This report summarizes the fracking jobs published this week at FracFocus, the industry-funded chemical disclosure instrument. It includes the Who, What and Where of recent fracking activity: the operating companies, the chemicals they use (including quantities), and where these jobs are located.

This report is produced by Open-FF, an open source, public service project to make the FracFocus data more usable. The nature of the fracking chemical data is complicated and can be difficult to make sense of; Open-FF aims to make it those data more digestible. In addition, FracFocus disclosures are plagued by inconsistencies, ambiguous and missing values and many obvious data errors; Open-FF flags and filters many of those problems. Our hope is that these reports give readers both big-picture perspectives of industry activities as well as enough detail to dig deeply into specifics such as individual chemicals, fracking job, or company.

In this report:¶

Overview of all FracFocus disclosures published this week¶

by State, County, Operators and Federal/Indian indicators
Water use
Recognized Chemicals of Concern
Proprietary claims including
- by state
- mass of reported categories of materials

Detailed list of all disclosures including:¶

Location, company name, API number, water use, and Federal/Indian well indicator
Link to satellite image and Google map of fracking site
Flags indicating problems or areas of concern:
- High levels of proprietary claims
- Water use: missing data or very large volumes
- Chemical percentage: disclosure total is out of tolerance
- Long delay before publication
- Chemicals of concern

Disclosures with masses of Chemicals of Concern in the top 10% of FracFocus¶

Notes:¶

Raw, unfiltered data: This weekly report summarizes the disclosures that were published in FracFocus over the past week. This report reflects raw names and numbers that have not yet been checked for validity. To see cleaned data set for earlier dates, go to the Open-FF data catalog or at CodeOcean.

... by county¶

... by top Operators¶

Operator list for all disclosures¶

... "Federal wells" or "Indian wells"¶

Total number of proprietary claims this week¶

 -- 25%:  9,932,180 gallons
 -- 50%:  17,353,897 gallons
 -- 75%:  19,624,232 gallons
 -- max:  41,823,390 gallons
 -- TOTAL 5,221,947,339 gallons

Recognized Chemicals of Concern used in these disclosures¶

The following table is based on lists of chemicals that have health or environmental effects: SDWA, CWA, Proposition 65, and TEDX.

Column	Description
CID	is the chemical ID used in the disclosure table
bgCAS	is the CAS registration number of the chemical
record_count	indicates the number of records in this week's disclosures. A given chemical may appear more than once in a disclosure
proportional rank of biggest	how the largest max from this week compares to the rest of FracFocus data (through last update). Ex. 95.0 means that this mass was in the top 5% of all uses ever recorded in FracFocus. If there are records with values of 90% or more, a list of all disclosures are in a table later in this report.
Chemical Name	is one of the common names for the material
max mass	is the single greatest mass of the chemical in this week's disclosures (in pounds)
SDWA CWA	indicates if the chemical is on the Safe Drinking Water Act list or the Clean Water Act list (compiled by the Wylie Lab)
CA Prop 65	indicates if the chemical is on California's Proposition 65 list
TEDX	indicates if the chemical is on The Endocrine Disruption Exchange list
FF history	link to summary of this chemical for all of FracFocus (filtered data - up to last major update)
ChemID link	link to the ChemID website for this chemical

Proprietary labeling¶

FracFocus allows disclosures to hide the identity of chemicals that companies claim are business secrets. This practice has been controversial since the beginning of FracFocus and there have been purported measures taken to reduce the proprietary claims. Nevertheless, they are still commonly used. The following summarizes how much the past week's disclosures hid chemical identity with these claims. The individual disclosure listing later in this report specifies the percentage of chemical records that are hidden by these claims for every disclosure.

Open-FF detects proprietary claims solely by the terms used in the CASNumber field. Other fields may also indicate such claims but are ignored here, so these numbers are conservative.

Portion of records hidden this week, by state¶

Ingredient names used for proprietary records for this week's disclosures¶

Because these are proprietary claims, the reported ingredient name will not be specific, just a general class.

