Historical Mississippi fracking information, 1916-2015
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This page contains historical information about fracking in Mississippi. For more current information about fracking in Mississippi, see this article.
As of 2014, detailed information about the extent to which fracking was used in Mississippi was limited. The information below describes fracking and oil and gas production in Mississippi generally.
Fracking background
- See also: Fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a method of oil and natural gas extraction. The process involves injecting fluid into subterranean rock formation at a high pressure, creating a fracture network that allows the crude oil and natural gas inside dense rocks to flow into a wellbore and be extracted at the surface. The fluid used in this process is made up of sand and water, which comprise 95 percent of the fluid, and other chemical additives, which comprise less than 5 percent of the fluid.[1]
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), there were approximately 23,000 hydraulically fractured wells in the United States in 2000. By 2015, there were an estimated 300,000 hydraulically fractured wells. To learn more about fracking, see this article.[2][3]
History
The Jackson Oil and Gas Company, one of the first petroleum exploration companies in the state, formed in 1916. In 1923, upon the discovery of natural gas reserves in the Monroe Gas Field, the Mississippi Power and Light Company joined with two other utilities in generating electricity using natural gas. The Mississippi Oil and Gas Board was established in 1932 as the regulatory body for the state's oil and gas industry.[4]
Production
In 2013, the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board issued 239 permits for oil wells and 13 natural gas well permits. The graphs below detail oil and natural gas production in Mississippi.[5]
Fracking policy in the 50 states
Click on a state below to read more about that state's energy policy.'
See also
External links
- U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Mississippi Profile"
- Frac Focus, "National Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Registry"
Footnotes
- ↑ Frack Wire, “What is Fracking,” accessed January 28, 2014
- ↑ University of Oklahoma, "Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources," accessed March 12, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Hydraulic fracturing accounts for about half of current U.S. crude oil production," March 15, 2016
- ↑ Mississippi Independent Producers and Royalty Owners, "Oil and Gas Industry Milestones / Timelines," accessed July 18, 2014
- ↑ Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board, "MSOGB Permit Activity 2013", accessed August 4, 2014
