AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Wind Energy Resources

 This shapefile, which represents an estimate of the annual average wind resource, was generated from original raster data by TrueWind, LLC for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The original cell resolution for the Mid-Atlantic region was 200 meters, and the shapefile resolution is 1/3 degree of latitude by 1/4 degree longitude. The region includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Data for the state of West Virginia was clipped from the original shapefile by the WVGIS Technical Center in January 2009.  

Tags: Energy, Resource, WV, West Virginia, Wind, renewable resources, wind
Annual Energy Review

 A report of historical annual energy statistics. For many series, data begin with the year 1949. Included are data on total energy production, consumption, and trade; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, as well as financial and environmental indicators; and data unit conversion tables.  

Tags: Annual, Biomass, CO2, Coal, Geothermal, Hydrates, Hydroelectric, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, Oil, Renewable Energy, Resource, Review, Solar, Tidal, Total Energy, Water, Wind, electricity
Thermal Maturity Patterns CAI and Ro in the Ordovician and Devonian Rocks of the Appalachian Basin in New York State

 The classic study by Epstein and others (1977), using conodont alteration index   (CAI) isograds, is the established standard for evaluating thermal maturity patterns of   lower and middle Paleozoic rocks and associated oil and gas accumulation in the   Appalachian basin. Maps from the Epstein and others (1977) and Harris and others   (1978) studies show basin wide thermal maturity patterns for the Ordovician, Silurian   through Middle Devonian, and Upper Devonian through Mississippian. Despite the   value of these maps, they have a strong bias toward outcrop samples and, in many parts   of the basin, CAI isograds have been extrapolated several hundreds of miles without   being constrained by subsurface control points. Wandrey and others (1997) converted   the CAI isograds of Harris and others (1978) to vitrinite reflectance equivalents (VTE)   for the Ordovician of the central Appalachian basin; however, few new data points were   added. Also, several vitrinite reflectance (%Ro) maps are available for evaluating thermal   maturity patterns in the Appalachian basin but they are limited to smaller areas than the   CAI-based maps. Among the best examples of these vitrinite reflectance maps are those   of Upper Devonian black shale units by Streib (1981) and Boswell (1996) and of   Pennsylvanian coal beds by Chyi and others (1987) and Zhang and Davis (1993).  

Tags: Appalachian Basin, Devonian, Geology, New York, Ordovician, Thermal maturity, conodont color
WV Soils - Soil Survey Geographic Database SSURGO

 A detailed, field verified inventory of the kinds and distribution of soils on the landscape. This data set is generally the most detailed level of soil geographic data prepared by soil scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, as part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. In West Virginia SSURGO is generally mapped at 1:24,000 scale with some areas mapped at 1:12,000. The map extent for a Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) data set is a soil survey area, which may consist of a county, multiple counties, or parts of multiple counties.   The information was prepared by digitizing maps, by compiling information onto a planimetric correct base and digitizing, or by revising digitized maps using remotely sensed and other information. Data currency 1997 to present, refer to publication data of FGDC metadata record.  

Tags: Geographic, Geology, WV, West Virginia, soil survey, soils
Arctic Oil Spill Response Research and