In some cases, companies do not report the PercentHFJob or report 0.0% for proprietary records. We use 0.0 pounds for those records in the following table.

Notes:¶

Listing of chemicals in individual disclosures: In the table below, individual fracking disclosures are identified by APINumber. If you are interested in seeing the details of the raw data, use that APINumber at the FracFocus "Find a Well" site. That search site will serve pdf files of individual fracking events to your computer with most of the same raw data available used here. However, mass of chemicals is not available from these pdfs.

Maps: In the table below, a link is provided to a Google map/satellite view of the location provided in the disclosure. Many recently published fracking sites are newer than the satellite image that Google uses, so the well pad may not be visible. However, you can still view the geographic context of the drilling site.

Listing of all new disclosures published this week¶

Color coding of cells indicates conditions of particular concern:

FID - Fracking job ID number (not used yet)
Water volume - volume in gallons of the water base fluid used in a fracking job
- light blue: especially large fracking carrier (>30 million gallons)
- red: no data or a report of ZERO gallons of water. This prevents the calculation of chemical mass
TVD - True vertical depth (feet)
- red: no data or a report of ZERO feet.
- yellow: likely error: deeper than deepest oil well (35,050 ft.)
Percent proprietary - proportion of chemical records for which identity is hidden
- light pink: at least 10%
- pink: at least 25%
- red: at least 50%
End date - Last day of job
- tan: more than one year to publish the disclosure
- brown: more than two years to publish the disclosure
- light blue: end date is in the future
Total percentage ("perc sum") - the sum of all records in a disclosure should be 100% (within a tolerance)
- yellow: less than 90%
- orange: greater than 110% - often caused by a "system approach" entry error: duplicates of some chemical records
CIDs in disclosure - see the Chemicals of Concern table above for more information

Operator	Num disclosures	in States
Endeavor Energy Resources	100	Texas
EOG Resources, Inc.	27	New Mexico, Texas
BKV Barnett, LLC	16	Texas
Pioneer Natural Resources	12	Texas
Diamondback E&P LLC	12	Texas
Occidental Oil and Gas	11	New Mexico, Texas
Continental Resources, Inc	11	Oklahoma
Stronghold Energy II Operating LLC	10	Texas
CrownQuest Operating, LLC	10	Texas
XTO Energy/ExxonMobil	8	Texas
Birch Operations, Inc.	8	Texas
Matador Production Company	7	New Mexico
Blackbeard Operating	7	Texas
TEP Rocky Mountain LLC	6	Colorado
SM Energy	6	Texas
EAP Ohio LLC	6	Ohio
Cheyenne Petroleum Company	6	Texas, Oklahoma
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp	6	Pennsylvania
COG Operating LLC	6	New Mexico, Texas
BPX Operating Company (BP America Production Co.)	6	Louisiana, Texas
Chesapeake Operating, Inc.	5	Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Alta Resources	5	Pennsylvania
WPX Energy	4	Texas
Surge Operating, LLC	4	Texas
Southwestern Energy	4	West Virginia
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	4	Colorado
Aethon Energy Operating LLC	4	Texas
Whiting Petroleum	3	North Dakota
BreitBurn Operating LP	3	New Mexico, Texas
Aera Energy LLC	3	California
Tug Hill Operating, LLC	2	West Virginia
Pine Wave Energy Partners	2	Texas
Mallard Exploration	2	Colorado
Comstock Oil & Gas	2	Louisiana
Valence Operating Company	1	Texas
Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.	1	Texas
Redwood Operating LLC	1	New Mexico
Prize Exploration & Production, LLC	1	Texas
Ovintiv Production, Inc.	1	North Dakota
Mack Energy Corporation	1	New Mexico
LYNX OKLAHOMA OPERATING LLC	1	Oklahoma
Juno Operating Company III, LLC	1	Texas
Indigo Minerals	1	Louisiana
Excalibur Reserouces	1	Oklahoma
Evergreen Natural Resources LLC	1	Colorado
Discovery Operating, Inc.	1	Texas
Davidson Energy, Inc.	1	Oklahoma
Comanche Exploration Co., LLC	1	Oklahoma
Camino Natural Resources, LLC	1	Oklahoma
Barber Oil, LLC	1	Oklahoma

