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Ohio & Fracking Waste: The Case for Better Waste Management

Insights on Ohio’s massive fracking waste gap, Class II injection well activity, and fracking waste related legislation.

By Ted Auch, PhD/June 3, 2021 / 9 minute read
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Overview

At a time when the Ohio legislature is yet again considering legislation that would make it easier for the oil and gas industry to offload their intractable problem with waste production and disposal, I thought it was high time to update some of the relevant data, underscoring the excruciating need for stronger waste management policies.

There is currently language under discussion in Columbus that would modify the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) to allow for the sale of oil and gas brine as a commodity and exempt such products from laws otherwise applicable to brine. Based on our nearly nine years of studying the oil and gas industry in Ohio and across Appalachia, efforts to reclassify brine by way of the ORC is counterproductive.

Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program chronically catalogue oil and gas waste incompletely, lessening the public’s understanding of the scale of the production, transport, and disposal of oil and gas waste. Proposals like last year’s House Bill 545 and the current legislative push embodied in HB 282 are antithetical to the necessity for dramatic strengthening of waste laws. Even the oil and gas sector has pointed out how friendly the regulatory environment is in Ohio – from some of the lowest severance taxes in the country to the ease with which the industry is able to construct infrastructure like gas gathering pipelines, compressor stations Class II injection wells, processing infrastructure, and more.

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Waste & Wastewater

When the oil and gas industry is in a pinch from too much waste production and insufficient disposal capacity, they lean on something called “Chief’s Orders” (ORC 1509.22), essentially allowing any operator to do an end run around permitting and public accountability. Anecdotally we know that some of the most active and concerning waste sites in the state fall under Chief’s Orders, including Belmont Solids in Cadiz, Ohio and Austin Masters in Martins Ferry. These are, respectively, the sixth and seventh most active processors of drill cuttings coming from the fracking industry in Pennsylvania (Figure 1). Five of the top ten most active Ohio processors of Pennsylvania’s solid fracking waste were able to obtain Chief’s Orders exemptions. This reality supports the claim made by many in Ohio that any modification to the ORC at this point must strengthen oversight and reporting criteria for oil and gas waste. The waste problem in Appalachia continues to grow, as do the disposal and handling costs to the fracking industry, and the health and environmental risks to the public.

Figure 1. Total fracking solid waste being disposed of in Ohio from Pennsylvania operators from 2009 to 2020 (Tons) (Compiled from Pennsylvania DEP Oil & Gas Waste Report Ohio Destinations 2009-2020).

The new waste bill has a companion bill in the senate (SB 171) sponsored by Frank Hoagland and Michael Rulli. Senator Hoagland has advocated for this bill while simultaneously expressing outrage at the permitting of Class II injection wells in his district. The irony is disturbing. Senator Hoagland told the Allegheny Front that the OMNI Oil & Gas injection wells being constructed in Belmont County had zero support: “We’ve got the township trustees don’t want it. We’ve got the county commissioners don’t want it. We’ve got the state rep don’t want it. We’ve got the locals that don’t want it…And I myself put in a letter saying we don’t need it there.”

Yet, when asked about the idea of sending oversight for Ohio’s Class II injection wells back to the US EPA, he somehow managed to find a way to justify the continued oversight of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), even though that the agency had just ignored the will of the people (and including him) in the OMNI example. The problem is that even on its face public support for those living in the shadow of Class II injection wells appears performative at best when considering the long-term and widespread potential costs incurred by Ohioans if HB 282/SB 171 are passed and signed by Governor DeWine. One of the top costs incurred by Ohio’s ecosystems and its residents is the billions of gallons of waste produced by the unconventional oil and gas industry. This is in addition to the thousands of legacy wells left unaddressed that themselves produced 1.93 billion barrels of brine in 2020 alone. The issue of oil and gas waste is the connective tissue (i.e., insidious tendrils) binding the industry across the tri-state region by way of production, transport, and disposal networks (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Ohio Fracking Waste Network and Associated Brine Haulers (Source ODNR Division of Oil & Gas Public Records Request #4766 for all Brine Hauler Registration forms, November 2nd, 2020).

