This web map displays the continental United States with regards to the availability of shale produced oil and gas resources per person in the United States.  In States where shale Plays exist (areas in which oil and gas resources are currently available or prospectively available within shale formations), resources are measured by one person per square mile of play area.  This data has been aggregated on the national, state, and congressional district level.  The purpose of this map is to gain a greater understanding of valuable energy resources within the United States and provide some insight as to the area available per citizen within the United States.  Understanding resource availability and the population in these locations provides a possibility of a greater understanding into key issues and questions such as: Where are potential jobs created?  How does resource availability factor into government policy and regulation for acquiring resources on the national, state, and local level?  

Pop-ups have been configured for this web map for an enhanced data view.  These include attributes such as the State, Congressional District, Population, Resource Area, Resource Availability per State or Congressional District, and Resource Area per Person.

The calculations used in this web-map are estimates based off of the most current available data from the Energy Information Administration of shale Plays within the continental Unites States. 

The aggregated shale Plays data (current as of May 9, 2011) has been acquired from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), and can be found here: http://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/maps/maps.htm.

All other data has been acquired from Esri’s Business Analyst Online.  

Users can zoom in and out to see the oil and gas resources data aggregated at various levels.
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