The Relationship between Organizational, Community, and State Regulatory Characteristics and Texas Oil and Gas Extraction Facility Venting and Flaring Practices

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Katherine Ann Willyard, Texas A&M University

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Project Citation: 

Willyard, Katherine Ann. The Relationship between Organizational, Community, and State Regulatory Characteristics and Texas Oil and Gas Extraction Facility Venting and Flaring Practices. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-11-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E101192V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary A quantitative, cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between Texas oil and gas venting and flaring practices in 2012 and the characteristics of the facility, the surrounding community, and the direct owning company.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources National Science Foundation. Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SES-1702683)

Scope of Project

Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Texas
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2012 – 12/31/2012
Universe:  View help for Universe Producing oil and gas extraction facilities
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; census/enumeration data; geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Data was merged together using the code available at https://github.com/katewillyard/trrc-2012

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source The following data sources were merged together using unique lease identifiers, county codes, unique operator identifiers, and a geographic information system. 

Texas Railroad Commission Production Data Query Dump
Texas Railroad Commission Full Wellbore Query Data
Texas Railroad Commission Drilling Permit Master and Trailer Plus Longitudes and Latitudes Dataset
Texas Railroad Commission Programmed Request Data Extract
Texas Railroad Commission Digital Map Information
Texas Railroad Commission Organization Report
Texas Railroad Commission 2012 Inspection Extract
Texas Railroad Commission 2012 Permit Extract
American Community Survey Five Year Summary File Population Estimates (2010-2014), Geodatabase Format
The National Center for Charitable Statistics Database
Texas Statewide Imagery Political Boundaries Shapefiles
United States Energy Information Administration January 1, 2012 Intrastate and Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Shapefile

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