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Now Drilling/Fracking
on Marcellus Shale

Photos of gas drilling in Washington County Pennsylvania,
a hot spot in the Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling boom

PAGE INDEX

 

 

    
COSTANZO UNIT 1H - 2H
MT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009 - 2010

RANGE RESOURCES
COSTANZO UNIT 1H-2H

COSTANZO UNIT 1H OG WELL 125-23803
COSTANZO UNIT 2H OG WELL 125-23804
  

   
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
Costanzo drilling rig on Marcellus Shale
  
  
  
  
RIG #253 Patterson-UTI
Patterson-UTI RIG #253
   
  

 

    
WORSTELL UNIT 1H - 7H
CHARTIERS TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
January 2010

RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA LLC
WORSTELL UNIT 1H-7H

WORSTELL UNIT 1H OG WELL 125-23676
WORSTELL UNIT 2H OG WELL 125-23811
WORSTELL UNIT 3H OG WELL 125-23810
WORSTELL UNIT 4H OG WELL 125-23831
WORSTELL UNIT 5H OG WELL 125-23907
WORSTELL UNIT 7H OG WELL 125-23809
  

WORSTELL UNIT GAS WELL SIGN
  
  
Brine tanker on drilling pad of Worstell Unit
  
  
Worstell Unit in Chartiers Township, Washington County, PA
  
  
Gas line from Worstell Unit
  
   
  

 

    
WILLIAM LOWRY UNIT 2H - 10H
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
January 2010 Fracing

RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA LLC
WILLIAM LOWRY UNIT 2H-A - 10H

LOWRY UNIT 2H-A OG WELL 125-22600
LOWRY UNIT 3H OG WELL 125-23169
LOWRY UNIT 4H OG WELL 125-23326
LOWRY UNIT 5H OG WELL 125-23854
LOWRY UNIT 6H OG WELL 125-23855
LOWRY UNIT 7H OG WELL 125-23856
LOWRY UNIT 8H OG WELL 125-23857
LOW
RY UNIT 10H OG WELL 125-23858
  

FRAC TECH directional sign
  
  
Fracing site in the foreground, sand
truck staging area on hillside
  
  
Chemical tanker moving into staging area
  
  
Staging area on opposite hillside
  
  
GPS unit on hilltop
  
 
Lowry Unit where fracking is taking place
  
  
Mixing area for fracking
  
  
DANGER - EXPLOSIVES
Turn off 2-way radios, mobile phones.
No smoking.
  
  
Frac Fluids strapped onto flatbed truck
  
  
Mixing area for sand and frac fluids
  
  
MBAS?  Foam in nearby creek indicates
possible run-off from drilling unit
  
  
More foam and suds caught in cattle fencing debris
  
 
Particulate cloud from tarped area near frac mixer
  
  
flare stack at gas well
Flare stack
  
  
Eastern Reservoir Services
Eastern Reservoir Services
  
  
candlestick gas flares
Dual candlesticks for flaring wells
  
  

 

    
GUY AVOLIO UNIT 6H-8H-10H
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
January 2010 Drilling

CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA LLC
GUY AVOLIO 6H-8H-10H

GUY AVOLIO 6H OG WELL 125-23968
GUY AVOLIO 8H OG WELL 125-23954
GUY AVOLIO 10H OG WELL 125-23964

GUY AVOLIO FRAC POND 2 ESCGP-1 - ESX09-125-0066

These may be the first Chesapeake Energy Marcellus
gas wells drilled in Washington County, Pa
  

Guy Avolio Pad
ESCGP-1# ESX09-125-0041
Independence Township
Washington County, PA
Emergency Phone # 1-888-460-0003
  
  
NOMAC DRILLING RIG 241
Nomac Drilling, LLC is Chesapeake’s drilling company, providing conventional and unconventional drilling in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Chesapeake’s Eastern Division
  
  
Large scale excavation and entry to well pad
  
  
Looking out over the hills toward Avella, Pa
  
  
NOMAC drilling rig on Marcellus Shale
  
  
Chesapeake Energy
  
  

 

    
SIERZEGA UNIT 2H - 14H
AMWELL TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
January 2010 Drilling

