VA Department of Energy — Oil & Gas + Horizontal Grids + Mining

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Virginia Department of Energy (ex-DMME) coalbed methane and oil/gas wells in SW VA — Buchanan/Dickenson/Wise dominant — plus 54.6K horizontal drilling grids and statewide mineral mining permits. No credentials required.

What is VA Department of Energy — Oil & Gas + Horizontal Grids + Mining?

Virginia Department of Energy (ex-DMME) — coalbed methane and conventional oil/gas wells in the SW Virginia Appalachian field, plus 54.6K horizontal drilling grids and statewide mineral mining permits, all exposed via agency host Six curated layers: layer 0 Active Wells (~8,602), /4 Permitted Undrilled (~208), /5 Plugged Wells (~1,972); layer 0 Horizontal SWVA 20-Acre Grids (~54,626 polygons); layer 1 Active Permits (~450), /2 Released Permits (~1,776). §0 caught: legacy agency host is DEAD (empty body) — public surface migrated entirely to agency host. layer 8 (NGDS Oil and Gas Wells, 1,257 records) is a duplicate / older subset of DGO_wells (8,602 active) — DROPPED in favor of the canonical DGO layer. VA O&G is 73% CBM-driven (Coalbed/Pipeline 4,211 + Coal Bed 2,085 of 8,602 active wells); top operators are Pocahontas Gas LLC 3,911 + EnerVest Operating 3,432 + Diversified Production 819 (96% of records across only 48 distinct operators). Counties stored UPPERCASE on TblCnName (BUCHANAN 3,956; DICKENSON 2,342; WISE 789; TAZEWELL 757; RUSSELL 646 — 88% of active wells in 5 counties). Mines schema uses 3-letter denormalized codes throughout (TblCnCode county, TblInCode inspector, TblMtCode mineral type — OP open-pit 270, QU quarry 151, DR dredge 12, DG dragline 11, UG underground 2). ; Last verified live 2026-05-07.

Available Tools

searchOilGasWells
VA oil & gas wells. wellLayer: active (8.6K, default) | permittedUndrilled (208) | plugged (1.97K). Filter county (UPPERCASE), operator (CoName), operationType (Coal Bed/Gas/Oil/Horizontal Gas/Coalbed/Pipeline/Conversion), productionStatus, quadrangle, fiPrefix, bbox/near.
searchHorizontalGrids
SWVA 20-acre horizontal drilling grid polygons (~54.6K). Filter Grid_Id substring or FID_Region. Returns Polygon GeoJSON for direct map handoff.
searchMineralMines
VA mineral mining permits. status: active (450, default) | released (1.78K). Filter mineralType (OP/QU/DR/DG/UG/EX/OT), mineName, countyCode (3-letter), applicationType, bbox/near.
getWellByFiNo
Single well lookup by FiNo (e.g. 'PW-0004'). Defaults to searching all 3 well layers (active → permittedUndrilled → plugged); pass wellLayer to scope.
getServiceInfo
Schema, record counts (live), max-page caps, enum values for every filter, and §0 probe notes for any of the 6 services.

Requirements

Toggle on
Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Open /mcp and enable VA Department of Energy with the toggle — no credentials needed.

Call searchOilGasWells with county: 'BUCHANAN' (UPPERCASE) for the heart of SW VA's coalbed methane field, or searchHorizontalGrids for 20-acre drilling-grid polygons.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect VA Department of Energy — Oil & Gas + Horizontal Grids + Mining to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect VA Department of Energy — Oil & Gas + Horizontal Grids + Mining to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting VA Department of Energy — Oil & Gas + Horizontal Grids + Mining to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"VA Department of Energy — Oil & Gas + Horizontal Grids + Mining-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}