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Communities Exposed to Texas Oil and Gas Extraction Facility Venting and Flaring Practices in 2012

3/31/2017

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I am getting deeper into my dissertation research and understanding the data. I found out that the Production Data Query Dump file is only half of the data the Texas Railroad Commission has on venting and flaring volumes. Apparently there is another file that will cost me over $375 regarding venting and flaring volumes at processing plants (but details on what would be included have yet to be made available). Luckily, my recent research has focused on venting and flaring volumes at the oil and gas extraction facility (i.e., the producing well). 

Although there are bumps in the road and it is taking longer than I thought, I am making progress on achieving my output goals.  First of which is a map associated with one of the papers that will emerge from my dissertation research regarding the characteristics of communities most exposed to Texas oil and gas venting and flaring volumes (at extraction facilities; not processing plants). You can visit the web application I built by clicking here or seeing the map below. 
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