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From Flowback to Fracturing: Water Recycling Grows in the Marcellus Shale
A quick summary about the recycling of hydraulic fracturing fluids. -
Hydraulic Fracturing and Associated Stress Modeling for the Eastern Gas Shale Project
Hydraulic Fracturing and Associated Stress Modeling for the Eastern Gas Shale Project - Final Report; November 1980 -
A Protocol to Identify Flowback Water Contamination to Drinking Waters
A PowerPoint presentation by Don Siegel (Syracuse University) and Melody Kight, Esq. (SUNY-ESF) -
UGR: Natural Gas from Eastern U.S. Shales
A paper describing natural gas reserves in the eastern United States, how much may be obtainable, and how production would work. From the paper: "A project has been Initiated by... -
Fracktracker
Our Mission The FracTracker Alliance shares maps, data, and analyses to communicate impacts of global oil and gas industry and inform actions that positively shape our energy... -
Probing Influence of Reactions between Fracture Fluids and Marcellus Shale
In this study we investigated Marcellus Shale metal extractability, and reactivity with fracturing fluids, through bulk extractions and experiments in high-pressure, high-... -
Baseline Groundwater Quality from 20 Domestic Wells in Sullivan County,...
A USGS study setting a basline for groundwater measures in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. -
UGR: ERDA research in Fracturing Technologies
Paper discussing new technologies - both made and being made - that are intended to assist in extracting natural gasses from eastern gas shales. It also discusses the new... -
Environmental Impacts Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing
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Research Guide to the Marcellus and Utica Shales
Sitecontains over 1,200 sources on natural gas extraction by hydraulic fracturing focusing on the Marcellus and Utica shales. The catalogueincludes research and... -
Unconventional Resources
The Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources objective is to develop a sufficient scientific base for predicting and quantifying potential risks associated with... -
Shale Resources and Water Risks
Explore water availability across shale gas and tight oil resources. Dozens of countries around the world are deciding whether or not to develop their shale gas and tight oil... -
UGR: Devonian Shale Gas
Paper discussing research into Devonian shale gas reserves as a viable energy pursuit. From the paper: "To help meet the increasing demand for natural gas, the U.S. Department... -
Media for Public Understanding of Marcellus Shale Development
A schematic of stratigraphic column of the marcellus shale with basic information about the fracking process. It is simple, but good reference for people who are new to... -
Sampling and Analysis of Water Streams Associated with the Development of...
At current estimates of recoverable natural gas of more than 489 tcf, the Marcellus Shale is considered to be among the largest natural gas reserves in the world. The... -
Reducing environmental risk associated with Marcellus shale gas fracturing
This article was written to express a professional opinion regarding the use of available groundwater technology to reduce both real and perceived water quality impacts from... -
Water Pollution Risk Associated with Natural Gas Extraction from the Marcellus Shale
In recent years, shale gas formations have become economically viable through the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. These techniques carry potential... -
Using Fully Coupled Hydro-Geomechanical Numerical Test Bed to Study...
This paper documents our effort to use a fully coupled hydro-geomechanical numerical test bed to study using low hydraulic pressure to stimulate geothermal reservoirs with... -
Transport of CO2 in Stimuli-Responsive Fracking Fluid, StimuFrac
CO2 breakthrough experiments in a column packed with sand and filled with StimuFrac fluid or water to learn about transport of the stimuli (CO2) on environments where either... -
Data on Produced Water Quality and Quantities from Hydraulically Fractured...
This dataset contains compositional data on 17 produced water samples from hydraulically fractured unconventional oil wells completed in the Middle Bakken and Three Forks...