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    • Aggregated Oil and Natural Gas Drilling and Production History of the United States (ver. 1.1, April 2023)

    Metadata Updated: July 6, 2024

    This data release contains several datasets that provide an overview of oil and gas well history and production of the United States, from 1817 to September 1, 2022. Well history data is aggregated into 1-mile and 10-mile squares indicating the total number of wells and counts of wells classified as oil, gas, dry, injection, hydraulically fractured, and/or horizontal wells. Well history is also separated into layers binned on 1-year increments from a well's spud date (date drilling commenced). Production data is aggregated in 2-mile and 10-mile squares that sum the total production of oil, gas, and water volumes. Production data is also separated into layers binned on 1-year increments to reflect the year of production. These aggregations are compiled from data from IHS Markit, which is a proprietary, commercial database. No proprietary data is contained in this release. This data release was updated May 2023 to reflect an offset of 1 year on the original release.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date May 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024

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    Harvested from DOI EDI

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date May 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
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    Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
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