All posts on the topic of FracFocus chemical disclosures that report more than 50% of the fracking fluid is composed of sand. This topic is part of Open-FF’s effort to improve FracFocus data integrity and to alert stakeholders to these data weaknesses.
General posts:
Sand-dominated disclosures: patterns and problems
Open-FF has found a large number of chemical disclosures that misreport concentrations of fracking sand and water. These errors seriously distort the chemical profiles of the fracking jobs.
Sand use in nitrogen or carbon dioxide disclosures
While fracking jobs using nitrogen or carbon dioxide gases may use more than typical sand fractions, even in these disclosure, sand percentages over 50% are highly unusual.
State or Company focus:
Wyoming fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 26 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Wyoming by 13 operators.
Utah fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 83 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Utah by 15 operators.
Texas fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 1341 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Texas by 213 operators.
Pennsylvania fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 43 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Pennsylvania by 11 operators.
Oklahoma fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 259 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Oklahoma by 55 operators.
Ohio fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 33 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Ohio by 6 operators.
Montana fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 10 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Montana by 4 operators.
North Dakota fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 157 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in North Dakota by 23 operators.
New Mexico fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 254 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in New Mexico by 30 operators.
Louisiana fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 139 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Louisiana by 19 operators.
Colorado fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 82 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Colorado by 25 operators.
Arkansas fracking sand errors
Open-FF found 7 disclosures with distorted sand and water percentages in Arkansas by 2 operators.
Sand errors: COG Operating in Texas
Eighty-five Texas disclosures from this company are not dominated by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: GEP Haynesville in Louisiana
Thirty-four Louisiana disclosures from this company are not dominated by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: Encana Oil and Gas in Texas
Fifty-three Texas disclosures from this company are not dominated by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: Ovintiv in Oklahoma
One hundred and fourteen Oklahoma disclosures from this company are dominated not by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: ConocoPhillips Company in Texas
Forty-six Texas disclosures from this company are dominated not by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: Finley Resources in Utah
Thirty-four Utah disclosures from this company are dominated not by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: Matador Production Company in New Mexico
Thirty New Mexico disclosures from this company are dominated not by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: Magnolia Oil and Gas in Texas
Ninety-five Texas disclosures from this company are dominated not by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: Marathon Oil in North Dakota
Thirty-four North Dakota disclosures from this company are dominated not by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: Citizen Energy in Oklahoma
Thirty-four Oklahoma disclosures from this company are dominated not by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: Southwestern Energy in Louisiana
Forty-four Louisiana disclosures from this company are dominated not by water, but by sand.
Sand errors: EAP Ohio LLC
Twenty-two disclosures from this company are dominated not by water, but by sand.
COG Operating LLC: sand data error
Five disclosures from COG Operating LLC vastly overreport sand use.