tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470105285304935024.post1670572870099304242..comments2023-10-02T03:40:30.825-04:00Comments on Gas Wells Are Not Our Friends: Unplugged Well In Allegheny National Forest: Wildlife Watering Hole?Peacegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10098424765852560323noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470105285304935024.post-55029189805110607002012-05-09T02:04:38.718-04:002012-05-09T02:04:38.718-04:00Yes, poor deer and also poor family who may one da...Yes, poor deer and also poor family who may one day consume it.<br /><br />I wouldn't even try to estimate the cost to plug this well. <br />It is in the Allegheny National Forest located approx.<br />1600 feet from the nearest road.It is in a low lying area, off of (old) 321, along Kinzua Creek's bank,near Westline,PA.<br /><br />To plug it,trees would have to be removed,a road would need to be<br />built and that road would have to be built through the wetlands.<br />Plugging requires heavy equipment.<br /><br />Problem wells may and often do cost over $150,000-$700,000 to plug.<br />I don't have a clue how much it would cost to construct a road.<br /><br />In 2009 the DEP's entire plugging budget was approx<br />$390.000 for the year.<br /><br />There are hundreds of thousands of lost and abandoned wells<br />in Pennsylvania and many are similar to this one.<br />This one is probably pouring MANY millions of cubic feet of methane into the atmosphere every year for decades.<br /><br />The DEP's plugging program does try to plug as many unplugged wells as possible on their budget.<br />Many lost and abandoned wells are just like this well or worse.<br /><br />This well will probably remain unplugged for the life<br />of the planet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470105285304935024.post-69301535660023822052012-05-08T07:33:56.678-04:002012-05-08T07:33:56.678-04:00That poor deer and the other wildlife. I wonder ho...That poor deer and the other wildlife. I wonder how much it would cost/ how many materials and how many man-hours- to cap that well? Would it explode if they DID cap it? If they put a pipe to allow the methane to escape, would contaminated water come up too, making a drinking fountain for poor, unsuspecting wildlife? Is it as simple as putting a concrete plug in?smurfettenoreply@blogger.com