Gas Drilling's Environmental Impact

Indiana

How to read these graphs:

The graphs on the left show the rate of growth compared to the earliest year for which we have data -- in most cases 2003. The gray lines represent a theoretical constant annual rate of change.

The bar charts on the right show the actual values for each year we have data. For example, in 2008, Indiana had 175 new wells drilled.

State Data

Indiana does not require operators to report how many producing wells they have, so the total wells come from World Oil’s annual count of total oil and gas producing wells.

18 enforcement staff for 5,693 wells in 2008

Wells Drilled: Change Since 2003

Wells Drilled

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
144
144.0
150
150.0
127
127.0
146
146.0
168
168.0
175
175.0
102
102.0

Enforcement Actions: Change Since 2003

Enforcement Actions

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
No Data. No Data. No Data. No Data. No Data. No Data. No Data.

Enforcement Staff: Change Since 2003

Enforcement Staff

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
15
15.0
15
15.0
14
14.0
14
14.0
18
18.0
18
18.0
18
18.0

Total Wells: Change Since 2004

Total Wells

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
No Data. 6,573
6573.0
6,402
6402.0
6,103
6103.0
5,841
5841.0
5,693
5693.0
4,122
4122.0