Michigan

Hydraulic fracturing has been used in Michigan since the 1980s and occurs primarily in the Atrim or the Collingwood/Utica shale.

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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.

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Michigan DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality) provides data on all oil and gas wells in Michigan.

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LATEST MICHIGAN ARTICLES

An update on Southwest Detroit Industrial Impacts: The Zug Island Ruling

April 29, 2026

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Federal court orders DTE Energy to pay $100M for Clean Air Act violations at EES Coke on Zug Island, marking a major win for Southwest Detroit residents; appeal ongoing.

Howell Township Data Center Win: $1B Project Withdrawn After Community Meeting on Energy and Infrastructure Impacts

January 14, 2026

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Howell Township residents organized a community panel with over 200 attendees to discuss the energy and infrastructure impacts of a proposed data center. After the meeting, the proposal was withdrawn and the township enacted a six-month moratorium.

Power Plant Locations and Unemployment Rates

May 31, 2025

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A FracTracker analysis investigates the link between energy infrastructure and economic distress, revealing that U.S. power plants are disproportionately concentrated in counties with high unemployment.

East Palestine Train Derailment Waste: Community Impacts

April 3, 2023

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As of March 10, 2023, 152,796 tons of liquid waste and 2,980 tons of solid waste have been removed from the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to three injection wells and four hazardous waste disposal sites in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Texas.