IA oil/gas exploration scale and non-producer status

Record Open IA · current Unreviewed · Pending review

p09-IA-rec-03 · wells / exploration_history · status collected · agent p09-IA

Amounts: —
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Citations: 8

Parties & scope

Location: IA

Evidence

“Iowa does not produce petroleum or natural gas.”
no production · search-result EIS-text snippet · https://www.energy.gov/documents/eis-0527feisch6pdf · source p09-IA-src-08 · visit p09-IA-visit-08
“The state relies on imports of these products from other areas (EIA, 2015c).”
import reliance · search-result EIS-text snippet · https://www.energy.gov/documents/eis-0527feisch6pdf · source p09-IA-src-08 · visit p09-IA-visit-08
“No tests were drilled for oil, gas, or gas-storage sites in Iowa or Wisconsin during 1976.”
tests 1976 · search-result abstract snippet · https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5027018 · source p09-IA-src-07 · visit p09-IA-visit-07
“Three wells were drilled in Iowa during 1986.”
wells 1986 · search-result abstract snippet · https://discovery.researcher.life/article/oil-and-gas-developments-in-north-mid-continent-in-1986/85fe5bb60f753e598da67815d37ecde4 · source p09-IA-src-06 · visit p09-IA-visit-06
“Two were dry holes in southwestern Page County, and the third was a small oil well in Washington County, 5 mi from the first known oil producer in the state (drilled in 1963, that well produced only 412 bbl of oil).”
wells 1986 detail · search-result abstract snippet · https://discovery.researcher.life/article/oil-and-gas-developments-in-north-mid-continent-in-1986/85fe5bb60f753e598da67815d37ecde4 · source p09-IA-src-06 · visit p09-IA-visit-06
“GeoSam provides location, identification, and other key information about every available well, rock exposure, or site of geologic information in Iowa”
geosam scope · search-result page-text snippet · https://www.iowadnr.gov/environmental-protection/water-quality/private-well-program/well-logs-reports · source p09-IA-src-10 · visit p09-IA-visit-10
“Administration of the State of Iowa's laws and regulations governing oil, gas, and metallic mineral exploration and production are assigned to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.”
regulator role · search-result page-text snippet · https://www.iowadnr.gov/programs-services/geology-oil-regulation · source p09-IA-src-01 · visit p09-IA-visit-01
“Geologic and well data, reports, geologic maps, and technical assistance are available from the Iowa Geological Survey at the University of Iowa or call 319-335-1575.”
igs contact · search-result page-text snippet · https://www.iowadnr.gov/programs-services/geology-oil-regulation · source p09-IA-src-01 · visit p09-IA-visit-01

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-IA. Native ID IA-OG-SCALE.

All extracted fields (8)

geosam scope: GeoSam provides location, identification, and other key information about every available well, rock exposure, or site of geologic information in Iowa
igs contact: Geologic and well data, reports, geologic maps, and technical assistance are available from the Iowa Geological Survey at the University of Iowa or call 319-335-1575.
import reliance: The state relies on imports of these products from other areas (EIA, 2015c).
no production: Iowa does not produce petroleum or natural gas.
regulator role: Administration of the State of Iowa's laws and regulations governing oil, gas, and metallic mineral exploration and production are assigned to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
tests 1976: No tests were drilled for oil, gas, or gas-storage sites in Iowa or Wisconsin during 1976.
wells 1986: Three wells were drilled in Iowa during 1986.
wells 1986 detail: Two were dry holes in southwestern Page County, and the third was a small oil well in Washington County, 5 mi from the first known oil producer in the state (drilled in 1963, that well produced only 412 bbl of oil).