Data Library

DATASETS BY LOCATION

State Datasets

National Datasets

World Datasets

OUR DATASETS

FracTracker Alliance offers open access to our datasets, including a wide range of national and state-specific data downloads.

  • Transparency and Open Data

    We believe in making all analyzed or visualized data available for public review to ensure its validity. For a detailed understanding of our commitment to data transparency and open access, please read our full data statement. Learn more

  • Accessing Our Data

    Find a variety of maps and articles on the oil and gas industry and renewable energy. Whenever possible, we link directly to the datasets we use.

  • External Links and Modifications

    Download datasets directly from state regulatory agencies or our website if we have made modifications. All modified datasets include detailed metadata.

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STATE DATA SOURCES

Below is a list of FracTracker Alliance’s most commonly used sources for well data by state, sorted alphabetically.

Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission provides data on active oil and gas wells in Arkansas

  • DOGGR provides information about all California oil and gas wells (development and prospect wells), enhanced-recovery wells, water-disposal wells, service wells (i.e., structure, observation, temperature observation wells), core-holes, and gas-storage wells, onshore and offshore (within three nautical miles of the coastline), located on state and private lands, are administered by California’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR). Data related to this activity can be accessed through DOGGR’s online resources.

    To obtain information on stimulated wells in California, however, datasets often have to be aggregated from multiple sources. Learn more

  • Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission provides data on notices of alleged violations to oil and gas operators, pending permits, approved permits, and the subsurface wells (wells horizontally drilled under the ground) in Colorado.
  • Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse provides data on all oil and gas wells in Illinois; LaSalle County Commissioner was helpful in determining those silica sand mines that are involved in the frac sand mining space with proposals being identified by industry reports and local concerned citizens.
  • Kansas Geological Survey provides data on all oil and gas wells in Kansas by type; Kansas Corporation Commission provided us with Class II injection well locations and volumes with the latter compiled into a usable format by our staff and Caleb Gallemore at Lafayette University.
  • Maryland does not publish their inventory of oil and gas wells online, but the Maryland Department of Environment did provide the data to the FracTracker Alliance upon request – but may be severely limited. Learn more
  • Michigan DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality) provides data on all oil and gas wells in Michigan; Michigan frac sand mines were determined using several DEQ reports and the confirmed frac sand mine locations in Monroe County.
  • Missouri Department of Natural Resources provides data on oil and gas permits in Missouri; Local concerned citizens have informed our mapping of existing or proposed frac sand mining infrastructure.
  • New York State’s oil and gas well database is updated nightly. It is available as a downloadable .csv file. Go to the section of the website called Well Data Files in CSV Format to download the zipped file (about 2 MB).
  • You can also learn about New York’s fracking ban and related maps on our site here.
  • Ohio Department of Natural Resources provides data on horizontal Utica and Marcellus permits and laterals, horizontal Utica permits (for waste).
  • Additionally, FracTracker maintains a data download library on Ohio, ranging from Class II injection well volumes to water demand in the state from the fracking industry. Learn more
  • Ohio Class II Injection well locational information was obtained by FOIA and quarterly volumes per well are also obtained by FOIA 1-2 times per year by way of the ODNR Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program.
  • Certified brine haulers and number of trucks has been obtained by FOIA from ODNR UIC.
  • Historical well permitting, location, and status has been extracted from ODNR’s RBDMS Microsoft Access Database.
  • Ohio oil and gas water withdrawal volumes were obtained by FOIA from ODNR and were part of an ongoing mapping effort to determine water supply and demand across West Virginia and Ohio.
  • FOIA has also been used to compile an inventory of Ohio compressor stations.
  • PASDA – Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) is Pennsylvania’s official public access geospatial information clearinghouse.
  • PADEP – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection provides data on violations for download in their compliance report, wells drilled data in their spud data reports, and a number of other helpful resources for accessing oil and gas data (including unconventional / fracking data) in the Commonwealth.
  • FracTracker’s Pennsylvania page also has several data downloads, photos, and resources that may not be available from the above sources. Learn more
  • A significant amount of oil and gas data is available for purchase from the TX Railroad Commission.
  • Texas frac sand mine data has been obtained by way of industry reports and recently several contacts outside San Antonio where a half dozen mines are being built and/or in the proposal phase. Contact us to learn more.
  • WVDEP (West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection) provides data on oil and gas wells, as well as the horizontal laterals (under the ground) via their GIS server.
  • FracTracker also has a rich library of West Virginia data and photos available for download. Learn more

NATIONAL DATA SOURCES

We merge the National Transportation Atlas Database with Highway Rail Crossing Inventory Data for the FRA public data.

FracFocus provides information on chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, with publicly-available data downloads in machine-readable format. Learn more

Released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), NATA contains air emissions data and models health risks across the country. Learn more

Open-FF transforms FracFocus disclosure data into a usable resource for researchers, journalists, and activists. Learn more

PHMSA provides data on natural gas pipelines, hazardous liquid pipelines, and LNG plants. Access raw data, yearly summaries, and safety performance trends. Learn more

The SEC EDGAR database helps determine variables like company assets, frac sand mine production volumes, and future growth. Learn more

The U.S. Census Bureau provides population and demographic statistics every 10 years. We use CSV files from state and county level searches in American FactFinder.

The USDA offers shapefiles for US watersheds. We utilize the NRCS SSURGO Database and USDA Geospatial Data Gateway.

EIA provides independent and impartial energy information to support policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding. Access mappable data for US Shale plays, basins, and various energy statistics on EIA’s website. Learn more

US EPA eGRID data maps and compares energy generation across states. ECHO data tracks mining and oil and gas facility violations. We also use FLIGHT data to analyze carbon dioxide emissions per MW of energy generated. Learn more

USGS offers scientific data on natural hazards, resources, ecosystems, and climate change impacts. It is a primary source for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data. Learn more

PUBLIC DATA PROJECTS

  • Energy Data eXchange
    EDX is an online collection of capabilities and resources that advance research and customize energy-related needs. EDX is developed and maintained by the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) researchers and technical computing teams to support private collaboration for ongoing research efforts, and tech transfer of finalized DOE NETL research products. Learn more
  • Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
    EDGI is an international network of academics and non-profits addressing potential threats to federal environmental and energy policy, and to the scientific research infrastructure built to investigate, inform, and enforce them. EDGI’s data archive project seeks to preserve publicly accessible and potentially vulnerable scientific data and archive web pages from EPA, DOE, NOAA, OSHA, NASA, USDA, DOI, and USGS. Learn more
  • Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
    EITI is the global standard to promote the open and accountable management of oil, gas and mineral resources. The Standard seeks to address the key governance issues of the oil, gas and mining sectors. EITI provides a data portal as part of their open data policy. Data for the U.S. are specific to natural resource management related to federal lands and waters. Learn more
  • Data Refuge
    Data Refuge helps to build refuge for federal data and supports climate and environmental research and advocacy. Learn more
  • Penn Libraries
    UPENN / Penn Libraries provides access to data sets across disciplines. A librarian can provide one-on-one assistance locating and retrieving quantitative or spatial data sets from specialized resources: Data archives, public domain resources, or Penn’s own collection. Learn more

Please note that this inventory was up to date as of April 2018, but links may break or change over time.