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USGS documented orphaned-well dataset; Minnesota row unverified

Record

p09-MN-rec-04

State

MN

Category

wells · dataset_context

Status

collected

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

MN-USGS-DOW-CONTEXT

Fields

dataset scope

The DOW dataset includes 117,672 wells across 27 states

dataset title

Analysis of the United States Documented Unplugged Orphaned Oil and Gas Well Dataset

iogcc producing states

IOGCC represents the governors of 30 oil and gas producing states

Evidence

1. dataset scope: The DOW dataset includes 117,672 wells across 27 states
   https://pubs.usgs.gov/dr/1167/dr1167.XML · XML abstract in fetch (verbatim in evidence/p09-MN-extracts.txt Q28) · source p09-MN-src-16 · visit p09-MN-visit-22
2. dataset title: Analysis of the United States Documented Unplugged Orphaned Oil and Gas Well Dataset
   https://pubs.usgs.gov/dr/1167/dr1167.XML · XML metadata in fetch (verbatim in evidence/p09-MN-extracts.txt Q29) · source p09-MN-src-16 · visit p09-MN-visit-22
3. iogcc producing states: IOGCC represents the governors of 30 oil and gas producing states
   https://www.ogj.com/home/article/17251815/iogcc-says-343000-us-wells-are-shut-in · search-result snippet (verbatim in evidence/p09-MN-extracts.txt Q30) · source p09-MN-src-27 · visit p09-MN-visit-37

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-MN. Still missing: mn state table row, mn documented count.