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WVGES subsurface geology for the Marcellus and Utica plays. ~478 formation-top control wells, ~5.5K completed Marcellus wells with full production history, ~1.2K WVOG fields by play, and 10 geologic age polygons.

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  • “What does WV Geological & Economic Survey have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
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About this source

WVGES subsurface geology for Marcellus + Utica. Native atlas2.wvgs.wvnet.edu — 14 folders. 4 layers via 5 methods. - searchFormationTops (~478 control wells) ⭐ MD/SS/THK for HURN/JAVA/ANGL/RNSR/MDLX/WRVR/GBRK/TLLY/MNNG/OKCA/B/CHVL/USPG/TRSZ/ONDG/HMLN/MRCL - searchMarcellusWells (~5.5K) production history (cumulativeGas, recentGas[5yr]) - searchOilGasGeology (~1.2K WVOG fields by play — Mgn/Mbi/Dvs/MDe/Pps/Dbs/Des, Field_Type Gas/Oil/Storage/CBM) - searchGeologicMaps (10 polygons Cambrian→Permian), getServiceInfo upstream quirks: MarcellusPlusGeology/1 does NOT support pagination — handler uses returnIdsOnly + objectIds chunking. WVOG_Fields columns truncated. Sentinel -99999 mapped to null.

Connector ID wv-ges

Provenance

PublisherWV Geological & Economic Survey
API basehttps://atlas2.wvgs.wvnet.edu/server/rest/services

Freshness & coverage

FreshnessFreshness not declared
GeographicNot declared
TemporalNot declared
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› Methods (5)

Technical detail for developers: parameters, pagination, units, and freshness per method.

  • searchFormationTops

    read

    ~478 Marcellus Control Wells with formation tops — MD/SS/THK for 17+ formations.

    Entitiesformation

    NO pagination — handler uses returnIdsOnly + objectIds chunking.

  • searchOilGasGeology

    read

    ~1.2K WVOG fields by play. Filter fieldType (Gas/Oil/Storage/CBM), play, age, lithology.

    Entitiesformation

    Sentinel -99999 / -99999.99 sentinel values for missing data are mapped to null.

  • searchGeologicMaps

    read

    Generalized geology age polygons (10). Filter age or mapUnit. No county column.

    age: Devonian, Pennsylvanian, etc. mapUnit is the code. No county column.

  • searchMarcellusWells

    read

    ~5.5K Completed Marcellus wells, production-by-year. Filter county/operator/minCumulativeGas.

    Entitieswell

  • getServiceInfo

    read

    West Virginia GES service catalog: schemas + record counts; _nativeServer summary of 14 folders.

    Entitiesmetadata