Report of FracFocus disclosures published the week ending May 17, 2021¶

In this report:¶

Overview of all FracFocus disclosures published this week¶

Detailed list of all disclosures including:¶

Disclosures with masses of Chemicals of Concern in the top 10% of FracFocus¶

Notes:¶

Overview¶

Since 2021-05-07, the number of new disclosures added to FracFocus is:¶

344¶

Where these 344 fracking jobs occurred:¶

... by county¶

... by top Operators¶

Operator list for all disclosures¶

... "Federal wells" or "Indian wells"¶

Total number of proprietary claims this week¶

1151 records¶

Water use reported in these 344 disclosures¶

Recognized Chemicals of Concern used in these disclosures¶

Proprietary labeling¶

Portion of records hidden this week, by state¶

Ingredient names used for proprietary records for this week's disclosures¶

Individual disclosure listings¶

Notes:¶

Listing of all new disclosures published this week¶

Disclosures with chemicals-of-concern masses in the top 10% of all FracFocus¶

FID	State	County	link	Operator	API Number	end date	Water volume (gal)	TVD (feet)	perc sum	Fed. Well	percent proprietary	CIDs in disclosure
F001	California	Kern - 30	map	Aera Energy LLC	04030652880000	6/26/2019	145,465	2,372	100		0.0%	c02 c21
F002	California	Kern - 30	map	Aera Energy LLC	04030652810000	6/25/2019	107,485	2,441	99		0.0%	c02 c21
F003	California	Kern - 30	map	Aera Energy LLC	04030652950000	6/26/2019	114,287	2,385	100		0.0%	c02 c21
F004	Colorado	Garfield	map	TEP Rocky Mountain LLC	05045243600000	4/7/2021	3,680,001	6,829	100		78.6%
F005	Colorado	Garfield	map	TEP Rocky Mountain LLC	05045243510000	4/6/2021	5,463,000	6,878	100		78.6%
F006	Colorado	Garfield	map	TEP Rocky Mountain LLC	05045243620000	4/7/2021	3,612,027	6,822	100		78.6%
F007	Colorado	Garfield	map	TEP Rocky Mountain LLC	05045243540000	4/7/2021	5,573,999	6,841	100		78.6%
F008	Colorado	Garfield	map	TEP Rocky Mountain LLC	05045243610000	4/7/2021	3,596,000	6,828	100		78.6%
F009	Colorado	Garfield	map	TEP Rocky Mountain LLC	05045243490000	4/7/2021	5,561,999	6,842	100		78.6%
F010	Colorado	Las Animas	map	Evergreen Natural Resources LLC	05071076520000	5/7/2021	69,426	3,200	99		20.0%	c21
F011	Colorado	Weld	map	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	05123508160000	3/20/2021	15,022,765	6,893	99		20.8%	c01 c04 c19 c23
F012	Colorado	Weld	map	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	05123508090000	3/20/2021	14,359,080	7,056	99		14.3%	c01 c04 c19 c23
F013	Colorado	Weld	map	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	05123508200000	3/18/2021	11,206,462	7,074	99		14.3%	c01 c04 c19 c23
F014	Colorado	Weld	map	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	05123508140000	3/20/2021	11,566,728	6,773	99		21.7%	c01 c04 c19 c23
F015	Colorado	Weld	map	Mallard Exploration	05123465420000	4/28/2021	21,736,412	6,359	99	TRUE	11.5%	c01 c08 c16
F016	Colorado	Weld	map	Mallard Exploration	05123465400000	4/28/2021	21,592,792	6,264	99	TRUE	10.5%	c01
F017	Louisiana	De Soto	map	Comstock Oil & Gas	17031269250000	3/28/2021	32,599,843	11,157	100		26.9%	c01 c03 c04 c05 c07 c10 c13 c14 c17 c24 c27 c29
F018	Louisiana	De Soto	map	Comstock Oil & Gas	17031269240000	3/27/2021	33,528,560	11,042	100		26.5%	c01 c03 c04 c05 c07 c10 c13 c14 c17 c24 c27 c29