Whether conventional or unconventional, the oil and gas sector in Ohio is predicated on cheap sources of water, and even cheaper places to dispose of its solid and liquid waste — much of it hazardous and radioactive. The fracking industry has had longevity because elected officials and the ODNR have made it inexpensive and easy to dispose of brine waste or reclassify it as benign and safe to spread on our roads.

Yet the same ODNR discovered alarming radiological data in their own analysis “…of 107 samples from 10 different formations in 26 different counties” (Figure 3). According to ODNR’s own comments regarding SB 171 among other issues it would do the following:

  • The bill eliminates all current statutes that regulate the spreading of conventional oil & gas brine for ice and dust control for brine that is deemed a “commodity” by a third party of which the Division has no input.
  • The bill eliminates current statutory requirements for local government approval for the spreading of conventional oil & gas brine for ice and dust control on that government ‘s roads for brine that is determined a “commodity”.
  • Exempts “commodity” brine spreading from ten minimum safety standards for spreading, reporting requirements, and bonding and insurance requirements for brine haulers established in current law.
  • Prevents cradle to grave tracking of brine hauling and disposal in Ohio. An owner could report brine production at a well, but without repotting requirements of “commodity” brine spreading, the Division would have no record of its disposal.
  • Previously amended the statute to decrease the one-time brine hauler registration fee from $500 to $50 in response to past versions of the legislation.
  • If the “brine” is a commodity and a third patty approves the use, the draft states that no provision of Revised Code may apply to it. Thus, once a commodity always a commodity.
  • The bill prescribes the criteria that the Division must use for approval as a commodity but, it also eliminates the Divisions ability to conduct regulatory oversight in a manner consistent with routine inspection policies established to ensure the safety of the public and the environment from Division permitted activities. The bill only allows testing four times a year by the Division.
  • The bill requires the Division to accept the approval of third-party entities evaluation that the Division had no knowledge of input on, or any legal authority to require any input on.
  • The proscribed acceptance limit for Ra-226 @20,000 pCi/1 and Ra-228 @2,500 pCi/1 are inconsistent with concentrations currently approved in other States such as North Dakota and Colorado for the spreading of conventional oil & gas brine for ice and dust control. This value is four times higher than some other states that regulate brine spreading.
  • The bill allows for any person to use the “commodity” for ice and dust control. The long- term impact for private use is unknown. Regarding its radioactive content, commercial use for road-spreading and personal use at home present entirely different human exposure risks.
  • The bill requires the Division to approve brine as a commodity using criteria as a one-time approval process and specifically prohibits any future changes or updates to the process regardless of unanticipated or unintentional consequences of its use.

Fast forward to a meeting concerned citizens were granted with Senator Hoagland and ODNR staff including Eric Vendel Chief of the Division of oil and gas this past Tuesday June 1st regarding SB 171 and ODNR reiterating that one of their biggest concerns about brine and the product in question AquaSalina is that they would face a wave of class-action litigation when citizens realize this salt substitute had such high levels of Radium in it. ODNR went on to point out that products such as AquaSalina would be exempt from bonding and insurance requirements if the ORC were to reflect the language in SB 171. Senator Hoagland responded by saying that …if he wanted, he could “kill the bill’.”

He then turned to the three representatives of ODNR and asked if they would like that to happen to which they responded “Yes, we want the bill to go away.” Senator Hoagland indicated he wanted to “draw a line in the sand on this brine issue,” but that he thought if SB 171 were to fail, it would reappear next session (which it seems to many observers is the case). However, those in attendance suggested he instead focus on changing the ORC to require that all brine trucks be placarded which is something he has indicated a willingness to do. Whether the senator does indeed “kill the bill” and/or pivot to placarding of brine trucks is to be determined.