Sierzega gas wells 1H - 14H Range Resources
RANGE RESOURCES
SIERZEGA UNIT 2H-14H

SIERZEGA UNIT 2H OG WELL 125-23852
SIERZEGA UNIT 3H OG WELL 125-23851
SIERZEGA UNIT 4H OG WELL 125-23850
SIERZEGA UNIT 5H OG WELL 125-23849
SIERZEGA UNIT 8H OG WELL 125-23937
SIERZEGA UNIT 9H OG WELL 125-23938
SIERZEGA UNIT 11H OG WELL 125-23958
SIERZEGA UNIT 12H OG WELL 125-23959
SIERZEGA UNIT 13H OG WELL 125-23960
SIERZEGA UNIT 14H OG WELL 125-23961
  
  

Drill 21 Rig
Drill Rig 21
  
  
Sierzega drilling rig
Sierzega drilling rig
  
  
Major excavation for Sierzega gas wells in Amwell Twp.
Sierzega drilling pad looks like a major
shopping center excavation
  
  
Sierzega drilling pad
Sierzega drilling pad with 10 Marcellus wells
  
  
Sierzega pad and rig
Sierzega drill rig and location
  
  
Excavation for Sierzega 1H-14H
Far end of Sierzega pad excavation
in Amwell Township
  
  
  

 

  
LOIS MILLER 1H - 4H
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009 - 2010 Drilling

RANGE RESOURCES
LOIS MILLER 1H-4H

LOIS MILLER 1H OG WELL 125-23763
LOIS MILLER 1H OG WELL 125-23764
LOIS MILLER 1H OG WELL 125-23765
LOIS MILLER 1H OG WELL 125-23873
  

   WHIPSTOCK NATURAL GAS RIG #24
  
Someone forgot to add the gas well permit numbers,
so we did it for them
  
PATTERSON-UTI RIG 254
   
View from Lynn Portal Road area
  
Inner workings of the Patterson "triple rig"
  
View of the Lois Miller drilling pad from Buffalo Pa
  
Stands of pipe along the drilling derrick
  
Patterson-UTI rig #254
  
Equipment and chemicals on drilling pad
  
Access road with black grit for traction
  
  
  
  

 

  
FT CHERRY ROAD
MT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
November 2009

FT CHERRY ROAD
"Red sky in morn..."
 
Patterson #316 moved here from the Hoskins wells
  
Two cranes for the heavy lifting
  
Hello neighbor!
  
Patterson Rig 316
  
  

 

  
DRUGMAND UNIT 1H - 8H
MT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009 - 2010

RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA
DRUGMAND UNIT 1H-8H

DRUGMAND UNIT 1H OG WELL 125-23888
DRUGMAND UNIT 2H OG WELL 125-23889
DRUGMAND UNIT 3H OG WELL 125-23853
DRUGMAND UNIT 4H OG WELL 125-23890
DRUGMAND UNIT 5H OG WELL 125-23891
DRUGMAND UNIT 6H OG WELL 125-23892
DRUGMAND UNIT 7H OG WELL 125-23893
DRUGMAND UNIT 8H OG WELL 125-23894
  

Before gas drilling activities began
  
Future frac pit and/or drilling pad?
  
E&S - Erosion and Sedimentation controls
     
  
  
  
Newly constructed pond on the Carter farm
for the Drugmand / Cowden wells
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  

 

  
LYNN PORTAL ROAD NEAR
NORTH BUFFALO ROAD
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
August 2009

LYNN PORTAL ROAD
PATTERSON-UTI DRILLING COMPANY, LLC sign
Rig 315
  
Patterson drilling rig in Pennsylvania farm country
Labor Day morning 2009
Marcellus Shale farm country

  
  
   Two houses are close to the drilling activities
  
Drilling occurs 24-7
  
   Patterson Rig 315
  
  

 

  
ARDEN ROAD
BAKER, CAROL UNIT 1 THRU 8

CHARTIERS TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
July 2009

Carol Baker 1 thru 8

RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA LLC
CAROL BAKER UNIT 1H-8H

BAKER, CAROL 1H OG WELL 125-23730
BAKER, CAROL 2H OG WELL 125-23731
BAKER, CAROL 3H OG WELL 125-23732
BAKER, CAROL 4H OG WELL 125-23785
BAKER, CAROL 5H OG WELL 125-23733
BAKER, CAROL 6H OG WELL 125-23734
BAKER, CAROL 7H OG WELL 125-23786
BAKER, CAROL 8H OG WELL 125-23787
  

The flag at the top of the rig shows workers which way to run (upwind) if they hit deadly sour gas
  
  
IR drilling rig on Marcellus Shale
  
  
Two gas drilling rigs near Arden Downs in Chartiers Twp.
  
