This slides accompanied a talk I gave on January 27, 2016, at Startup Edmonton's "Lunchalytics" speaker series. The event was held in the Mercer Warehouse, 10359 104 Street Northwest, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

1. From Data Availability to
Information Accessibility:
The WellWiki Project
Joel Gehman
Assistant Professor
Strategic Management & Organization

2. In the middle of ... fracking

4. Marcellus wells: 2004-2014

10. Project overview
Goal: Data on all >4 million wells drilled in
North America since the Drake Well in 1859
Technology Stack:
• Mediawiki with Foreground skin
• LAMP (Ubantu, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
• Asana, Bitbucket, etc.
• All content is CreaXve Commons licensed

11. Current coverage
Regulator data:
Canada: AB, BC, ON
US: CO, KY, NY, OH, PA, TX, WV
FracFocus data:
US: Approximately 100,000 wells

12. Future plans
ConXnue update current and expand to new
provinces / states
Create waste facility pages (disposal wells, solid
waste, etc.)
Create fracking chemical pages

13. Policy &
RegulaXon
Strategy &
Technology
Sustainability
& Values
The organizaXon of concerns

14. Some other projects
• How concerns shape hydraulic fracturing patents;
changes in fracking patent landscape, 1947-present
• Social license to operate, risk and legiPmacy in energy
projects; “unconvenPonal” regulaPon
• B CorporaPons and Benefit CorporaPon
• InnovaPon and innovaPon processes, especially
sustainability related
• MulPnaPonal divesPtures, shareholder acPvism,
divestment movements
• Crowdfunding success and failure (Kickstarter)
• Organizing and policymaking for grand challenges

16. LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETS GAME THEORY

18. Thanks! Stay in touch:
jgehman@ualberta.ca
@joelgehman