Radium 226 and 228 (pCi/L) Brine Concentrations in 100+ ODNR Samples from 10 Formations in 2017-2018
Figure 3. Radium 226 and 228 (pCi/L) Brine Concentrations in 100+ ODNR Samples from 10 Formations in 2017-2018 (Source ODNR Division of Oil & Gas “Radiation Safety Section Preliminary Brine Study Results July, 2nd 2018).

ODNR found that on average, all brine samples they tested, regardless of formation, exceeded EPA drinking water (5 pCi) and Ohio Administrative Code (60 pCi) legal limits by 228 and 19 times, respectively, with the Marcellus and Point Pleasant formations ranking the highest with average levels of 2,316 and 2,096 pCi/l (Figure 4).

Figure 4. Low, High, and Average Combined Radium 226 and 228 (picocuries Per Liter (pCi/l)) found in 107 samples of brine from 10 different formations in 26 Ohio counties (Note: Only 1 sample was collected from the Utica formation) (Source ODNR Division of Oil & Gas “Radiation Safety Section Preliminary Brine Study Results July, 2nd 2018).

It is not just the ODNR that has contradicted the use of oil and gas waste for deicing. During its Fall 2020 meeting the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission decided against the purchase of deicing product from AquaSalina, the Ohio company using fracking brine in its product line, preferring instead to let “ODOT continue with their investigation and evaluation of AquaSalina.”

The current Ohio legislative proposals, House Bill 282 and Senate Bill 171, would monetize the oil and gas industry’s waste for profit when it should be the industry’s cost to incur. This bill’s proponents claim that they are only targeting conventional oil and gas brine waste, but the data suggests otherwise.

In FracTracker’s ongoing analyses, we see that conventional brine waste (brine coming from legacy oil and gas wells), as a percentage of all oil and gas brine waste, has gone from 18.9% in 2016 to 6.1% in 2020. Clearly, the industry may have a goal of facilitating new ways to offload their mounting waste stream onto Ohio’s roads and into our environment forever.

Meanwhile, the oil and gas waste coming from out-of-state, namely Pennsylvania and West Virginia, increases. Out of state brine has accounted for approximately 43% – 48% of the waste disposed of in Ohio Class II Salt Water Disposal wells (Figures 5 and 6). As the merit of aforementioned bills are debated, proposals mount for new for Class II injection and fracking waste offloading terminals along Ohio’s side of the Ohio River. The asymmetric distribution of risk must be corrected. HB 282 would do the opposite by giving the imprimatur to expanded applications of brine waste and a more friendly market-based approach for dealing with a dangerous waste stream — one which we have incomplete information on both in terms of what’s in it (See TENORM Vs NORM) and broader information gaps.

Quarterly rate of change in Unconventional Fracking Waste going to Ohio’s Class II Salt Water Disposal Injection Wells
Figure 5. Quarterly rate of change in Unconventional Fracking Waste going to Ohio’s Class II Salt Water Disposal Injection Wells (Data compiled from periodic Public Records Requests to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Underground Injection Control Program and their quarterly, but now annually, Brine Disposal fee spreadsheets.)
Ohio Existing and Proposed Fracking Waste Network
Figure 6. Ohio Existing and Proposed Fracking Waste Network (Compiled from the different data sets referenced above and linked below as well as related Public Records Requests to the ODNR).

Our data has shown that unconventional drilling is using more and more water, chemicals, and proppant for marginal increases in gas. The ratio of resources-needed-to-gas-produced has sharply increased. To underscore the discrepancy between conventional and unconventional waste production, an average unconventional well in Ohio produces 9,465 barrels of brine per year versus 23 – 44 barrels for conventional wells. Again, this dramatic differential fuels warranted speculation that brine spreading and commodification legislation is ultimately aiding the disposition of waste from unconventional drilling in Appalachia.

New waste legislation should:

  • Implement processes to fill-in the myriad gaps in the data collected by ODNR as it pertains to oil and gas waste;
  • Holistically price the processing of waste to reflect the entirety of short/long-term costs; and,
  • Eliminate the ability of private companies to profiteer from the repurposing and rebranding of oil and gas waste.