 Executive Summary   This report provides a comprehensive summary of activities and accomplishments of the Minerals Management Service (MMS) Arctic Oil Spill Response Research (OSRR) program. The program directly supports MMS missions of ensuring safe and sound operations in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) through leadership in research and standards development for Arctic operations and in facilitating the use of science in making policy and leasing decisions.   From 1997 through 2008 the MMS has successfully developed and conducted thirty-one projects directly related to improving equipment and processes for the prompt identification and removal of oil from harsh Arctic environments. Rather than working independently, the OSRR program has reached out and partnered with state and federal government agencies, academia, private industry, and other countries who share similar interests in Arctic oil spill response research. As a product of these partnerships, over 40 percent of these projects were jointly funded.   The OSRR projects highlighted in this document are examples of how the MMS has and continues to address the ongoing operational and environmental concerns associated with energy exploration and exploitation in the Arctic. Research projects, many of which were conducted at Ohmsett - The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility ranging from mechanical containment and recovery in ice conditions, to dispersant use in cold water, reflect an expanding body of work that has advanced knowledge of oil spill response capabilities in cold water environments. Quoted liberally in scientific literature, OSRR projects are helping drive cold water research both nationally and internationally. The MMS as well as U.S. and   foreign government agencies and organizations world wide utilize the results from the OSRR program and Ohmsett in making planning, regulatory, and emergency response decisions.   The MMS has been the principal U.S. federal agency funding oil spill response research for the past 25 years and is now the leader in Arctic response research. The successes of the OSRR program are a result of appropriated funding from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and continued support by MMS Management.   Maintaining this momentum is critical to ensuring that the best available technologies for response are ready to support future oil exploration and exploitation in the Arctic.  

Tags: Detection of Oil in and Under Ice, Fate and Behavior of Oil in Ice, MMS, Marine, Mineral Management Service, Oil, Oil Spill Thickness Sensor, Remote Sensing, Resource, arctic, oil, oil spill, response
FracFocus

 Welcome to FracFocus, the hydraulic fracturing chemical registry website. This website is a joint project of the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.   On this site you can search for information about the chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells. You will also find educational materials designed to help you put this information in perspective.  

Tags: Natural Gas, Oil, Resource, Water, gas, oil, water
2010 Carbon Atlas of the United States and Canada

The Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada contains three main sections:
(1) Introduction; (2) National Perspectives; and (3) Regional Perspectives. The Introduction section contains an overview of CCS technologies, a summary of the DOE’s Carbon Sequestration Program, a brief description of the RCSP Program, and information on the National Carbon Sequestration
Database and Geographic Information System (NATCARB). The National Perspectives section
provides maps showing the number, location, and magnitude of CO2 stationary sources in the
United States and portions of Canada, as well as the areal extent and estimated CO2 storage resource available in geologic formations evaluated within the RCSP regions. The National
Perspectives section also contains a summary of the methodologies and assumptions employed to calculate CO2 emissions and the estimated CO2 storage resource of various geologic formations. The Regional Perspectives section includes a detailed presentation of CO2 stationary sources, CO2
storage resource assessments, updates on field projects, and information on CCS public outreach for each RCSP.

Tags: Atlas III, CO2, Carbon Storage, Coal, Gas, Geology, NATCARB, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil and Gas, Resource, Saline, Saline Aquifiers, Sources
Canada Takes Different Approach for Pipeline

 Most of TransCanada/ExxonMobil's proposed 1,717-mile natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope would be built in Canada, where it faces government scrutiny remarkably similar to the oversight under way in the United States.   Canadian government agencies federal, provincial and territorialstill must issue final approvals for the pipeline project.   They are empowered to ensure the pipeline is designed, constructed and operated safely.   They have a strong environmental voice over the project. This includes say-so on how the pipeline crosses streams, how land may be disturbed to trench and assemble the pipe, and what happens when the pipeline path penetrates acreage used by woodland caribou and other important wildlife.   But there's one significant difference between U.S. and Canadian oversight: The pipeline project sponsor already has in hand some important Canadian authorizationsincluding arguably the most important ones of all, federal certificates to build and operate the pipeline.   While the U.S. and Canadian governments both approved the gas pipeline project when it was initially proposed in the 1970s, project sponsors in the U.S. later gave up their rights.   However, that 1970s-era pipeline project, with its certificates in hand, continues to exist in Canada. And the Alaska Pipeline Projecta joint effort of TransCanada Corp. and ExxonMobilhas structured the Canadian portion of its multibillion-dollar pipeline proposal around the plan that first gelled when Jimmy Carter was U.S. president, "Laverne & Shirley" was the top-rated TV show and Alaskans were taking their first strides as newly christened oil tycoons.  

