Methods and challenges to locating legacy wells in western Pennsylvania; case study at Hillman State Park

This study demonstrates the application of aeromagnetic surveys for locating late 1800s-era oil and gas wells in Hillman State Park. The study area in southwestern Pennsylvania offered several unique challenges to locating legacy wells. Location records for many of Pennsylvania's legacy wells d...

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Published in:	Environmental geosciences Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 95 - 112
Main Authors:	Sams, III, Veloski, Garret A, Diehl, J. Rodney, Hammack, Richard W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Division of Environmental Geosciences 01-06-2017
Subjects:	abandoned mines abandoned oil wells airborne methods Appalachian Basin coal mines contaminant plumes detection Devonian Drake Oil Well Economic geology energy sources Environmental geology environmental management fluid dynamics geographic information systems geologic sites geophysical methods Hillman State Park imagery information systems laser methods lidar methods magnetic methods Marcellus Shale Middle Devonian migration of elements mines North America oil and gas fields oil wells Paleozoic Pennsylvania permeability pollution public lands reclamation United States Washington County Pennsylvania western Pennsylvania
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