West Virginia oil and gas data

Where this comes from

Well records come from West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP). Facility and emissions layers, where present, come from EPA programs including GHGRP, NEI and ECHO, and from PHMSA for pipeline incidents. Atlas normalises these into one schema and joins them on the well API number.

Regulatory data has limits worth knowing. It does not capture failure-mode emissions, it can carry operator reporting errors, and it lags current conditions. Every figure above is a count of what the agency published, not an independent measurement.

Analysis

• Largest Natural Gas Producers in Appalachia (PA, WV, Ohio) The largest gas producers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, ranked by 2025 gas reported to state regulators, credited to each well's current operator.
• Class II Injection Wells and the Other UIC Classes, Explained About 180,000 Class II oil and gas injection wells operate in the US, most for enhanced recovery, not disposal. The six UIC classes and where records live.
• WVDEP Oil and Gas: Which Search Tool Answers Your Question The WVDEP Office of Oil and Gas runs six separate search tools. Here is which one answers which question about a West Virginia well, and what none of them show.