Tags: Alaska, Canada, Natural Gas, Resource, White Paper, gas, pipelines
National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project - Appalachian Basin Province 067 Assessment Units

 The Assessment Unit is the fundamental unit used in the National Assessment Project for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources. The Assessment Unit is defined within the context of the higher-level Total Petroleum System. The Assessment Unit is shown here as a geographic boundary interpreted, defined, and mapped by the geologist responsible for the province and incorporates a set of known or postulated oil and (or) gas accumulations sharing similar geologic, geographic, and temporal properties within the Total Petroleum System, such as source rock, timing, migration pathways, trapping mechanism, and hydrocarbon type. The Assessment Unit boundary is defined geologically as the limits of the geologic elements that define the Assessment Unit, such as limits of reservoir rock, geologic structures, source rock, and seal lithologies. The only exceptions to this are Assessment Units that border the Federal-State water boundary. In these cases, the Federal-State water boundary forms part of the Assessment Unit boundary.  

Tags: Appalachian Basin, Assessment Unit, Energy Resources, National Assessment of Oil and Gas, Natural Gas, Oil, Resource, Resource Assessment, USGS, USGS World Energy Region 5, oil
WV Streamflow Stations

  The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) stream-gauging program provides streamflow data for a variety of purposes that range from current needs, such as flood forecasting, to future or long-term needs, such as detection of changes in streamflow due to human activities or global warming. Data from realtime streamflow gages are relayed to the West Virginia District's office through the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) data-collection system. Data are transmitted from each station at intervals of 4 hours and are loaded into the West Virginia District's National Water Information System (NWIS). GIS coverage created data downloaded from the USGS Water Resources web site in December 2000.  

Tags: CFS, Geographic, Hydrology, Topographical, WV, West Virginia, hydrology, streamflow, streamflow stations, streams, water
Mapping the Mineral Resource Base for Mineral Carbon-Dioxide Sequestration in the Conterminous United States

 This database provides information on the occurrence of ultramafic rocks in the conterminous United States that are suitable for sequestering captured carbon dioxide in mineral form, also known as mineral carbon-dioxide sequestration.  

Tags: CO2, CO2 Sequestration, Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics, Resource, United States, mineral
FUNDAMENTAL SYNTHETIC FUEL STABILITY  STUDY. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT, MAY 1,  1979-APRIL 30, 1981

This report covers the first year of a multi-year program to 
study the effects of nitrogen compounds on the storage stability of synthetic fuels derived from oil-shale and coal. A variety of organic nitrogen compounds were evaluated for their tendencies to promote sediment in hydro-carbon fuels under accelerated storage conditions. Three types of diluents were employed which represented fuels of increasing complexity. These were pure n-decane, petroleum derived JP-8 and No. 2 diesel fuel. The fuels and fuel mixtures were stored at 110°F (43.3°C) and 150°F (65.5°C) in the dark. Sediment formation was determined gravimetrically. 


Tags: Coal, Resource, coal, fuel stability, oil-shale, synthetic fuel
Compilation of Devonian Shale Data  Investigations

 In recent years, rising oil and natural gas prices spurred an increase in oil and gas drilling activity throughout Ohio, especially wells targeting Devonian shale in Ohio, an important oil and gas producing reservoir. Between 2000 and 2006, the number of wells targeting Ohio shale increased from 14 to 130. To meet the increase in demand for data on this type of shale, the ODNR Division of Geological Survey compiled and scanned all core records and analysis of this material into a single resource, The Ohio Compilation of Devonian Shale Data and Investigations, 10/2007. Data compiled includes information such as core descriptions, density, gas analysis, total organic content and various geo-chemical analyses that can be used to better identify the best areas for oil and gas potential. A Devonian shale production database was compiled that contains all available data through 2005. Pertinent publications about Devonian shale from the Gas Research Institute and U.S. Department of Energy were scanned and placed in a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet also includes an updated reference list of publications that discuss Devonian shale in Ohio. For further information, contact the Geologic Records Center.  

