Figures point to wide funding gap in WV deal with nation's largest gas well owner

The nation’s largest gas and oil well owner has relied on a business model that energy experts and West Virginia landowners say puts the state at high risk of having to close wells that damage the state's environmental health. And Diversified has closed wells at a pace that will take until late into the 24th century to complete in Appalachia.

Now Gov. Patrick Morrisey is heralding a new agreement his administration has reached with that owner to seal, or plug, the wells that experts say is a sweetheart deal for the company — not the state. Energy and Environment

Researchers, industry experts say numbers don't add up for Appalachia's largest gas and oil well owner or WV's well inspectors

By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com

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Energy and Environment

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