Summary: New FracFocus data promises to help users understand patterns of sources of water: such as ground, surface or produced water. Open-FF examined the first year of these fields from a number of perspectives to gauge their veracity. We conclude that 1) because it is optional for companies to report this data, large gaps existContinueContinue reading “Inconsistency and errors in new Water Source data”
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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”
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.