Tags: Devonian Shale, Geology, Natural Gas, OH, Ohio, Oil, Resource, Shale Gas, Shale Oil, gas, investigations, oil
Estimates of Monthly CO2 Emissions and Associated 13C12C Values from Fossil-Fuel Consumption in the USA 1981-2003

 The data from which these carbon-emissions estimates were derived are values of fuel consumed: in billions of cubic feet, for natural gas; in millions of barrels, for petroleum products; and in thousands of short tons, for coal. The resulting emissions estimates are expressed as teragrams of carbon. A teragram is 1012 grams, or 106 metric tons. To convert from carbon to carbon dioxide, multiply by 44/12 (=3.67). Data are available for over 30 different petroleum products, with the exact breakdown varying somewhat from year to year. These products have been treated separately here until the final step of the estimation, at which time CO2 emissions were summed and attributed to liquid petroleum products. These fuel-consumption data are available from the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy. They are published in the Monthly Energy Review, and are available electronically from the Energy Information Administration.  

Tags: Air Pollution, Atmospheric, Co2, Emissions, consumption, fossil-fuel, monthly
National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project - Appalachian Basin 067 Quarter-Mile Cells

  Cell maps for each oil and gas assessment unit were created by the USGS as a method for illustrating the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in an assessment unit or province. Each cell represents a quarter-mile square of the land surface, and the cells are coded to represent whether the wells included within the cell are predominantly oil-producing, gas-producing, both oil and gas-producing, dry, or the type of production of the wells located within the cell is unknown. The well information was initially retrieved from the IHS Energy Group, PI/Dwights PLUS Well Data on CD-ROM, which is a proprietary, commercial database containing information for most oil and gas wells in the U.S. Cells were developed as a graphic solution to overcome the problem of displaying proprietary PI/Dwights PLUS Well Data. No proprietary data are displayed or included in the cell maps. The data from PI/Dwights PLUS Well Data were current as of October 2001 when the cell maps were created in 2002.    Purpose:    The purpose of the cell map is to display the exploration maturity, type of production, and distribution of production in quarter-mile cells in each of the oil and gas assessment units and each of the provinces defined for the National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project.  

Tags: Appalachian Basin, Assessment Unit, Energy Resources, NOGA-2000, NOGA-95, National Assessment of Oil and Gas, Natural Gas, Oil, Resource, Resource Assessment, USGS, USGS World Energy Region 5
FUNDAMENTAL SYNTHETIC FUEL STABILITY STUDY

This report summarizes a multi-year study on the storage stability
of synthetic fuels derived from oil shale and coal. A variety of organic
nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen compounds were evaluated for their tendencies to promote sediment in hydrocarbon fuels under accelerated storage conditions. Three types of diluents were employed in model compound studies representing fuels of increasing complexity. These were pure n-decane, petroleum-derived jet fuel of the Jet A type, and No.2 diesel fuel. In addition, several middle distillate fuels derived from actual shale liquids were tested and the results compared to the model compound studies. The fuels and fuel mixtures were stored at 110°F (43.3°C) and 150°F (65.5°C) in the dark. Sediment formation was determined gravimetrically. During the course of this work a modified storage stability test was developed which significantly improved the accuracy of sediment determination.

Tags: Material Engineering Data, shale, storage stability, synthetic fuel
National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project - Appalachian Basin Province 067 Total Petroleum Systems

  The Total Petroleum System is used in the National Assessment Project and incorporates the Assessment Unit, which is the fundamental geologic unit used for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources. The Total Petroleum System is shown here as a geographic boundary defined and mapped by the geologist responsible for the province and incorporates not only the set of known or postulated oil and (or) gas accumulations, but also the geologic interpretation of the essential elements and processes within the petroleum system that relate to source, generation, migration, accumulation, and trapping of the discovered and undiscovered petroleum resource(s).The purpose of this map is to define and illustrate the geographic limit and geologic boundaries of the Total Petroleum System as required for the USGS National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project. The boundaries define the combined limits of the petroleum system elements -- source rock, reservoir rock, seal rock, and trap--which are described and defined in the text portions of this publication.  

