production
Plugging a Well
How To Read a Lab Report
Information the Completion Report Provides
Casing and Cementing