We should not continue socializing costs and privatizing the gains of past, present, and future oil and gas exploration.

It is extremely important to take a long-term view on waste rule changes. Unintended consequences of could run deep, broad, and well into the category of the “unknown unknowns” made famous by former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld almost 20 years ago. The oil and gas industry has not hidden the fact that they do not really know how to manage their exponential waste production. They are desperate to identify what some are euphemistically calling “cost saving disposal solutions.”

Ohio Oil & Gas Waste Data Updates

Unfortunately, the ODNR has decided, unprompted, to revise its reporting criteria for Class II injection wells. Operators are now allowed to report brine intake volumes on an annual basis rather than quarterly. This means that a barrel of fracking waste disposed of in any given Class II well in Ohio in January2020 was not accounted-for until March 2021. This lag in reporting, combined with the analog nature of brine hauler reporting forms, renders much of the fracking waste data irrelevant. Of further consternation is that S.B. 171 would lower brine hauler registration fees from $500 to $50, slashing revenue needed to monitor this critical component of the Appalachia oil and gas waste network. Brine-hauler registration forms examined thus far reveal that 48% of all brine trucks are registered in Pennsylvania. Twenty-eight percent are registered 28% in Ohio and 12% in West Virginia.

Overall, fracking waste has increased as a percentage of Class II waste volume, climbing from 52% in 2016 to 83% in 2020. The most disturbing trend is that unconventional waste has similarly increased from 92% of Class II in-state waste in 2016 to 127% in 2020. Put another way, 27%, or 6.33 million barrels, of the fracking waste produced in Ohio is missing in the accounting. Many Ohioans believe the mystery waste is illegally dumped and/or otherwise dubiously processed.

Meanwhile, conventional oil and gas waste volumes declined by almost 10% per year between 2016 and 2020 from 3.7 million barrels (12.1% of Class II waste) to 1.9 million barrels (5.4% of Class II waste). These trends, and associated data gaps, have resulted in an unacceptable 22-29% hole in our understanding of oil and gas industry-related waste data. Such deficits in our knowledge, in combination with current debates about ORC changes in Columbus, demonstrate the imperative of a comprehensive approach to waste management and data transparency – one that puts the interests of Ohioans before the desires of private industry.

The Take Away

The fracking waste problem in Appalachia continues to grow, as do the disposal and handling costs to the industry, and the health and environmental risks to the public. Allowing for the sale of oil and gas brine as a commodity and exempting such products from laws otherwise applicable to brine, would only exacerbate these risks.

References & Where to Learn More

Pennsylvania to Ohio Fracking Liquid and Solid Waste Annual Volumes 2009-2020

Ohio Class II Injection Well Volumes from 2010 to 2020 

Ohio Unconventional Brine, Gas, and Oil from 2011 to 2020 

Conventional Brine, oil, and gas for 85,000+ Ohio wells from 1984-2017

Brine Haulers Certified to Transport Oil and Gas Brine in Ohio

Special thanks to Buckeye Environmental Network Executive Director Teresa Mills for all her help in compiling this piece as well as all the members of the Ohio Brine Spreading Task Force, and in particular Roxanne Groff of Athens County and Jenny Morgan of Franklin County for getting the meeting with ODNR and Senator Hoagland this past Tuesday.

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It’s Time to Stop Urban Oil Drilling in Los Angeles

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September 14, 2021
Oil & gas wells in Los Angeles disproportionately impact marginalized communities, producing dangerous levels of invisible, toxic emissions.
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Infrastructure Networks in Texas

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September 14, 2021
This map illustrates infrastructure networks in Texas and explores how these unseen webs connect us and improve lives, but also carry risks and burdens.
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Prison Strike Poster by Melanie Cervantes

California Prisons are Within 2,500’ of Oil and Gas Extraction

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September 9, 2021
California prisoners are on the frontlines of the environmental justice movement, thousands living within 2,500’ of operational O&G wells.
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FracTracker map of proposed Renovo, PA power plant