   
  

 

    
BEDILLION-DAY UNIT 1H - 8H
AMWELL TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009 - 2010

RANGE RESOURCES
BEDILLION-DAY UNIT 1H-8H
Near Trinity South Elementary School

BEDILLION-DAY UNIT 1H OG WELL 125-23609
BEDILLION-DAY UNIT 2H OG WELL 125-23153
BEDILLION-DAY UNIT 4H OG WELL 125-23156
BEDILLION-DAY UNIT 5H OG WELL 125-23843
BEDILLION-DAY UNIT 6H OG WELL 125-23844
BEDILLION-DAY UNIT 7H OG WELL 125-23845
BEDILLION-DAY UNIT 8H OG WELL 125-23842
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
MarkWest Compressor Station across
Johnson Road from Bedillion-Day Unit
  
  

 

    
DAY UNIT 1H - 8H
AMWELL TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009 - 2010

RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA LLC
DAY UNIT 1H-8H
Near Trinity South Elementary School

Jon Day Centralized Impoundment Dam
Permit 95-7-60915-6    Issued 01/27/2010

Proposed But Never Materialized:
DAY UNIT 1H OG WELL 125-23038
DAY UNIT 2H OG WELL 125-23039

Active Wells:
DAY UNIT 1H OG WELL 125-23185 (Drill Deeper)
DAY UNIT 2H OG WELL 125-23205 (Drill Deeper)
DAY UNIT 3H OG WELL 125-23796
DAY UNIT 4H OG WELL 125-23828
DAY UNIT 5H OG WELL 125-23795
DAY UNIT 6H OG WELL 125-23829
DAY UNIT 7H OG WELL 125-23794
DAY UNIT 8H OG WELL 125-23797
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

    
JOHN RUSH UNIT 1H - 9H
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
November 2009

RANGE RESOURCES
JOHN RUSH UNIT 1H-9H

JOHN RUSH UNIT 1H OG WELL  125-23913
JOHN RUSH UNIT 2H OG WELL  125-23981
JOHN RUSH UNIT 3H OG WELL  125-23914
JOHN RUSH UNIT 4H OG WELL  125-23915
JOHN RUSH UNIT 5H OG WELL  125-23916
JOHN RUSH UNIT 6H OG WELL  125-23917
JOHN RUSH UNIT 7H OG WELL  125-23918
JOHN RUSH UNIT 8H OG WELL  125-23980
JOHN RUSH UNIT 9H OG WELL  125-23982
  

  
  
   
  

 

    
GOETTEL UNIT 3H - 13H
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
February 2010

RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA
GOETTEL UNIT 3H-13H-A and IMPOUNDMENT

GOETTLE (spelling?) FRESH WATER IMPOUNDMENT

GOETTEL UNIT 3H OG WELL  125-22989
GOETTEL UNIT 4H OG WELL  125-22990
GOETTEL UNIT 5H OG WELL  125-23868
GOETTEL UNIT 6H OG WELL  125-23869
GOETTEL UNIT 7H OG WELL  125-23870
GOETTEL UNIT 8H OG WELL  125-23871
GOETTEL UNIT 9H OG WELL  125-23872
GOETTEL UNIT 10H OG WELL  125-23874
GOETTEL UNIT 11H OG WELL  125-23875
GOETTEL UNIT 12H OG WELL  125-23876

GOETTEL UNIT 13H-A OG WELL  125-23877
Well Plugging Notice Intent to Plug Single Well
  

Route 231 near Route 844
Independence Township
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

    
CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK
6H - 7H - 8H - 9H-A - 10H
14H - 15H - 16H
19H - 20H - 21H - 22H - 25H
CROSS CREEK TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009 - 2010

RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA, LLC

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK
6H - 7H - 8H - 9H-A - 10H
14H - 15H - 16H
19H - 20H - 21H - 22H - 25H

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 6H OG WELL  125-22830

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 7H OG WELL  125-22861
11/24/09 Incident- Response to Accident or Event - No violations noted

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 8H OG WELL  125-22793

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 9H-A OG WELL  125-22668
Well Plugging Notice Intent to Plug Single Well
11/24/09 Incident- Response to Accident or Event - No violations noted