Tags: Appalachian Basin, National Assessment of Oil and Gas, Natural Gas, Oil, Resource, Resource Assessment, Total Petroleum System, USGS, USGS World Energy Region 5, oil
Appalachian Counties ARC Boundary

  County outlines of Appalachian counties.  

Tags: AL, Alabama, Boundaries, Boundary, County Boundaries, GA, Geographic, KY, MD, MS, Maryland, Mississippi, NC, NY, New York, North Carolina, OH, Ohio, PA, Pennsylvania, SC, South Carolina, TN, Tennessee, VA, Virginia, WV, West Virginia, appalchian, county, kentucky
Impacts of Gas Drilling on Human and Animal Health

 Environmental concerns surrounding drilling for gas are intense due to   expansion of shale gas drilling operations. Controversy surrounding the   impact of drilling on air and water quality has pitted industry and lease -   holders against individuals and groups concerned with environmental   protection and public health. Because animals often are exposed continually   to air, soil, and groundwater and have more frequent reproductive cycles,   animals can be used as sentinels to monitor impacts to human health. This   study involved interviews with animal owners who live near gas drilling   operations. The findings illustrate which aspects of the drilling process may   lead to health problems and suggest modifications that would lessen but   not eliminate impacts. Complete evidence regarding health impacts of gas   drilling cannot be obtained due to incomplete testing and disclosure of   chemicals, and nondisclosure agreements. Without rigorous scientific studies,   the gas drilling boom sweeping the world will remain an uncontrolled health   experiment on an enormous scale.  

Tags: Date Drilled, Drilling, Energy Infrastructure, Geographic, Oil and Gas, Scientific Solutions, Well Data, animal, gas, gas drilling, health, human
Mapping and Assessment of the United States Ocean Wave Energy Resource

 This project estimates the naturally available and technically recoverable U.S. wave energy resources, using a 51-month Wavewatch III hindcast database developed especially for this study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Center for Environmental Protection. For total resource estimation, wave power density in terms of kilowatts per meter is aggregated across a unit diameter circle. This approach is fully consistent with accepted global practive and includes the resource made available by the lateral transfer of wave energy along wave crests, which enables wave diffraction to substantially resestablish wave power densities within a few kilometers of a linear array, even for fixed terminator devices.  

Tags: Ocean, Recoverable Wave Energy Resource, Resource, Tidal, Wave Energy Resource, Wave Power Density, mapping, tide
LOW INTERFACIAL TENSION AND MISCIBILITY STUDIES FOR SURFACTANT TERTIARY ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESSES

Two model surfactant systems, one based on Texas 1 and the other
on sodium dodecyl sulfate, were developed to give ultralow interfacial
tensions and middle phase microemulsions when equilibrated with oil. Examination of their aqueous and microemulsion phase behavior, and comparison of the results with results of similar studies made on a system based on WITCO TRS 10-410, led to the conclusion that it is possible to generalize the phase behavior. The liquid crystalline spherulitic and lamellar textures observed in all these systems are the only homogeneous, non-phase separating fluids which can produce ultralow tensions on contact with oil. Mapping of the phase behavior of the two model surfactant systems showed that existence of the middle phase is relatively insensitive to surfactant concentration but quite dependent on cosurfactant concentration. Preliminary study of polymer-surfactant interactions confirmed the previously reported phase separation effect. A new temperature controlled polarized light screening device was built and has already been put to use for discrimination of isotropy, birefringence, scattering and interfacial phenomena insystems of interest for enhanced oil recovery.

Tags: Fluids, Geochemistry, enhanced oil recovery, microemulsions, miscibility