F019	Louisiana	Natchitoches	map	Indigo Minerals	17069204600000	3/19/2021	0	12,842	101		23.1%	c01 c02 c03 c07 c13 c14 c24 c27 c29 c34 c36
F020	Louisiana	Red River	map	BPX Operating Company (BP America Production Co.)	17081215610000	4/27/2021	28,450,943	12,138	99		23.1%	c01 c07 c10 c13
F021	New Mexico	Eddy	map	COG Operating LLC	30015473070000	4/30/2021	24,488,181	9,393	100	TRUE	52.9%	c12
F022	New Mexico	Eddy	map	COG Operating LLC	30015473080000	4/29/2021	24,518,993	9,374	100	TRUE	52.9%	c12
F023	New Mexico	Eddy	map	COG Operating LLC	30015473090000	4/29/2021	24,525,167	9,349	100	TRUE	52.9%	c12
F024	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Mack Energy Corporation	30015469150000	5/2/2021	13,077,773	3,135	100		33.3%	c02 c07 c08 c10 c15
F025	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Matador Production Company	30015470140000	3/17/2021	29,766,307	9,047	100		22.2%	c01 c03 c10 c12 c17
F026	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Matador Production Company	30015469930000	2/9/2021	29,751,334	11,554	100		22.2%	c01 c03 c10 c12 c17
F027	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Matador Production Company	30015469820000	2/8/2021	28,573,288	9,909	100		22.2%	c01 c03 c10 c12 c17
F028	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Matador Production Company	30015469880000	3/17/2021	31,266,627	11,244	100		22.2%	c01 c03 c10 c12 c17
F029	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Matador Production Company	30015470170000	4/17/2021	31,491,397	11,634	100		22.2%	c01 c03 c10 c12 c17
F030	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Matador Production Company	30015470160000	2/9/2021	29,752,749	11,289	100		22.2%	c01 c03 c10 c12 c17
F031	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Matador Production Company	30015469780000	3/17/2021	30,188,852	9,866	100		22.2%	c01 c03 c10 c12 c17
F032	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Occidental Oil and Gas	30015464480000	4/8/2021	14,849,221	10,045	100	TRUE	23.5%	c08 c10 c15
F033	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Occidental Oil and Gas	30015464650000	4/9/2021	15,086,124	9,703	100	TRUE	23.5%	c08 c10 c15
F034	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Occidental Oil and Gas	30015464640000	3/27/2021	19,379,789	9,836	100	TRUE	23.5%	c08 c10 c15
F035	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Occidental Oil and Gas	30015463730000	3/16/2021	16,573,560	9,681	100	TRUE	21.1%	c02 c08 c10 c15
F036	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Occidental Oil and Gas	30015465230000	3/26/2021	13,639,433	10,063	100	TRUE	23.5%	c08 c10 c15
F037	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Occidental Oil and Gas	30015464730000	3/16/2021	17,103,261	9,631	100	TRUE	21.1%	c02 c08 c10 c15
F038	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Occidental Oil and Gas	30015463720000	3/16/2021	15,222,396	9,820	100	TRUE	21.1%	c02 c08 c10 c15
F039	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Occidental Oil and Gas	30015464630000	4/9/2021	14,111,677	9,847	100	TRUE	9.1%	c10 c15
F040	New Mexico	Eddy	map	Redwood Operating LLC	30015469150000	5/2/2021	13,077,773	3,135	100		33.3%	c02 c07 c08 c10 c15