Mapping Oil & Gas Data – A Focus on the FracTracker Mobile App

Mapping Oil & Gas Data – A Focus on the FracTracker Mobile App

By Samantha Malone, MPH, CPHManager of Education, Communications, & Partnerships,

FracTracker Alliance

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Outline

• Who is FracTracker Alliance?

• Mobile App Features & Tutorial

• Case Study: Oil and Gas Development at

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

© 2014 Robert M. Donnan

About Us

• Our Mission: We share maps, data, and analyses to

communicate impacts of the global oil and gas

industry and inform actions that positively shape our

energy future.

• Our website, FracTracker.org, provides a variety of

online oil and gas resources:

• Articles

• Analyses

• Photos

• Collaborative Projects

• Maps: Static (paper or

image file) and Dynamic

(ArcGIS Online)

• Raw Data

We look at oil and gas issues broadly

Analysis of national data, March 2015

At the state level

PA Shale Viewer

Compressor stations, SkyTruth pit

data, wells, permits, & violations

And more closely at thematic

and timely issues…

• Addressing these data collection issues led us to

develop a mobile app that tracks oil and gas

activity in the U.S.

• Available for iPhones and Androids

• Download the app: fractracker.org/app

App Features

See oil and gas wells

near you on a map

Submit oil and gas

reports about nearby

activity and issues

Upload your oil and gas

photos

Quick Walk ThroughDownload the app: fractracker.org/app

Open the app on your

phone. Select “allow

location” as this with

enable you to take full

advantage of the app’s

features.

Fill in your name and email

on the next screen (shown

right) to get started. Tap “Save”

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Start: O&G Wells Near YouThe start screen shows the

U.S. oil & gas map. The

blue dot is your location,

with the number of

counties by well in shades of blue.

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Zoom in to explore wells

and reports (in red) by

region. If there are a lot of

wells, you may need to

zoom in quite close to see them individually

LegendClicking on “Legend” in the

top toolbar will show you

what each dot or color on

the map means.

Unconventional wells are

often “fracked” to stimulate

production and/or

directionally drilled.

Citizen reports were

submitted by users.

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Explore a Site

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map, tap on a dot to learn about the site.

In the popup box, tap

to see more details about

that location, such as a well’s API number.

Tap “Submit Report” in the

bottom toolbar to add an observation of your own.

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Submit Report

Share observations about

oil & gas activity near you

through this form,

including the issue, facility,

& location. Upload photos, too!

Change the location

associated in this report

(e.g. in case of poor

reception in the field) by

tapping “Add a different

location.”

Tap “Save” to submit.

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Previous Submissions

Once we have reviewed

your report, a red dot will

appear on the oil & gas

map based on the location you provided.

Tap on “My Submissions”

to view your previous

reports & their statuses in the review queue.

Share a report via social media by tapping “Share.”

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Oil & gas development at Theodore Roosevelt National Park w/NPCA

with FracTracker’s Mobile App • www.fractracker.org/app

explore the map

Contact Information

Samantha Malone, MPH, CPH

Manager of Education, Communications, &

Partnerships – FracTracker Alliance

[email protected]

412-802-0273

www.fractracker.org