Fracking Site Articles & Analysis
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Researchers at Duke University say they have identified at least 6,648 fracking-related spills in Colorado, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and North Dakota between 2005 and 2014. ...
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measuring air quality inside the vehicle where emissions can become concentrated, identifying the risk to drivers who regularly travel busy routes. Surveying landfill, fracking and other industrial sites to identify leakages of methane, a greenhouse gas which causes 86 times more warming than CO2 over 20 years. ...
A group of U.S. drilling states, seismologists, academics and industry experts issued guidance Monday in a frank new report on handling human-induced earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing or the disposal of fracking wastewater. The 150-page report, produced by the StatesFirst initiative, represents perhaps the most candid discussion on the topic since tremors across the ...
The assessment follows the water used for hydraulic fracturing from water acquisition, chemical mixing at the well pad site, well injection of fracking fluids, the collection of hydraulic fracturing wastewater (including flowback and produced water), and wastewater treatment and disposal [http://www2.epa.gov/hfstudy/hydraulic-fracturing-water-cycle]. ...
Contamination of drinking water in areas close to several fracking sites in the Marcellus and Barnett Shales, USA, is caused by structural problems leading to wells leaking natural gas into aquifers, a new study suggests. ...
The researchers found that produced water from three US fracking sites contained a diverse array of chemicals including toxic metals such as mercury and the carcinogens toluene and ethylbenzene. ...
Fracking has become a victim of its own success. The industry in the US has grown very fast. ...
These are often associated with shale gas extraction accomplished through the technology known as hydraulic fracturing, or “frack- ing”; evidence of the impacts is emerging in places where intense, unregulated fracking takes place. ...
Pipe covered by ASTM WK44033 will be primarily used for general water transport at industrial, mining and oil/gas field applications for well-site transmission of influent, fracking flowback and wastewater, at up to 250 psi working pressures. “This design permits easy and quick assembly and disassembly of the pipe so it can be used at other ...
A new report from CERES draws a connection between water risk and hydraulic fracturing in the United States. The report adds an important dimension to the conversation about how energy use and water stress will play out in the years ahead. The report, Hydraulic Fracturing & Water Stress: Growing Competitive Pressures for Water, brings together Aqueduct’s high-resolution water stress ...
The new solution allows natural gas producers and hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") engineering firms to accurately identify and quantify fugitive emissions in order to improve site efficiency and safety, minimize production losses, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and demonstrate regulatory compliance. ...
The result is a bill that can be fairly characterized as the most comprehensive fracking legislation in the nation. It includes ground-breaking provisions to protect water quality and public access to information about proposed fracking plans. ...
Efficient and reliable bacteria removal is a must for most sites reusing flow back water from shale gas production. The capability to reject bacteria and avoid formation of H2S, adds to the existing list of benefits using LiqTech SiC membranes for the produced water treatment for the purpose of re-injecting the treated water into the reservoirs. ...
"Our systems have the ability to reduce both water and air pollution at fracking sites, minimize fresh water usage, and harvest valuable hydrocarbons from frac and produced water that can be used to reduce overall energy costs." AbTech's Produced Water Pre-Treatment System combines best-of-breed available technologies, innovative system engineering, and AbTech's ...
Hydraulic fracturing, the process of injecting water and chemicals into shale to release natural gas, holds promise for addressing both energy and employment challenges in the United States. Experts estimate that the Marcellus Shale in New York and Pennsylvania alone could satisfy as much as 14 years of U.S. natural gas consumption and create nearly a quarter ...
To date, criticism of fracking has focused mainly on concerns that the chemicals energy companies are mixing with the water could contaminate underground aquifers. ...
Abanaki Corporation (http://www.abanaki.com/) announced that several models in its industrial oil skimmer line are helping natural gas drillers to be environmentally responsible concerning the cleaning and disposal of fracking wastewater. The company's oil skimmer equipment is being used by multiple wastewater treatment plants to remove naturally occurring oil, as well as small ...
Abanaki Corporation (http://www.abanaki.com/) has been successfully providing oil skimming technology to wastewater treatment plants in the removal of oil from fracking wastewater. Due to the variety of contaminants found in fracking wastewater, the suitable oil skimmer belt for this particular application is Abanaki's high-temp poly belt. ...