Kansas

From 1947 to 2011, approximately 23.4% of all wells in Kansas used hydraulic fracturing. Most hydraulic fracturing in Kansas takes place on the Mississippian Lime Play, a porous limestone formation found under parts of southern and western Kansas.

FracTracker Data Folder Contents

FracTracker provides state-specific data on issues such as:

  • Locations of oil and gas facilities
  • Pipelines and processor locations
  • Production amount of oil and gas generated 
  • Amounts of waste generated from oil and gas

The data folders may also contain information on other energy generation locations, data from different years, and data on violations committed by oil and gas facilities. Amount of information and types of information will vary by state. Get data.

More Data Sources

Kansas Geological Survey provides data on all oil and gas wells in Kansas by type.

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