Pool of gas

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So, we now know that gas lies underground in West Virginia in stratigraphic traps in extensive pools.

This drawing is a view looking down from the sky and down into the ground at a pool of gas that lies underground in a stratigraphic trap. We will say is a 400-acre pool.  Actually most pools under stratigraphic traps are much, much larger, but we will use a 400-acre pool for the purposes of this slide show.

Not only do we know that gas lies underground in huge pools, we also know that as a rule of thumb, in pools of gas that are 6000 feet or less down into the ground, a single gas well will drain the gas out of 60 to 100  acres or more of the pool in the gas bearing strata.

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