Spatial and Temporal Data on Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Types and Amounts Injected into Oil and Gas Wells Across the U.S., 2015-2019
type: Dataset
description: Hydraulic fracturing is a treatment method used to stimulate production from oil and gas wells. Hydraulic fracturing involves injection of treatment fluids mixed with propping agents under high pressure into perforated portions of the wellbore. This method causes the reservoir rocks to fracture and the hydraulic fracturing fluids and propping agents to enter the fractures. Subsequently, the injected propping agents remain in the fractures while the oil, gas and(or) water flows back to the well head at the surface. This dataset is a compilation of information on the types and amounts of treatment fluids applied to oil and gas onshore wells that were hydraulically fractured in the United States from 2015 through 2019. The data include: state, county and geologic province where well or treatment is located, oil and gas well configurations, spud and completion dates, types of hydraulic fracturing treatments, treatment fluid types, additives, propping agents. Data are sorted by county, state and geologic province (Varela and Gallegos, 2021).
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modified: 20220516
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: Brian Varela
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: biota
keyword: ckan
keyword: cross-linked-gels
keyword: economic-geology
keyword: energy-resources
keyword: gas-well
keyword: gel-frack
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: hydraulic-fracturing
keyword: hydraulic-fracturing-treatment-fluids
keyword: national
keyword: natural-gas-resources
keyword: natural-resources
keyword: north-america
keyword: oil-resources
keyword: oil-well
keyword: proppant
keyword: propping-agent
keyword: shale-gas
keyword: slickwater
keyword: tight-oil
keyword: treatment-fluids
keyword: unconventional-gas-well
keyword: unconventional-oil-well
keyword: united-states
keyword: usgs-614a0fc0d34e0df5fb96fcd7
keyword: well-treatment
theme: {geospatial}

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