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Regulatory updates, emissions data, and methane science.

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What Is Emissions Intelligence for Oil and Gas Methane?

Emissions intelligence joins reported, modelled and measured methane to the assets behind it: why the three disagree and how OGMP 2.0 reconciles them.

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Oil and Gas Well Data: What a Well Record Contains

What an oil and gas well record holds field by field, the form each comes from, who keeps it, and why two databases report different well totals.

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Oil and Gas Production Data: How to Find It in Eight States

Look up oil and gas production data by well, API number, operator and county in eight states, and see how far back each state's production history goes.

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Oil and Gas GIS: Mapping Wells, Production and Emissions

Eight state agencies publish oil and gas well data in six coordinate systems. How to spot a datum mismatch, fix it with the right EPSG code, and map it.

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Oil and Gas Data Analytics Platforms: How to Choose One

An oil and gas data analytics platform should fit your states and your job. Five kinds compared, what each leaves you to do, and how to test one in a trial.

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Oil Wells Near Me: How to Find Wells Near Your Property

Find the oil and gas wells near your home: see each well's status, operator and history on one map, check for orphan wells, and learn who to call.

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Texas Oil and Gas Map: 1.2 Million Well Records on One Map

A Texas oil and gas map of about 1.2 million RRC well records: production, inspections, pipelines and orphan wells on one map, plus gas analysis where sampled.

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Carbon Markets: Compliance and Voluntary, and Why Prices Differ

Compliance carbon markets price a legal obligation and voluntary ones a claim. RGGI allowances cleared at $37.65 in September 2026, up 69 percent in a year.

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EHS Management Software and What It Cannot Compute

EHS software is a system of record. It handles the documents and dates well, and stores whatever emissions number you give it rather than deriving one.

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Oil Well Locations: Where to Find Them and What They Mean

Oil well locations come from eight state agencies. The published coordinate is the surface point, and the producing end sits 607 to 2,640 m away.

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Permian Basin Oil Fields: Every Well, County and Operator

The Permian Basin holds 389,187 wells on record across West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Counts, counties, operators, and 2024 production, on one map.

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Leak Detection in Oil and Gas: What Each Method Finds

Controlled-release testing shows what methane leak detection actually finds. Why the surveyor matters as much as the camera, and what a survey cannot see.