Many Colorado oil and gas operators will be voluntarily participating in a new website that allows the public to obtain information on the chemicals used to hydraulically fracture a well.
The website, a product of the Groundwater Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, is expected to debut in mid-April and will enable the public to learn about the components of fracturing fluids used at specific wells.
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New website to provide “fracking” data
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FracFocus’s site does not provide data in a manner that is readily accessible to a data analyst or citizen-scientist, however another website does exist that provides fracking well chemical disclosures coupled with toxicities and earthquakes, all conveniently packaged in easily accessible files more suited for analysis. Under the FracFocus Data page of the frackingdata.org website, you can find comma-separated value (CSV) files and SQLite and MS Access databases holding data extracted from FracFocus, as well as associated chemical toxicities and earthquakes.