Louisiana Shale Viewer Added to FracMapper
Louisiana is the 21st state to have its own shale viewer map on the FracMapper section of our website: Louisiana Shale Viewer. Please click expanding arrows icon in upper-right corner of the map to...
View ArticleSongbird Nurseries of Pennsylvania
Guest Blog by Paul T. Zeph, Director of Conservation for Audubon Pennsylvania Millions of small, beautiful, colorful songbirds that live in the tropics for most of the year venture north each spring to...
View ArticleOhio Hydrocarbon Production Well Inspections and Violations
Inspections and Violations in Ohio Only a few states in the U.S. currently release free violations data related to unconventional oil and gas drilling. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR)...
View ArticleSustainability and Unconventional Drilling: Pt. II
Different Definitions, Shared Discourse By Jill Terner, PA Communications Intern, FracTracker Alliance In the previous installment of this three part blog series, I focused on how industry defines...
View ArticleMapping California’s State Bill 4 (SB4) Well Stimulation Notices
By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance Introduction California passed State Bill 4 (SB4) in September, 2013 to develop and establish a regulatory structure for unconventional...
View ArticleOhio Production and Injection Well Firms Map
Our latest Ohio-focused map shows the many companies involved in directional drilling in the state and the contact information for these firms. Layer Descriptions 1. UNIVERSAL WELL SERVICES Universal...
View ArticleOil Drilling’s Impact on ND Communities
By Thomas DiPaolo, 2013 GIS Intern, FracTracker Alliance Out of North Dakota’s 53 counties, 19 are responsible for producing the oil and natural gas that has brought the state so much prosperity and...
View ArticlePortage County, OH Mountaineer Keystone Proposal
Ohio has seen its share of unconventional natural gas extraction in recent years. Now, the state is facing an influx of pipeline infrastructure to manage and distribute the extracted gas. In Portage...
View ArticleWestern States: Please Abandon the PLSS!
By Matt Kelso, Manager of Data and Technology Increasingly, the FracTracker Alliance is asked about oil and gas extraction on a national scale. To that end, we are in the process of developing a...
View ArticleAncient Seas, Modern Ownership Concerns
By Karen Edelstein, NY Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, while the debate rages about underground storage of gas in abandoned salt solution mines...
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