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 10H OG WELL  125-22860

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 14H OG WELL  125-23165 PDF

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 15H OG WELL  125-23182 PDF

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 16H OG WELL  125-23300 PDF

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 19H OG WELL  125-23631

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 20H OG WELL  125-23630

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 21H OG WELL  125-23629

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 22H OG WELL  125-23628

CROSS CREEK COUNTY PARK 25H OG WELL  125-23859
11/24/09 Incident- Response to Accident or Event - No violations noted

More on Cross Creek Park
  

  
  
  
  

 

    
TROYER/SPACE MANAGEMENT
UNIT 1H - 11H
CECIL TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009-2010

RANGE RESOURCES
TROYER/SPACE MANAGEMENT UNIT 1H-11H

TROYER/SPACE MANAGEMENT UNIT 1H OG WELL  125-23902
TROYER/SPACE MANAGEMENT UNIT 2H OG WELL  125-23903
TROYER/SPACE MANAGEMENT UNIT 3H OG WELL  125-23904
TROYER/SPACE MANAGEMENT UNIT 4H OG WELL  125-23949
TROYER/SPACE MANAGEMENT UNIT 9H OG WELL  125-23940
TROYER/SPACE MANAGEMENT UNIT 10H OG WELL  125-23941
TROYER/SPACE MANAGEMENT UNIT 11H OG WELL  125-23942
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

 

    
BEDNARSKI UNIT 1H-A - 4H
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009-2010

RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA, LLC
BEDNARSKI UNIT 1H-A - 4H

BEDNARSKI UNIT 1H-A OG WELL  125-23160
Well Plugging Notice Intent to Plug Single Well

BEDNARSKI UNIT 2H OG WELL  125-23159
BEDNARSKI UNIT 3H OG WELL  125-23985
BEDNARSKI UNIT 4H OG WELL  125-24022
  

 

  

    
CHAPPEL UNIT 1H-10H
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009-2010

RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA
CHAPPEL UNIT 1H-10H

CHAPPEL UNIT 1H OG WELL  125-23970
CHAPPEL UNIT 2H OG WELL  125-23971
CHAPPEL UNIT 3H OG WELL  125-23864
CHAPPEL UNIT 4H OG WELL  125-23972
CHAPPEL UNIT 5H OG WELL  125-24013
CHAPPEL UNIT 7H OG WELL  125-23905
CHAPPEL UNIT 8H OG WELL  125-23906
CHAPPEL UNIT 9H OG WELL  125-24012
CHAPPEL UNIT 10H OG WELL  125-24011
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  

    
GODWIN UNIT 1H-7H
CANTON TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009-2010

RANGE RESOURCES
GODWIN UNIT 1H-7H

GODWIN UNIT 1H OG WELL  125-23100
GODWIN UNIT 2H OG WELL  125-23898
GODWIN UNIT 3H OG WELL  125-23899
GODWIN UNIT 4H OG WELL  125-23900
GODWIN UNIT 6H OG WELL  125-23935
GODWIN UNIT 7H OG WELL  125-23901

MARKWEST – CANTON TWP
GODWIN COMPRESSOR STATION  723222
  

   Godwin OG well drilling on Rt. 18
 
  
   Godwin Compressor Station
  
  
   Godwin Impoundment
  
  

  

    
MILLER, JOHN UNIT 1H-8H
CANTON TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009-2010

RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA, LLC
MILLER, JOHN UNIT 1H-8H

MILLER, JOHN UNIT 1H OG WELL  125-23098
MILLER, JOHN UNIT 3H OG WELL  125-23882
MILLER, JOHN UNIT 4H OG WELL  125-23881
MILLER, JOHN UNIT 5H OG WELL  125-23883
MILLER, JOHN UNIT 6H OG WELL  125-23886
MILLER, JOHN UNIT 7H OG WELL  125-23885
MILLER, JOHN UNIT 8H OG WELL  125-23887
  

 

  

    
WARD, HAROLD UNIT 1H-7H
CANTON TOWNSHIP
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2009-2010

RANGE RESOURCES
WARD, HAROLD UNIT 1H-7H

WARD, HAROLD UNIT 1H OG WELL  125-23151
WARD, HAROLD UNIT 2H OG WELL  125-23224
WARD, HAROLD UNIT 4H OG WELL  125-23975
WARD, HAROLD UNIT 6H OG WELL  125-23974
WARD, HAROLD UNIT 7H OG WELL  125-23976
  

  
  
  

  


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