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This is an older production well in Randolph county that has been converted to commercial injection. The waste shows the high concentrations of barium and radium associated with Marcellus and Utica shales.

 

Well drilled in 1984. Converted for injection circa 1993?
Formation into which waste is injected -- Balltown
Geographic location: latitude 38.832569, longitude -80.008881

 

Documents

1984 Drilling permit and completion report

1991 Permit for conversion and related documents

2017 UIC permit application

2009 MIT WR-37

2004 Inspection report

2014 Inspection report


Goggle Earth Imagery

View of facility in 2013.

 

 

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.

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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.

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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.

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YouTube Videos
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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