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Gas Drilling Time Series Analysis in Pennsylvania

Back in June, Yolandita and David’s frack related blog posts and video, put the amount of materials used in a typical hydrofracturing operation into a perspective that was easier to grasp. With a better idea of how much fluid is used in every operation fresh in your head, I would like to give you an […]

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Colorado – Operational Oil and Gas Wells

The Pine Ridge fire prompted me to download the latest oil and gas well information from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (think about that name for a sec…).  I filtered it based on the well status codes to include only those wells that could be considered currently in operation. Then I plugged the […]

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Wildfires and Gas Wells – Pine Ridge Fire, Colorado

Wildfire season is off to a roaring start.  Large fires are burning in several Rocky Mountain states.  Check the US Forest Service’s National Fire Detection Maps to see the latest nationwide.  These fires are detected by the MODIS sensor carried on the Terra and Aqua satellites, as well as other sensors. Here’s what’s happening in […]

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Meet The Frack Family

If you’ve read our “What’s In My Frack Fluid” article, posted by David last week, you were probably  disturbed to find out how much of the ingredients used in a typical hydraulic fracturing operation are unknown. We thought it might be a good idea to illustrate what 133 tons of chemicals (including 65 tons of […]

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Pennsylvania Frack Flight a Big Success

The whole team is back in the office today after another successful expedition to Frack Country in north-central PA.  Here’s a quick summary of the mission.  Video, 100s of photos and results of our monitoring will be published soon. You can see some photos here. Last time we went out in the field we focused […]