Defensible, audit-ready prioritization for America's orphan well crisis. Data-driven decisions that put public safety first and ensure every dollar of public funding delivers maximum impact.
Well data scattered across state surveys, USGS archives, county records, and operator files. No single source tells the full environmental risk story for any given well.
IIJA funding requires documented methodologies addressing public health, environmental harm, and emissions risk. Spreadsheets don't hold up to audit.
90% of documented coordinates show no visible surface infrastructure. Without desktop reconnaissance, field crews waste budget on wells that cannot be located.
With hundreds of thousands of wells requiring attention, agencies need defensible frameworks -- not guesswork -- to allocate limited budgets where they matter most.
Our scoring methodology is built on the documented prioritization systems of 31 state orphan well programs compiled by the IOGCC, with primary alignment to Louisiana's proven LA-2 receptor proximity framework.
The key innovation: separating environmental risk from operational access. Risk scores tell legislators where public dollars have the greatest impact. Access scores tell contractors which high-risk wells can be addressed most efficiently. Together, they identify Quick Wins -- maximum public benefit per plugging dollar.
Every data point traces back to its source. Every calculation is documented. Every score can be independently verified.
GIS mapping with real-time spatial queries across hundreds of thousands of wells. County-level filtering, cluster identification, and risk visualization.
Dynamic filtering to find wells with both high environmental risk AND good access. Adjustable thresholds for contract size, geography, and budget constraints.
Satellite and Street View verification before field deployment. Reduce wasted site visits by up to 90% and optimize crew routing for maximum efficiency.
Route-optimized inspection queues, pre-visit briefings, and mobile-ready work packages. Get crews to the right wells in the right order.
Shapefiles, PDFs, CSV reports, and batch exports formatted for state agency requirements, IIJA compliance documentation, and contractor work packages.
Every data point traces to its source. Every calculation is documented and independently verifiable. Built for the scrutiny that public spending demands.
Report an undocumented well. No expertise required -- follow the checklist.
Work your assigned queue. Pre-loaded briefings, safety alerts, and standardized assessments.
An estimated 300,000-800,000 undocumented orphan wells exist across the U.S. Game wardens, park rangers, conservation staff, watershed volunteers, and landowners encounter wells regularly but have no standard way to report them. WellSpotter puts a structured reporting tool in their pocket. GPS auto-capture, guided checklist, photos, and offline sync -- no oil and gas expertise required.
For trained inspectors working assigned campaigns. Download a prioritized well queue, review pre-visit briefings with safety warnings and desktop recon data, then complete standardized site assessments with photos. Everything syncs back to the platform when connectivity returns -- scores update automatically with ground-truth data.
Every discovery and inspection feeds directly back into the prioritization platform. New wells get scored automatically. Existing wells get rescored with field-verified data. The system gets smarter with every site visit -- turning scattered field observations into a structured, growing intelligence layer.