North Dakota

Hydraulic fracturing is common in North Dakota, with hydraulic fracturing accounting for 95.7% of oil and gas production in 2015.

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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

North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources provides several free datasets about oil and gas drilling in North Dakota. The agency’s Oil and Gas: ArcIMS Viewer contains download links to a statewide file of wells.

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Abandoned Infrastructure in Keene, North Dakota. Photo by David Nix.

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