With the 2025 Legislative Session underway, it is imperative that the legislature prioritize policies that bolster energy and economic growth opportunities, leveraging West Virginia’s abundant natural gas and oil resources to ensure reliable energy access. Fortunately, recent industry and policy developments have supported expanded natural gas and oil production—providing an avenue for West Virginia ...

Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia (GO-WV) President Charlie Burd issued the following statement after U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito announced West Virginia secured authority from the U.S. EPA to oversee and administer Class VI well programs in the state, which are critical to advancing carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects: "Gaining primacy ...

"This study underscores what we’ve long known: the Biden administration's new LNG permit freeze was pure politics. Nothing more, nothing less. "President Biden's actions only served to empower adversaries like Russia while sidelining the immense potential of U.S. energy leadership - and critically, what West Virginia has to offer in reducing global emissions, boosting ...

Methane emissions from the country’s top oil and gas-producing basins have fallen 44 percent since 2011, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency. This plunge in emissions comes even as the country has managed to shatter energy production records – the United States produced more crude oil than any nation at any time for the ...

West Virginia natural gas and oil plays a critical role in the journey toward a lower carbon future, with operators here driving significant emission reduction progress and leading the charge in adopting innovative methods to improve performance. With natural gas already recognized for its low-emission profile, these companies are stepping up their efforts to ...

Following the 2024 Election results, Charlie Burd, President of the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia, released the following statement: "The Gas & Oil Association of West Virginia (GO-WV) congratulates President-elect Trump, Governor-elect Morrisey, as well as all Congressional, state House and Senate members elected in the 2024 General Election. GO-WV looks forward ...

WVDEP’s Office of Oil and Gas hosting public meetings to develop criteria for plugging Marginal Conventional Wells The agency is looking to gather input on what factors should be used to create a ranking system for selecting marginal conventional wells (MCWs) to be plugged. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s(WVDEP) Office of Oil ...