Marcellus Shale Gas Wells Extensive in West Virginia (Map)

Marcellus Gas Well in West Virginia

WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL & ECONOMIC SURVEY

Address:1 Mont Chateau Road Morgantown, WV 26508-8079

Telephone:304-594-2331 Fax:304-594-2575

E-mail:  info@geosrv.wvnet.edu

Hours:8:00am – 5:00pm EST, Weekdays

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• FUNCTION:
  • West Virginia’s center for geology, energy resources, industrial minerals, geologic hazards, ground water, topographic and geologic maps, earth science, and much more.
  • The Survey is here to serve you–to answer your West Virginia geology-related and earth science questions, whether you are a landowner or engineer, professional or student, private citizen or company representative.
  • Consultations, maps, publications, selected database items, and copies of documents are available at modest cost.

• HISTORY:

“Experience has shown but one way in which to open up the resources of a country, and this is a geological Survey . . . .” With these words in 1869, distinguished West Virginia University geologist John James Stevenson advocated the State’s need for a geological survey.

In 1897, the WVGES was established by an act of the Legislature with the purposes to, in general, (1) investigate the State’s geological and physical resources, (2) make the results of these investigations promptly available to the public, and (3) provide topographic, geologic, and other maps of the State.

Chosen to head the new Survey was Dr. Israel Charles White, one of the most prominent geologists of that time. Under his leadership, the Survey soon became internationally known. White supervised the preparation of topographic maps covering the entire State and edited 34 geologic reports. By 1927, the Survey had made detailed geologic studies of every county except Greenbrier, and it can be claimed that this geologic record of West Virginia excelled that found for any like area in the world.

The Map of Marcellus Shale Gas Wells in West Virginia has been updated.  See it above and on the Internet, accessible here.