New power plant proposal called senseless and wasteful by climate groups

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August 26, 2021
Residents and local advocacy groups are fighting a new power plant in Renovo, PA, planned to be constructed on an abandoned rail yard.
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Ongoing Safety Concerns over Shell’s Falcon Pipeline

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August 24, 2021
Ohio River Valley Groups react to a new safety warning issued by federal regulators to Shell regarding the troubled Falcon Pipeline
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New Neighborhood Drilling Permits Issued While California Fails to Act on Public Health Rules

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August 5, 2021
California drilling permits continue while Frontline communities and grassroots groups call for an immediate moratorium and 2,500' setback.
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The world is watching as bitcoin battle brews in the US

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August 2, 2021
If Gov. Cuomo wants to lead the nation on climate, he has to address the impacts of proof of work cryptocurrency mining industry in New York.
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Lycoming Watershed Digital Atlas

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California Oil & Gas Drilling Permits Drop in Response to Decreased Permit Applications to CalGEM

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July 26, 2021
As California permit approvals for new oil & gas well drills decrease, Consumer Watchdog urges the Governor to move from fossil fuels.
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California Denies Well Stimulation Permits

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July 20, 2021
California regulators recently denied 21 well stimulation permit applications—a welcomed move in the right direction—but not enough.
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Mapping PFAS “Forever Chemicals” in Oil & Gas Operations

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July 15, 2021
FracTracker Alliance released a new map identifying the locations of over 1,200 oil and gas wells using toxic “forever chemicals” in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming. 
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Updated National Energy and Petrochemical Map

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June 30, 2021
We first released this map in February of 2020. In the year since, the world’s energy systems have experienced record changes. Explore the interactive map, updated by FracTracker Alliance in April, 2021.
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Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania Fracking Story Map

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June 11, 2021
FracTracker’s aerial survey of unconventional oil & gas infrastructure and activities in northeast PA to southern OH and central WV
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Ohio & Fracking Waste: The Case for Better Waste Management

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June 3, 2021
Insights on Ohio’s massive fracking waste gap, Class II injection well activity, and fracking waste related legislation
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Pennsylvania Conventional Well Map Update

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May 27, 2021
There are over 100,000 active conventional wells in PA, with more permitted each year. Most are unplugged, posing serious threats to the climate.
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Impacts of 2020 Colonial Pipeline Rupture Continue to Grow

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May 26, 2021
In August 2020, the Colonial Pipeline ruptured, spilling an estimated 1.2 million gallons of gasoline—18 times more than originally reported.
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Gas Storage Plan vs. Indigenous Rights in Nova Scotia

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May 20, 2021
The Mi’kmaq First Nations people are facing threats to their lands and water due to plans in Nova Scotia proposed by AltaGas.
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Mapping Gathering Lines in Bradford County, Pennsylvania

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May 19, 2021
FracTracker mapped gathering lines in Bradford County, PA. Public data on gathering lines are incomplete, leaving us to fill in the gaps.
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Trends in fracking waste coming to New York State from Pennsylvania

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April 20, 2021
Over the past decade, New York State has seen a steep decline in the quantity of waste products from the fracking industry sent to its landfills for disposal. Explore FracTracker's 2020 updated data.
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2021 Pipeline Incidents Update: Safety Record Not Improving

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April 14, 2021
The map below shows 6,950 total incidents since 2010, translating to 1.7 incidents per day. Pipelines are dangerous, in part because regulation around them is ineffective.
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New York State Oil & Gas Well Drilling: Patterns Over Time

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April 1, 2021
In this article, we look specifically at spatial and temporal patterns in oil and gas drilling across New York State.
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Risky Byhalia Connection Pipeline Threatens Tennessee & Mississippi Health, Water Supply

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March 17, 2021
The proposed Byhalia Connection pipeline project is situated in a particularly problematic intersection where environmental justice, hydrology, geology, and risks to human and environmental health intersect.
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Shell’s Falcon Pipeline Under Investigation for Serious Public Safety Threats

