The Effect of Natural Gas Well Setback Distance on Drillable Land in the City of Denton, Texas Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title The Effect of Natural Gas Well Setback Distance on Drillable Land in the City of Denton, Texas

Creator

  • Author: Daniel, Michael
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Atkinson, Samuel F.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Banks, Kenneth E.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Hunter, Bruce
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Oppong, Joseph R.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: www.unt.edu

Date

  • Creation: 2014-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Municipalities protect human health and environmental resources from impacts of urban natural gas drilling through setback distances; the regulation of distances between well sites and residences, freshwater wells, and other protected uses. Setback distances have increased over time, having the potential to alter the amount and geographical distribution of drillable land within a municipality, thereby having implications for future land use planning and increasing the potential for future incompatible land uses. This study geographically applies a range of setback distances to protected uses and freshwater wells in the city limits of Denton, Texas to investigate the effect on the amount of land remaining for future gas well development and production. Denton lies on the edge of a productive region of the Barnett Shale geological formation, coinciding with a large concentration of drillable land in the southwestern region of the study area. This region will have the greatest potential for impacts to future municipal development and land use planning as a result of future gas well development and higher setback standards. Given the relatively high acreage of drillable land in industrially zoned subcategory IC-G and the concern regarding gas well drilling in more populated areas, future drilling in IC-G, specifically in IC-G land cover classes mowed/grazed/agriculture and herbaceous, would have the least impact on residential uses and tree cover, as well as decreasing the potential for future incompatible land uses.

Subject

  • Keyword: Natural gas drilling
  • Keyword: gas well setback
  • Keyword: gas well regulation
  • Keyword: natural gas well zoning
  • Keyword: natural gas well land cover
  • Keyword: natural gas Denton Texas
  • Keyword: Barnett Shale regulations

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Daniel, Michael
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc499998

Degree

  • Academic Department: Department of Biological Sciences
  • Degree Discipline: Environmental Science
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Name: Master of Science
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas
  • Degree Publication Type: thesi

Note

  • Embargo Note: Embargo expired on June 1, 2019
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