This is a report on our examination of a number of gas wells in Putnam and Kanawha counties. The wells in this section were viewed in 2008 and 2009 and are operated by several different companies.

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Four Wells in the Kanawha State Forest

Three Wells with Surface Contamination

Three Well with Inadequate Secondary Containment

A Vertical Marcellus Well

Condensate Tank Overflow

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Putnam County
Poca River Road
583
731
1492
595
615
743
775
746
739

Spanish Oak Road
232
Putnam B-85

Long Road
298

Kanawha County
Dry Branch
5999
1266

Harmon's Creek
2026
5714

Environmental Assessment
Putnam County
1492 & 731

Kanawha County
2026
5714

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Putnam County
Long Road Group
1288
1215
1178
1299
702
No API #1
No API #2
No API #3
1155
No API #4
No API #5

River Road Group
735
601
570

King Cemetery Group
1200
274
404

Kanawha County
2026
5714

47-079-00731

This older well is on South Poca River Road between 47-079-005833 and 74-079-01492.

This well is on the flat between 47-079-01492 and the river. At the time we took these photographs (January 2009) the well site was torn up as it was being upgraded along with the drilling and completion of 47-079-01492. Problems at the well were hard to define for that reason.

What we did see was an incorrect API number (wrong county) and industrial debris that should be hauled away when renovation is finished. The extremely large tank had a dike but we didn't measure it. Because of renovation the dike was breached.

When we saw, from a distance, the site last November it was poorly vegetated with large bare spots.

		Renovation of the well included replacing some of the pipeline. The horizontal puddles were created by the heavy equipment's weight as it dug the trench to the left.
		The well is an extremely simple affair. Plastic pipe was being used to replace the old steel pipeline.
		The handmade API sign is attractive but has the wrong county number (039 instead of 079).
		There looked to be a fluid leak at the wellhead.
		Old 55 gallon drum pushed to the side along with cleared timber.
		We've never seen anything before like the tall vertical tank. It's unused. The smaller tank to the right separates condensate from gas.
		The tank for this well is extremely large. It has a dike which we didn't measure because it was overgrown. A trench was cut throughthe dike during renovation.