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Usually, I try to let readers know the state of affairs related to oil and gas extraction by taking a hard look at publicly available data. Sometimes, however, it seems like the simplest questions have an answer that starts off with, “Well, it’s complicated…” Such is the case when it comes to fines issued by […]
As reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection We update this page as often as we can. Note the “last updated” column in the table below before using any of the statistics. Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Yr-to-date Total-to-date Last updated Drilled wells 8 36 113 334 815 1,608 1,973 1,152 […]
A few days ago, I talked about the nebulous situation in trying to determine just how many Marcellus Shale permits there are in Pennsylvania. Many of the same concerns with permits can lead to multiple occurrences on the spud report which is the source of the drilled well data in Pennsylvania. Without going into all […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has updated their delivery mechanism of violation data, and it is now possible to search all inspections, including those that do not result in violations. To test it out, I downloaded all oil and gas inspection data from January 1, 2011 to January 16, 2012. Here is a summary […]
by Josh Knauer, CEO of Rhiza At Rhiza, we love to experiment with new ways of visualizing data that help tell better data stories. In most of our work environments, using data is kind of difficult and visualizing is usually left to data experts. We’d love to see a future where sharing data visualizations (maps, charts, explanations, […]
Three drilled wells datasets for Pennsylvania have been updated or created, including: 2011 Drilled Wells in Pennsylvania (2011-12-16) (all oil and gas wells) All MS Drilled Wells in PA (2011-12-16) (Marcellus Shale only), and PA Municipalities with MS Wells: Count and Density (Marcellus Shale only) The last of the three datasets is the most unique, […]
Several oil and gas datasets from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) have been updated on the FracTracker DataTool, including: Active MS Permits in PA (2011-10-26) 2011 Drilled Wells in Pennsylvania (2011-10-26) All MS Drilled Wells in PA (2011-10-26) 2011 Marcellus Shale Violations in PA Additionally, a Pennsylvania zip code dataset from the US […]
Three new West Virginia datasets have been added to the DataTool to keep up to date with Marcellus Shale activities in that state. The West Virginia DEP is the source for all three datasets. Included are: West Virginia Marcellus Shale Permits Issued Marcellus Shale permits in West Virginia through September 6, 2011. Please click the […]
Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Violation, Inspection, & Enforcement Data on FracTracker.org On Thursday, August 11th, Matt Kelso spoke to a group of people invited by EARTHWORKS to discuss how well PA is or could enforce natural gas drilling regulations. Check out his presentation (PDF). By Matt Kelso, Data Manager, Center for Healthy Environments and Communities, Environmental […]
Yesterday, I provided our readers with a summary of long term non Marcellus Shale production data, which is self reported by the industry to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The DEP has recently made this information available retroactive to 2000, at least for oil and gas wells not drilled into the Marcellus Shale. […]
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