Mapping Horizontal Fracking

Last twelvemonth West Virginia issued over 5,000 permits for horizontal fracking wells. Horizontal fracking allows companies to drill for miles cloak-and-dagger inwards whatsoever direction from ane unmarried point. Although horizontal wells alone require a unmarried betoken to drill these unmarried points postulate large gravel clearings. In West Virginia's mountainous terrain this frequently requires flattening hilltops, novel roads in addition to tree clearance.

ProPublica in addition to the Charleston Gazette-Mail accept teamed upward to map horizontal fracking wells inwards West Virginia. A Guide to Every Permitted Natural Gas Well inwards West Virginia is illustrated alongside an interactive map which non alone shows the place of every good exactly likewise shows the estimate extent of each cloak-and-dagger horizontal well.

The ProPublica article likewise includes pocket-sized round out maps showing aerial views of all good pads inwards the state. These aerial views present the extent to which trees accept been cleared for each well's construction. If y'all hover over the pocket-sized round out aerial persuasion of a good y'all tin persuasion who it is owned by. It is likewise possible to filter the pocket-sized maps shown past times county in addition to past times fellowship name.