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March 17, 2021
Shell’s Falcon Pipeline, which is designed to carry ethane to the Shell ethane cracker in Beaver County, PA for plastic production, has been under investigation by federal and state agencies, since 2019.
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Kern County’s Drafted EIR Will Increase the Burden for Frontline Communities

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March 4, 2021
Built on sound data and ample research, FracTracker recommends several measures be taken to protect the health of California's overburdened Frontline Communities.
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Pennsylvania’s Waste Disposal Wells – A Tale of Two Datasets

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February 26, 2021
  VIEW MAP & DATA Overview Access to reliable data…
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California Oil & Gas Setbacks Recommendations Memo

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February 23, 2021
The purpose of this memo is to recommend guidelines to CalGEM for evaluating the economic value of the social benefits and costs to people and the environment in requiring a 2,500 foot setback for oil and gas drilling (OGD) activities.
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Oil and Gas Wells on California State Lands

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February 12, 2021
The fossil fuel industry has historically taken advantage of…
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Industrial Impacts in Michigan: A Photo Essay & Story Map

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January 29, 2021
Southwest Detroit and neighboring South Rockwood in Monroe County…
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CA Setbacks Map

People and Production: Reducing Risk in California Extraction

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December 17, 2020
Executive Summary New research shows that low-income communities…
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Documenting emissions from new oil and gas wells in California

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November 18, 2020
  Working with the environmental nonprofit Earthworks,…
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Energy Security, International Investment, and Democracy in the US Shale Oil & Gas Industry

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October 15, 2020
 
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FracTracker in the Field: Building a Live Virtual Map

August 14, 2020
  August 19, 2020 Update: The virtual story map is live! In…
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The Loyalsock Watershed Project

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Mapping Gathering Lines in Ohio and West Virginia

July 2, 2020
As a spring 2020 intern with FracTracker, my work mostly involved…
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Oil & Gas waste tank operated by SWEPI and Enervest at the Hayes pad, Otsego County, Michigan May 21st, 2016

The North Dakota Shale Viewer Reimagined: Mapping the Water and Waste Impact

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June 18, 2020
We updated the FracTracker North Dakota Shale Viewer with current…
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Falcon Pipeline Construction Releases over 250,000 Gallons of Drilling Fluid in Pennsylvania and Ohio

June 16, 2020
Part of the Falcon Public Environmental Impact Assessment - a…
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Systematic Racism in Kern County Oil and Gas Permitting Ordinance

June 8, 2020
Kern County, California has approved at least 18,356 illegal…
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Fracking Water Use in Pennsylvania Increases Dramatically

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May 29, 2020
Unconventional wells in Pennsylvania were always resource-intensive,…
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North Brooklyn Pipeline demographics map

New Yorkers mount resistance against North Brooklyn Pipeline

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May 18, 2020
By Kim Fraczek (Sane Energy Project), with input and mapping…
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Map of New 2020 Fracking Permits in California

California, Back in Frack

May 7, 2020
California is once again a fracked state. The moratorium on well…
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California Setback Analyses Summary

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April 2, 2020
FracTracker Alliance has conducted numerous spatial analyses…
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Compressor station within Loyalsock State Forest, PA.

Air Pollution from Pennsylvania Shale Gas Compressor Stations – REPORT

March 19, 2020
Air pollution from Pennsylvania shale gas compressor stations…
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New York State Oil & Gas Wells – 2020 Update

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March 11, 2020
We’ve recently updated the New York State Oil and Gas Well…
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National Energy and Petrochemical Map

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February 28, 2020
This map from FracTracker Alliance is filled with energy and petrochemical data. Explore the map, continue reading to learn more, and see how your state measures up!
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California Governor Gavin Newsom looks at surface expression oil spills

Governor Newsom Must Do More to Address the Cause of Oil Spill Surface Expressions

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February 24, 2020
Chevron and other oil and gas companies in western Kern County…
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Governor Newsom Well Watch website for California drilling

