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Ohio Marcellus and Utica shale map now available

Below is the Marcellus and Utica Shale well map for OH, with producing wells as released by the OH DNR from data received upto Dec- 2011

PA Marcellus Shale – Gas Producing wells data now available

Here is a map of all Gas producing wells in PA, from data released by the PA DNR for the period between Jan-June -2011

West Virginia Surface Owners Organization

All the movement in the Marcellus Shale gas and oil drilling has caused a great stir amongst local residents of West Virginia. Property mineral rights, which for decades had been forgotten about and put aside, have suddenly become the most valuable possessions for the people of the state. However, along with the gains of the mineral owners, come terrible nightmares for the surface owners, who feel violated and abused by the overnight developments in their backyards, wherein they have absolutely no control. However, interestingly enough, the surface rights owners do actually have some say, however limited it may be. Some interesting information about this is available from the West Virginia’s Surface Rights owners organization. More information about this can be obtained from the link below:

http://www.wvsoro.org/resources/marcellus/index.html#well_spacing

Interesting interactive presentation on gas drilling

Here is an interesting presentation on gas drilling and the components used therein. This may be a bit dated, but is really informative for the consumer to see how the process really works.
http://dale-energy.com/flash/fromdale/index.html

Welcome to West Virginia’s Marcellus Shale information repository

The Marcellus Shale Formation is the largest source of domestic natural gas yet discovered in the United States. This Web site is dedicated to bring our visitors the most up-to-date, accurate and thorough news and information about the Marcellus Shale play.We hope you find the content of this site unique, useful, unbiased and informative.

Marcellus Shale pipeline map

A detailed Marcellus Shale pipeline map is now available, courtesy http://www.geology.com. A direct link to the map can be found below. Interesting to see the concentration in WV and PA!

A different online pipeline map is available from the department of transportation at
https://www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov/

Co-Relation between fracking and earthquakes?

Interesting article on the National Geographic energy blog about the possible co-relation between fracking and earthquakes. This is more intriguing now, especially after the rumble that we experienced a few months ago that shook the region from Virginia beach, all they way to Canada on the East coast of the US, typically where the Fracking for natural gas has been most active in the past few years.

The article is located at the link below:
http://www.greatenergychallengeblog.com/blog/2012/01/04/tracing-links-between-fracking-and-earthquakes/