West Virginia

As of 2015, 4% of wells in West Virginia used hydraulic fracturing. State law requires that operators disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, but exceptions can be made which allow these chemicals to be concealed from the public.

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FracTracker provides state-specific data on issues such as:

Locations of oil and gas facilities
Pipelines and processor locations
Production amount of oil and gas generated
Amounts of waste generated from oil and gas

The data folders may also contain information on other energy generation locations, data from different years, and data on violations committed by oil and gas facilities. Amount of information and types of information will vary by state. Get data.

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WVDEP (West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection) provides data on oil and gas wells, as well as the horizontal laterals (under the ground) via their GIS server.

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LATEST WEST VIRGINIA ARTICLES

Falcon Pipeline Online, Begins Operations Following Violations of Clean Streams Law

November 17, 2022

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The Shell ethane cracker in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and Falcon Pipeline begin operations following civil penalties from Pennsylvania regulators for violations of the Clean Streams Law.

FracTracker Receives Two Federal Grants to Support Community Air Monitoring Initiatives in the Ohio River Valley

November 4, 2022

We are pleased to announce that FracTracker Alliance has been selected for two EPA grants totaling $925,302 to support community air monitoring initiatives in the Ohio River Valley.

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An Insider Take on the Appalachian Hydrogen & CCUS Conference

June 23, 2022

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Reflections on the Appalachian Hydrogen and Carbon Capture conference, and how companies hope to use new tech to prolong fossil fuel dependence

Petrochemical Toxics in the Ohio River Watershed

December 21, 2021

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A look at the petrochemical industry’s footprint in the Ohio River Watershed and how much toxic pollution is discharged into waterways.

Ongoing Safety Concerns over Shell’s Falcon Pipeline

August 24, 2021

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Ohio River Valley Groups react to a new safety warning issued by federal regulators to Shell regarding the troubled Falcon Pipeline

By Ted Auch, PhD, Great Lakes Program Coordinator and Shannon…

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Mapping Gathering Lines in Ohio and West Virginia

July 2, 2020

As a spring 2020 intern with FracTracker, my work mostly involved…

National Energy and Petrochemical Map

February 28, 2020

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This map from FracTracker Alliance is filled with energy and petrochemical data. Explore the map, continue reading to learn more, and see how your state measures up!