This web map shows the continental United States with regards to the availability of shale-produced oil and gas resources by location within the United States.  The purpose of this map is to show where shale Plays exist (areas in which oil and gas resources are currently available or prospectively available within shale formations) are located, the area in which these plays take up, and the percent of area they take up on the national, state, and congressional district scale.  Users can hopefully gain a broader understanding of where valuable energy resources are available, and gain a greater picture of the desire and vision the United States has to gain energy independence through its domestic resources.  

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 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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