Hydraulic Fracturing Water Articles

2015 Water and Hydraulic Fracturing Report

Over the past decade, the combination of horizontal drilling techniques and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing has led to a technological revolution in oil and gas development. It has given rise to a huge North American expansion of oil and gas development from unconventional (tight) resources. This rapid expansion has spurred evolution in industry practice, requiring a parallel development, or ...

Oct. 6, 2015

By Canadian Water Network

Soil Fracturing

Introduction Fracturing is an enhancement technology designed to increase the efficiency of other in situ technologies in difficult soil conditions. The fracturing extends and enlarges existing fissures and introduces new fractures, primarily in the horizontal direction. When fracturing has been completed, the formation is then subjected to vapor extraction, either by applying a vacuum to all ...

Jan. 1, 1997

By Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable

Hydraulic Fracturing and the Environment Whitepaper - Analytical and Measuring Instruments

The recovery of natural gas and oil from untraditional wells is necessary for the economic stability of the United States. Shale gas deposits are deep below the earth’s surface and recovery of gas is expensive and requires millions of gallons of water mixed with chemicals, known as "fracking solution". Most fracking solution stays underground or returns to the surface mixed with formation ...

Feb. 5, 2016

By Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc

Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources

Natural gas plays a key role in our nation’s clean energy future. The United States has vast reserves of natural gas that are commercially viable as a result of advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies, which enable greater access to gas in rock formations deep underground. ...

Jan. 2, 2013

By IWA Publishing

Optimizing Water Management in Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Oil and Gas Production

Centralized treatment of wastewater is emerging as a viable solution for long-term efficiency in managing water sourcing and wastewater treatment in hydraulic fracturing. The number of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) shale oil and gas wells in the United States continues to increase. Within the Bakken Shale formation alone, in North Dakota and Montana, upwards of 15,000 hydraulic fracturing ...

Mar. 7, 2016

By WesTech Engineering, Inc.

$Optimizing water management in hydraulic fracturing for shale oil and gas production$

Optimizing water management in hydraulic fracturing for shale oil and gas production

Centralized treatment of wastewater is emerging as a viable solution for long-term efficiency in managing water sourcing and wastewater treatment in hydraulic fracturing. The number of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) shale oil and gas wells in the United States continues to increase. Within the Bakken Shale formation alone, in North Dakota and Montana, upwards of 15,000 hydraulic fracturing ...

Mar. 7, 2016

By WesTech Engineering, Inc.

$Case study - Groundwater monitoring around hydraulic fracturing sites in Colorado$

Case study - Groundwater monitoring around hydraulic fracturing sites in Colorado

Hydraulic fracturing or ‘Fracking’ has become more prevalent and controversial in the US in recent years. More than 90 percent of new wells in the US are completed using this method. While it is endorsed by some as a game-changer that promises an increase in the nation’s economy due to energy independence, job creation, and lower energy prices; others are calling for a temporary ...

Jan. 18, 2017

By The OTT Hydromet Group

In Situ Remediation Technology Status Report: Hydraulic & Pneumatic Fracturing

The purpose of this document is to describe recent field demonstrations, commercial applications, and research on technologies that either treat soil and ground water in place or increase the solubility and mobility of contaminants to improve their removal by pump-and-treat remediation. It is hoped that this information will allow more regular consideration of new, less costly, and more effective ...

Jan. 1, 1995

EPA Considering Rule to Require Reporting Of Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a rulemaking that might require chemical manufacturers and processors, as well as oil and gas exploration companies, to report on chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing. In an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, the EPA said it is seeking information from industries, state agencies and others on the range of data the agency should ...

May 9, 2014

By Bloomberg BNA

$A solution to fracturing water supply and disposal issues$

A solution to fracturing water supply and disposal issues

“Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” –The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Many topics of conversation among oil and gas industry professionals are predictable – oil price trends, the “great shift change” imperiling the available workforce, and production quotas and caps from OPEC. Yet one pressing topic among those developing ...

May 15, 2017

By Fairmount Santrol

$Research Institute uses GE InnovOx TOC analyzer to evaluate hydraulic fracturing and oil exploration produced water$

Research Institute uses GE InnovOx TOC analyzer to evaluate hydraulic fracturing and oil exploration produced water

Background The Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI) at Texas A&M University-College Station regularly conducts laboratory research studies on various oil and gas produced wastewaters with varying sample matrices. The GPRI tests samples at different shale and oil producing formations using a mobile laboratory, which houses a pilot-scale treatment system for identifying the ...

