Open-FF found 6,058 Pennsylvania wells with trade secret records. Broad patterns and examples are illustrated.
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Pennsylvania: chemical quantity omissions
Open-FF found 1,110 Pennsylvania wells with records that do not report quantity data.
Talisman Energy USA: Omissions of quantity data
Talisman Energy USA Inc. omitted quantity data in 134 FracFocus disclosures. We summarize the omissions in this post.
Chevron: Omissions of quantity data
Chevron USA Inc. omitted quantity data in 328 FracFocus disclosures. We summarize the omissions in this post.
Noble Energy: Omissions of quantity data
Noble Energy, Inc. omitted quantity data in 381 FracFocus disclosures. We summarize the omissions in this post.
XTO Energy/ExxonMobil: Omissions of quantity data
XTO Energy/ExxonMobil omitted quantity data in 989 FracFocus disclosures. We summarize the omissions in this post.
Chesapeake Operating: Omissions of quantity data
Chesapeake Operating, Inc. omitted quantity data in 2143 FracFocus disclosures. We summarize the omissions in this post.
EOG Resources, Inc: Omissions of quantity data
EOG Resources, Inc. omitted quantity data in 2889 FracFocus disclosures. We summarize the omissions in this post.
Pennsylvania state data contradicts FracFocus water source data
In comparing FracFocus water source data to Pennsylvania’s DEP data, we find significant inconsistencies. This undermines the usefulness of the data.
Water source summary added to state pages
State-focused pages now include a summary chart of the optional water source data
Pennsylvania: errors by duplication
Open-FF found 1,775 Pennsylvania wells with chemical disclosures that contained duplicate records.
These errors distorted this company’s chemical use by an average of 90,100 pounds per disclosure.
CONSOL Energy Inc.: errors by duplication
Open-FF found 77 disclosures published by CONSOL Energy Inc. that contained duplicate records. These errors distorted this company’s chemical use by an average of 114,000 pounds per disclosure.
Chevron USA Inc: errors by duplication
Open-FF found 82 disclosures published by Chevron USA Inc. that contained duplicate records. These errors distorted this company’s chemical use by an average of 134,000 pounds per disclosure.
Chesapeake Operating, Inc: errors by duplication
Open-FF found 91 disclosures published by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. that contained duplicate records. These errors distorted this company’s chemical use by an average of 154,000 pounds per disclosure.
Snyder Brothers Inc.: errors by duplication
Open-FF found 100 disclosures published by Snyder Brothers Inc. that contained duplicate records. These errors distorted this company’s chemical use by an average of 119,000 pounds per disclosure.
Repsol O&G: errors by duplication
Open-FF found 167 disclosures published by Repsol O&G, LLC. that contained duplicate records. These errors distorted this company’s chemical use by an average of 329,000 pounds per disclosure.
CNX Gas Company: errors by duplication
Open-FF found 221 disclosures published by CNX Gas Company LLC that contained duplicate records. These errors distorted this company’s chemical use by an average of 61,200 pounds per disclosure.
 Cabot Oil & Gas Corp: errors by duplication
Open-FF found 401 disclosures published by Cabot Oil & Gas Corp that contained duplicate records. These errors distorted this company’s chemical use by an average of 87,400 pounds per disclosure.
Alta Resources/Alta Mesa : errors by duplication
Open-FF found 327 disclosures published by Alta Mesa Services and Alta Resources that contained duplicate records. These errors distorted this company’s chemical use by an average of 168,000 pounds per disclosure.
EQT Production: errors by duplication
Open-FF found 655 disclosures published by EQT Production that contained duplicate records. These errors distorted this company’s chemical use by an average of 70,400 pounds per disclosure.
Pennsylvania fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 43 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Pennsylvania by 11 operators.
Distortion by duplicates
Summary: A large fraction of FracFocus disclosures since 2016 contain apparently unintentional duplicate records. These records distort the quantity of chemicals used in fracking jobs, sometimes by more than 100,000 pounds. These duplicates have remained largely uncorrected. Although duplication can be visually obvious in FracFocus displays of data, they are not trivial to distinguish fromContinueContinue reading “Distortion by duplicates”