Google Map Of All Horizontal Producing
Natural Gas Wells in Pennsylvania.

This information was derived from the PA DEP Oil & Gas Reporting Website, using the data report from May 2011.

I created a Google Earth KML file with all this data you can download, and view in Google Earth to see further details. Many of the more recent wells show what kind of frack fluid was used, where the frack water was disposed, and the 2010 oil and gas production data. The PADEP started adding such data to the public file's comment section in 2010.

Right Up to NY State.

Near Gobbners Knob and Lawerenceville, PA (cheap gasoline without New York taxes for your truck if you drive down from Corning), there are a series of well heads within a 1/2 mile of NY State border. It's possible that the pipes go right up to the state line.

... and Dimock PA.

One could not do a series of maps of High Volume Hydrofracking with out showing off the trouble Dimock PA, where a few of the wells where poorly cased, causing serious drinking water problems.

Here is Well Permit #115-20148, Land Owner: HUBBARD, Driller: CABOT OIL & GAS CORP, along Pennsylvania State Route 2024, roughly 1 mile east of Dimock on Google Earth while it was being drilled. Remember, this well is producing, so nothing remains at the site, except for a small pipe, along with a smaller gravel pad, and maybe condensate tanks if the well is producing condensate and it's not piped off-site. The dirt piled up there, will be used to cover much of the well pad once the well is completed, to allow farming activity to occur except for a small area around the well head, and access road.

And 1 mile south of Dimock is a series of producing wells. One of them — under construction — is also visible from the road. It is Well Permit #115-20171, Land Owner: J GRIMSLEY, Driller: CABOT OIL & GAS CORP. Remember, if you drive down there now, all of the technical equipment will be gone, and just the well head and maybe gravel pad around the well.

Here is an example of a completed well pad, with all of the equipment removed. This well has nothing but a well head, but some have condensate tanks. This well may not produce a lot of condensate, or maybe it's piped off site. This is what these well pads, as seen above look like today.

Horizontal Wells vs Vertical Wells.

I was looking for an example of a horizontal well next to vertical wells, for a size comparison. This took me down to South Western Pennsylvania in the area of Wind Ridge, at least with Google Maps. This is where hydrofracking in Marcellus shale was first studied, and where a lot of the older wells currently exist.

Granted, this is comparing an under construction horizontal well to a completed vertical well with a lot of the site restored, so it's not a really fair comparison. A lot of the well pad will eventually be covered with top soil to allow for farming to continue around it, and all the equipment will be gone. Yet, it shows how much larger a horizontal well pad is compared to vertical well. It's kind of comparing a local highway to an expressway. The horizontal well here is owned by Costanzo and drilled by Range Resources.

Coal Strip Mine Nearby.

I actually wasn't looking for this, but I happened to stumble upon the Baily Coal Mine. They still mine and burn a lot of coal in Western Pennsylvania. Not just for massive coal-fired power plants, but many people also heat their homes with coal from mines like this one. The Bailey Metallurgical Coal Mine produces roughly 10 million megatons yearly of very high-quality coal for use blast furnaces making steel.