CSX TRANSFLO Opens New Frac Sand Storage Facility in Fairmont, WV

September 7, 2013

CSX TRANSFLO Opens New Frac Sand Storage Facility in Fairmont, WV Report By Krista Baker, WBOY, September 6, 2013 FAIRMONT, WV –  TRANSFLO and US Silica invited the public to an open house for their new Frac Sand storage facility. This facility will hold more than 10,000 Tons of frac sand. Employees from TRANSFLO, US [...]

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Natural Gas Production Data for West Virginia

September 6, 2013

Natural  Gas Production In West Virginia in 2010, 2011, and 2012 Source: WV Geological & Economic Survey, The State Journal, August 30, 2013. The total volume of natural gas produced in WV for the past three full years in “billion cubic feet” (Bcf) is: 298 (2010), 408 (2011), and 541 (2012). This represents an increase of [...]

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Big Moses Gas Well of 1894 in Tyler County

September 6, 2013

Big Moses Gas Well of 1894 in Tyler County From West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia, Photo: The capped “Big Moses” gas well Sunk in 1894 on the property of Moses Spencer 10 miles southwest of Middlebourne, WV, in Tyler County, the “Big Moses” gas well was believed to have been the most productive gas well in [...]

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REFLECTIONS: “Homage to Dunkard Creek” Now in Wheeling

September 5, 2013

Subject: Reflections: Dunkard Creek Art Exhibit Final Display, at Wheeling Jesuit University September 2013 marks the end of the two year tour of “Reflections: Homage to Dunkard Creek.” Since September 2011, thousands of people have filed through galleries and read about Reflections in newspapers and magazines.  Because of the efforts of each one of us, Dunkard [...]

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Some People Won’t Touch Fracking Problems With a Ten Foot Pole!

September 5, 2013

Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV, September 3, 2013 When I was a kid in these West Virginia hills, there was a common saying, “I wouldn’t touch that with a ten foot pole.” I suppose it originally meant some physical thing, but in my time it meant [...]

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Legal Firm Sees Additional Personal Injury Law Suits

September 4, 2013

Charleston law firm sees increasing oil and gas injury suits From an Article by Andrea Lannom, State Journal, August 30, 2013 Charleston lawyer Bobby Warner said his firm Warner Law Offices has seen more oil and gas-related injury cases while seeing fewer coal-related injury lawsuits.  Warner said in the past two years, the firm has [...]

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The Great Ohio River Relay by the Wheeling Water Warriors

September 3, 2013

GREAT OHIO RIVER RELAY:: Sponsored by the WHEELING WATER WARRIORS Relay Starts September 14th. Wheeling Rally 11 am September 15th. Relay ends in Cairo, IL, in October. We are fighting GreenHunter Energy’s proposed fracking wastewater treatment plant in our residential community, 1.2 miles upriver from the main water intake for our Ohio County. We also [...]

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Ethane Cracker Chemical Plant Still on WV Governor’s Agenda

September 2, 2013

Gov. Tomblin Puts Jobs Ahead of the State’s Environment From an Article by Jared Hunt, Charleston Daily Mail, August 28, 2013 WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin told state business leaders Wednesday he was continuing to work to bring an ethane cracker plant to the state, saying he believes the state still has a [...]

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Midstream Marcellus Jobs Going to WV Workers

September 1, 2013

The Local Union Shop is Growing Rapidly From an Article by Dan Heyman, Public News Service – WV, August 19, 2013 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The fight to put West Virginia workers in Marcellus jobs seems to be bringing results, at least in one big part of the natural-gas industry. Unions and companies in the midstream [...]

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WVU Professor Wants Air Emissions Regulated

August 31, 2013

Extreme Levels of Benzene Floating Around From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, August 25, 2013 NEW MARTINSVILLE – Levels of carcinogenic benzene in the air 625 feet away from one natural gas drill site were so bad that a West Virginia University professor said he would recommend “respiratory protection.” Although these extreme levels [...]

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