Late August we announced the completion of the first stage of FrackFinder, Project TADPOLE where we asked you all to help us identify and classify wellpads in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania. We used state drilling data to identify 2,963 hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sites that might have had drilling and fracking activity occur sometime in or after 2005. Why these dates? Because […]
As we look forward to all that 2013 has in store, we also look back fondly on all that we have accomplished in 2012. So as we dive right into the new year, here are our “Top 10” most viewed blog posts from 2012. #10: Gas Drilling Time Series Analysis in Pennsylvania August 7, 2012 […]
SkyTruth’s Marcellus fracking monitoring project to a big step forward with our recent (first week of July) trip into the field. Being on the ground observing the sites, the pipelines, road work and traffic that all revolve around the massive drilling industry presence in the region was an eye-opening experience. In studying the rapid development […]
File this under better late than never. On November 19th and 20th, we had the pleasure of participating in the People’s Oil & Gas Summit 2010 in Pittsburgh, PA which was hosted by our friends at Earthworks. Our portion of the event came on Saturday morning in the workshop entitled: Web-based tools for information sharing […]