UIC Databases
In August 2016 we copied a large portion of the Office of Oil and Gas online databases for Mechanical Integrity Tests, Inspections and Permitting. We copied the online results for the following counties: Barbour, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lewis, McDowell, Mercer, Monongalia, Pleasants, Putnam, Raleigh, Ritchie, Roane, Tucker, Upshur, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, and Wyoming. These databases are no longer available online so we are presenting our copies here.
These database copies need to be used with caution. There are errors sometimes in the databases. We copied databases by county and didn't copy all the counties with UIC wells. Just because a well doesn't appear on our database copy, doesn't mean that information wasn't available at that time.
The copies are available in two forms. One is a downloadable Excel file with all the material copied in separate worksheets for the databases.
An abbreviated form of the database copy is available as online searchable tables. These tables have all the records for most of the columns that the online databases had. These tables don't include operator names and in the case of MITs don't include columns with information on Part II MITs (generally notice of when cementing records were examined for a well). Again, the copied online database with all the downloaded information is available as an Excel workbook.
Office of Oil and Gas August 2016 table results for Mechanical Integrity Tests
Office of Oil and Gas August 2016 table results for UIC Inspections
Office of Oil and Gas August 2016 table results for UIC Permitting
There is a page describing the uses of this UIC online database copy.
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.
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 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