Aug. 3, 2012

By GE Analytical Instruments

Portable Infrared Analyzers Provide On-Site Measurement of Oil and Grease Levels in Hydraulic Fracturing Water

The amount of water used in and produced by hydraulic fracturing of shale gas wells is in the millions of gallons per well. Whether the water is going to be taken off-site for disposal or reused for re-injection, the flowback or produced water needs pretreatment to remove any residual oil from the water. Waiting for remote laboratory results to determine the oil level can take several ...

Feb. 23, 2012

By Spectro Scientific

´High-Resolution Characterization in Fractured Rock´

Ken Goldstein, CGWP moderated a session titled “High-Resolution Characterization in Fractured Rock” at the 2017 NGWA Conference on Fractured Rock and Groundwater, October 2-3 in Burlington, Vermont. Goldstein is senior vice president, water and environmental systems at Louis Berger. He recently shared his insights with us on fractured rock characterization and what he is looking ...

Oct. 3, 2017

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

$Combined interpretation of radar, hydraulic, and tracer data from a fractured-rock aquifer near Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, USA$

Combined interpretation of radar, hydraulic, and tracer data from a fractured-rock aquifer near Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, USA

An integrated interpretation of field experimental cross-hole radar, tracer, and hydraulic data demonstrates the value of combining time-lapse geophysical monitoring with conventional hydrologic measurements for improved characterization of a fractured-rock aquifer. Time-lapse difference-attenuation radar tomography was conducted during saline tracer experiments at the US Geological Survey ...

Jan. 1, 2006

By Springer

Hydraulic Fracturing Market Analysis By Technology, Material (Proppant), Application (Shale Gas, Tight Gas, Tight Oil) To 2020

The global hydraulic fracturing market is expected to reach USD 90.55 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Regulatory support in the form of tax benefits and financial incentives, particularly in North America and Asia Pacific is expected to drive the global hydraulic fracturing market over the next six years. Depleting conventional oil & gas reserves has ...

Oct. 14, 2014

$Can disclosure rules clarify what’s in our groundwater? Enhesa’s US consultant Rachel Degenhardt on hydraulic fracturing & groundwater contamination in ELQ$

Can disclosure rules clarify what’s in our groundwater? Enhesa’s US consultant Rachel Degenhardt on hydraulic fracturing & groundwater contamination in ELQ

This month, Enhesa US Regulatory Consultant, Rachel Degenhardt, was published on the issue of hydraulic fracturing and groundwater contamination in Berkeley’s Ecology Law Currents, an online publication of Ecology Law Quarterly, one of the nation’s most respected and widely read environmental law journals. “The U.S. EPA is working to increase transparency regarding the ...

Jan. 1, 2012

By Enhesa - Global EHS & Product Compliance Assurance

Hydraulic “Fracking”: Are surface water impacts an ecological concern?

Use of high‐volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) in unconventional reservoirs to recover previously inaccessible oil and natural gas is rapidly expanding in North America and elsewhere. Although hydraulic fracturing has been practiced for decades, the advent of more technologically advanced horizontal drilling coupled with improved slickwater chemical formulations has allowed extensive natural ...

Jul. 17, 2014

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

$Importance of discrete-zone monitoring systems in fractured-bedrock wells -- A case study from the University of Connecticut landfill, Storrs, Connecticut$

Importance of discrete-zone monitoring systems in fractured-bedrock wells -- A case study from the University of Connecticut landfill, Storrs, Connecticut

Monitoring of hydraulic head is an important part of many hydrogeologic investigations because it is used to determine the rates and directions of ground-water flow. In unconfined aquifers, open-hole water levels can be used to establish meaningful conceptual models of ground-water flow. In heterogeneous fractured-rock aquifers, however, where the hydraulic head can be different for each fracture ...

Jan. 1, 2001

By Solinst Canada Ltd.

$Moderator shares how upcoming conference will foster development of new technologies in fractured rock$

Moderator shares how upcoming conference will foster development of new technologies in fractured rock

Ken Goldstein, CGWP, will moderate a session titled “High-Resolution Characterization in Fractured Rock” at the upcoming 2017 NGWA Conference on Fractured Rock and Groundwater, October 2-3 in Burlington, Vermont. Goldstein is senior vice president, water and environmental systems at Louis Berger. He recently ...

Sep. 13, 2017

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

$Oil in frac water testing$

Oil in frac water testing

The amount of water used in and produced by hydraulic fracturing of shale gas wells is in the millions of gallons per well. Whether the water is going to be taken off site for disposal or reused for re-injection, the flowback or produced water needs pretreatment to remove any residual oil from the wa-ter. Waiting for remote laboratory results can take several days to a week. The InfraCal TOG/TPH ...

Jun. 20, 2012

By Spectro Scientific

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