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1.7 Million Wells in the U.S. – A 2015 Update

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  Updated National Well Data By Matt Kelso, Manager of Data & Technology In February 2014, the FracTracker Alliance produced our first version of a national well data file and map, showing over 1.1 million active oil and gas wells in the United States. We have now updated that data, with the total of wells […]

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Unconventional Drilling Activity Down In Pennsylvania

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By Matt Kelso, Manager of Data & Technology Wells Spudded (Drilled) Unconventional oil and gas drilling is well established in Pennsylvania, with over 9,200 drilled wells, an additional 7,200 permitted locations that have not yet been drilled, and 5,300 violations all happening since the turn of the millennium. It took a while for the industry to […]

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Utica Drilling in Pennsylvania

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In Pennsylvania, the vast majority of unconventional oil and gas activity is focused on the Marcellus Shale formation, a Devonian period deposit of black shale with a high hydrocarbon content, which requires horizontal drilling and large scale hydraulic fracturing to produce enough oil and gas to make the drilling economically viable.  This formation was created […]

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A South American Crossroads

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by Brook Lenker, Executive Director Gracious. Passionate. Determined. Few words fully capture the evocative resilience of Argentina where history is as turbulent as the winds of Patagonia. Fracking for oil and natural gas is a growing storm on the national horizon, and the effects will be fueled or mitigated by the ceaseless power of the […]

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Fracking’s Most Wanted – An NRDC Issue Paper

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Lifting the Veil on Oil & Gas Company Spills & Violations NRDC Issue Paper • April 2015 Today Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a report in conjunction with work by those of us at FracTracker Alliance. We launched this investigation to determine what information about oil and gas company violations is publicly available on the Internet, how accessible […]