Area Permit 2R08700005AP

This area permit is for a large number of secondary recovery injection wells (about 26) with associated production wells in Roane county. These wells are set in an old production field.

 

Formation into which waste is injected -- Big Injun

Google Earth KMZ file

 

Major issue

  • Area permit Area of Review includes a large number of old wells which have no cement behind any string of casing. Early plugging techniques included wood plugs and use of gravel and/or clay plugging material. Some of the drinking water soures within the AOR show signs of oil and gas contamination.

Documents

2017 Draft UIC permit

2016 UIC permit application
     Part 1 -- Main application
     Part 2 -- Area of Review well records

 

Goggle Earth Imagery

Main Clover Field injection facility for area permit.

Injection wells within area permit. The facility is north of the northernmost injection well in the area permit -- 47-087-02975.

 

 

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