Data · dataset · 2022
Documented orphaned oil and gas wells across the United States (2021 & 2022 coordinates)
Listed in Borealis
Orphaned oil and gas wells are unplugged non-producing wells with no solvent owner of record to plug and mitigate them, such that the responsibility often falls on governments and the general public.
Description
Unplugged wells pose risks to the environment, climate, and human health. The datasets contain the coordinates of 78,685 (as of September 2021) and 120,481 (as of April 2022) documented orphaned wells across the United States, which have been compiled from state oil and gas state agencies and public state databases.
Documented orphaned wells will be addressed through the Investment and Infrastructure Jobs Act (IIJA, 2021) for plugging and remediation.
Links
Where it is published
- Dataverse dataset page borealisdata.ca/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.5683%2FSP3%2FPLAOIX ↗
landing page · from borealisdata ca
- DOI doi.org/10.5683/sp3/plaoix ↗
DOI / persistent id · from borealisdata ca
Catalogue records · 1
- Dataverse API borealisdata.ca/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi%3A10.5683%2FSP3%2… ↗
metadata API · from borealisdata ca
Topics
- Stated by source
- Earth and Environmental Sciences · Engineering
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Methane
Provenance · 1 source records, 11 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borealis | doi:10.5683/SP3/PLAOIX | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:earth-and-environmental-sciences | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:engineering | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[subject].local:topic:methane | mapping · borealisdata ca | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Methane'] |
| created_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /description |
| publication_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /name |
| updated_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 |