From Data Availability to Information Accessibility: The WellWiki Project

Joel Gehman Assistant Professor Strategic Management & Organization

Inthemiddleof...fracking

Marcelluswells:2004-2014

Projectoverview

Goal:Dataonall>4millionwellsdrilledinNorthAmericasincetheDrakeWellin1859TechnologyStack:•  MediawikiwithForegroundskin•  LAMP(Ubantu,Apache,MySQL,PHP)•  Asana,Bitbucket,etc.•  AllcontentisCreaXveCommonslicensed

Currentcoverage

Regulatordata:Canada:AB,BC,ONUS:CO,KY,NY,OH,PA,TX,WV

FracFocusdata:US:Approximately100,000wells

Futureplans

ConXnueupdatecurrentandexpandtonewprovinces/statesCreatewastefacilitypages(disposalwells,solidwaste,etc.)Createfrackingchemicalpages

Policy&RegulaXon

Strategy&Technology

Sustainability&Values

TheorganizaXonofconcerns

Someotherprojects•  Howconcernsshapehydraulicfracturingpatents;changesinfrackingpatentlandscape,1947-present

•  Sociallicensetooperate,riskandlegiPmacyinenergyprojects;“unconvenPonal”regulaPon

•  BCorporaPonsandBenefitCorporaPon•  InnovaPonandinnovaPonprocesses,especiallysustainabilityrelated

•  MulPnaPonaldivesPtures,shareholderacPvism,divestmentmovements

•  Crowdfundingsuccessandfailure(Kickstarter)•  Organizingandpolicymakingforgrandchallenges

LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETS GAME THEORY

Thanks! Stay in touch: jgehman@ualberta.ca

@joelgehman