Oil & Gas Well Permits Issued By Newsom Administration Rival Those Issued Under Gov. Jerry Brown

February 22, 2020
FracTracker Alliance and Consumer Watchdog worked together to…
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destroyed home following pipeline explosion in San Bruno, CA

Pipelines Continue to Catch Fire and Explode

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February 21, 2020
For the past decade, petroleum operators in the United States…
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Overhead view of injection well

The Hidden Inefficiencies and Environmental Costs of Fracking in Ohio

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January 13, 2020
Ohio continues to increase fracked gas production, facilitated…
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Fracking in Pennsylvania: Not Worth It

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January 7, 2020
Despite the ever-increasing heaps of violations and drilling…
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Captina Creek Watershed FeaturePhoto by Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance

Fracking Threatens Ohio’s Captina Creek Watershed

December 20, 2019
FracTracker's Great Lakes Program Coordinator Ted Auch explores…
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California is Frack Free, for the Moment

November 19, 2019
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How State Regulations Hold Us back and What Other Countries are doing about Fracking

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October 10, 2019
While it might be tempting to welcome an industry that often creates a temporary economic spike, the costs of mitigating the environmental damage from fracking far out-weighs the profit gained.
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New Method for Locating Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells is Tested in New York State

September 17, 2019
Guest blog by Natalia N. Romanzo, graduate student, Binghamton…
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Ohio Secret Fracking Chemicals Report

Ohio’s Secret Fracking Chemicals

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Abandoned Wells in Pennsylvania: We’re Not Doing Enough

August 8, 2019
Pennsylvania does not have adequate plan to address thousands of dangerous abandoned natural gas and oil wells within the state. FracTracker intern Isabelle Weber gives recommendations to address this widespread issue.
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Wildness Lost – Pine Creek

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The Underlying Politics and Unconventional Well Fundamentals of an Appalachian Storage Hub

July 23, 2019
FracTracker is closely mapping and following the petrochemical…
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Permitting New Oil and Gas Wells Under the Newsom Administration

July 11, 2019
California regulators halt well permitting after Consumer Watchdog…
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Mapping the Petrochemical Build-Out Along the Ohio River

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July 10, 2019
New maps show the build-out of oil and gas infrastructure that…
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Urban Drilling in Los Angeles

Impact of a 2,500′ Oil and Gas Well Setback in California

July 2, 2019
Why does California need setbacks? A new bill proposed by California…
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Production and Location Trends in PA: A Moving Target

June 10, 2019
The FracTracker Alliance tends to look mostly at the impacts…
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The Falcon Public Monitoring Project

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May 8, 2019
Part of the Falcon Public EIA Project In March of 2019, two…
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Release: The 2019 You Are Here map launches, showing New York’s hurdles to climate leadership

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April 24, 2019
For Immediate Release Contact: Lee Ziesche, lee@saneenergyproject.org,…
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Idle Wells are a Major Risk

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April 3, 2019
Designating a well as "idle" is a temporary solution for operators,…
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Literally Millions of Failing, Abandoned Wells

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March 29, 2019
By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In…
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Wicked Witch of the Waste

March 7, 2019
The Great Plains has become the unconventional oil & gas…
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The Growing Web of Oil and Gas Pipelines

February 28, 2019
Although the vast majority of scientists agree that we must…
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destroyed home following pipeline explosion in San Bruno, CA

Unnatural Disasters

February 8, 2019
Guest blog by Meryl Compton, policy associate with Frontier Group Roughly…
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Getting Rid of All of that Waste – Increasing Use of Oil and Gas Injection Wells in Pennsylvania

January 31, 2019
Oil and gas development generates a lot of liquid waste. Some…
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Bird's eye view of an injection well (oil and gas waste disposal)

A Disturbing Tale of Diminishing Returns in Ohio

January 9, 2019
Utica oil and gas production, Class II injection well volumes,…
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Pennsylvania Drilling Trends in 2018

January 8, 2019
With the new year underway, it's an opportune moment to reflect…
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