drilling water News
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Can Produce Water Be Treated More Easily? Seems That Way...
Oil Drilling Produce Water Treatment Produce Water Produce water is generated from the oil field production of natural gas and oil wells. This water is a combination of water used in the drilling process, water from the well, and water used to inject into the well to increase production. Depending on the location of the well and the mineral strata of the well, the quality of the produce water ...
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Studies find methane in Pennsylvania drinking water
New research in Pennsylvania demonstrates that it's hard to nail down how often natural gas drilling is contaminating drinking water: One study found high levels of methane in some water wells within a half-mile of gas wells, while another found some serious methane pollution occurring naturally, far away from drilling. The findings represent a middle ground between critics of the drilling ...
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Solinst Continues to Support Lifewater Efforts in Haiti
It has been over two years since the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and Lifewater Canada is continuing their relief efforts in the country to restore and provide safe drinking water to those in need. Since January 2010, they have been able to drill new wells, rehabilitate existing supply wells, and provide training and equipment to locals to carry-on the work on their own. Solinst is ...
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EPA seeks more information from natural gas drilling operations to ensure safety of wastewater disposal
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today directed six natural gas drillers to disclose how and where the companies dispose of or recycle drilling process water in the region. EPA continues to work with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to ensure that natural gas production takes place safely and responsibly. These actions are among the ongoing steps EPA is ...
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EPA directs company to supply information in PA gas well incident
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has directed Chesapeake Energy Corp. to supply information in connection with the discharge of drilling fluids from a natural gas well last week in Leroy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. While the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the lead in responding to this incident, EPA staff is requesting by tomorrow, April 26, information on the hydraulic ...
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Experts to Address Groundwater Sustainability at National Event
This September, the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host the 2011 GWPC Annual Forum entitled “Meeting Competing Demands with Finite Groundwater Resources.” The event will include three primary subject areas: ...
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Increasing water supplies - reuse of treated wastewater
Reusing wastewater, particularly for agricultural purposes, plays an increasingly important part in water management, particularly in areas of low rainfall. A recent study of the Apulia region in southern Italy shows that wastewater can be used to meet agricultural water needs. The Apulian water agency (AQP) runs the largest aqueduct system in Europe, importing water from neighbouring regions and ...
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Locus Technologies Expands EIM Software to Manage Hydro Fracturing Data
- Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in Web-based environmental software, announced today that it has expanded its flagship product to manage data and information for natural gas exploration and production sites that use hydro fracturing to extract gas from shale. Locus designed this expanded module in its Environmental Information Management (EIM) software specifically to meet the ...
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Early tests don`t find tainted water from oil boom in the Northern Plains oil patch
Random testing of shallow groundwater in the Northern Plains oil patch found no early evidence of contamination from an energy boom that's already seen more than 8,500 wells drilled, federal scientists said Monday. However, the U.S. Geological Survey cautioned that the tests could have missed contamination from surface spills or leaking well casings. That's because water can take many hundreds ...
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Recycle of Produced and Flowback Water in Eagle Ford Shale Texas Picks Up Momentum with Omni Water Solutions and Dow Water & Process Solutions
Together, Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, and Omni Water Solutions have treated more than 245,000 barrels of flowback and produced water from Texas’ Eagle Ford shale hydraulic fracturing operations. Already in operation in Karnes County since June, Omni’s HIPPO mobile water treatment unit – which includes both Dow ...
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Managed Aquifer Recharge
When water is withdrawn from aquifers faster than it can be replaced by precipitation, managed aquifer recharge can help preserve groundwater levels. In recent years, groundwater stored in key aquifers has become rapidly depleted. This is due not only to demand, but also to technological advances - notably the introduction of the rotary drill in the 1880s and the submersible electric water ...
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Cleanup underway for nearly 3M-gallon saltwater spill in ND
Cleanup is underway after nearly 3 million gallons of brine, a salty, toxic byproduct of oil and natural gas production, leaked from a pipeline in western North Dakota, the largest spill of its kind in the state since the current energy boom began. The full environmental impact of the spill, which contaminated two creeks, might not be clear for months. Some previous saltwater spills have taken ...
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MOE presents: provincial water monitoring networks
Dave Rudolph – "Emerging Needs for Temporal and Spatial Data Precision" Dave Rudolph, with the University of Waterloo, started the symposium off with a very thought provoking presentation on the value of data. Dave used case studies to illustrate how different factors impact the quantity and quality of water resources, and how a small change can affect these conditions quickly and ...
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Oil companies frack in coastal waters off Calif.
Companies prospecting for oil off California's coast have used hydraulic fracturing on at least a dozen occasions to force open cracks beneath the seabed, and now regulators are investigating whether the practice should require a separate permit and be subject to stricter environmental review. While debate has raged over fracking on land, prompting efforts to ban or severely restrict it, ...
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