Fig. 2: Low production well site operator profile.
From: Methane emissions from US low production oil and natural gas well sites
a Distribution of the total number of all O&G well site operators. b Distribution of the number of operated low production well sites by operator size. c Distribution of O&G production for operators with 1–5 (blue), 6–10 (light green), 11–50 (dark green), 51–100 (orange), 101–1,000 (purple), and >1,000 operated sites (dark red). d Heatmap showing the distribution of well sites and e the distribution of O&G production for only the ultralow production sites (producing ≤2 boed/site) and for each operator category within each region shown in Fig. 1. “Other” means all locations not included in Regions 1–5 in Fig. 1 and “All” indicates national statistics for all ultralow production sites. For example, in Region 1, 1% of ultralow production well sites are owned by operators with 1–5 sites each and, for these sites and operators, their combined production accounts for only 1% of the total. f Density plot showing similarities in the distribution of mean site-level O&G production for each operator category. For operators with more than 50 operated well sites, a bimodal distribution or the second cluster of sites producing >2 boed/site emerges. Operator names and data are based on Enverus Prism’s19 aggregation into single operator names, including rolling up subsidiaries to the parent company whenever such information is publicly disclosed.
