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DOE Analytical Services Program 2013 Workshop

DOE Analytical Services Program 2013 Workshop. September 24, 2013 Asheville, NC. DOE ASP 2013 Workshop. “Hydraulic Fracturing: History, Myths, Environment and Future Trends”. ASP Outline. Clearing up myths History of fracking Today’s practices in fracking Groundwater isolation (Video)

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DOE Analytical Services Program 2013 Workshop

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  1. DOE Analytical Services Program 2013 Workshop September 24, 2013 Asheville, NC

  2. DOE ASP 2013 Workshop “Hydraulic Fracturing: History, Myths, Environment and Future Trends”

  3. ASP Outline • Clearing up myths • History of fracking • Today’s practices in fracking • Groundwater isolation (Video) • Current regulatory status on fracking • What does the future hold

  4. Clearing up myths • “Hydraulic fracturing, or frackng, is the process of pumping fluid and sand down a wellbore at high rates and pressures with the end effect of creating a fracture system in the hydrocarbon-bearing rock and allowing a more conductive pathway for the oil and gas to the wellbore.”

  5. Clearing up myths • Fraccing is new and untested technology

  6. History of fraccing • First frac: • Hugoton Field – SW Kansas. 1947 • Klepper #1 • Stanolind Oil & Gas Company • Commercially available 1949 (HOWCO)

  7. History of fraccing • Major changes and developments • Rush to oil (WW II & Arab oil embargo) • Rush to gas (Alternative fuel and CBM credits) • Rush to oil (Shale Gale; Peak Oil and $146/bbl)

  8. History of fraccing • Major changes and developments • QAQC improvements & QC consultants • 3-D Modeling of fractures • Seismic fracture mapping • Multiple-stage fraccing • Rigless completions/Wireline-set plugs • Slickwater technology (Barnett Shale)

  9. Clearing up myths • Fraccing is new and untested technology • Fraccing is a drilling process • Fraccing causes earthquakes

  10. Clearing up myths • We frac into large voids or caverns of oil or natural gas • We use more water fraccing than farming

  11. Clearing up myths • We frac into large voids or caverns of oil or natural gas • We use more water fraccing than farming • Frac fluids contain high levels of toxic chemicals

  12. Clearing up myths • Frac fluids contain high levels of toxic chemicals • Guar gum = cosmetics and food • Acid = muriatic acid for cleanups • Glutaraldahyde = disinfectant • Polyacrylamide = Water treatment/soil conditioner

  13. Today’s Practices • Slickwater • Multi-stage wellbore • Multi-well pads • Extended stays • Horizontal • High Horsepower requirements

  14. Ballard Petroleum LLC Benzel #1-15 (N1) Zone I

  15. Ballard Petroleum LLC Benzel #1-15 (N1) Zone II

  16. Ballard Petroleum LLC Benzel #1-15 (N1) Zone III

  17. Groundwater Isolation • Surface (steel) casing (300 to 1000’) • Multiple casing strings • Cement sheath around each casing • Impermeable rock • Horizontal deposition of rock beds • Design objectives

  18. Current Regulations on Fraccing • Disclosure of chemistry – CO • Trade Secret status – CO • Health professionals notice – CO • Effective – April 1, 2012 • Increased setbacks • Water testing program

  19. Current Regulations on Fraccing • SDWA exemption for fraccing – 1974 • Energy Policy Act of 2005 clarified the fraccing exemption • When the water is flowed back it is subject to SDWA • EPA ruling - late 2014?? • Leave it to the states to regulate – bipartisan agreement

  20. Current Regulations on Fraccing • EPA • BLM • DOT • OSHA • State regs. on disclosure • Crop restrictions, sound barriers, Gasland, etc., etc., etc. . . . . .

  21. What does the future hold? • More shale oil and gas development

  22. What does the future hold? • New basins popping up everywhere! • Utica • SC Kansas • Permian II • Monterey • Tuscaloosa Marine • Mowry • Atoka Shale • Canada (Utica, Bakken, Newfoundland)

  23. What does the future hold? • More shale oil and gas development • Water management improvements

  24. What does the future hold? • More shale oil and gas development • Water management advances • Fluid-less fracs • “Commercial” alternative energy

  25. What does the future hold? • More shale oil and gas development • Water management advances • Fluid-less fracs • Commercial alternative energy • ANWAR

  26. What does the future hold? • More shale oil and gas development • Water management advances • Fluid-less fracs • Commercial alternative energy • ANWAR • Keystone Pipeline • Peaks and Valleys • “ENERGY-BASED ECONOMY”

  27. What does the future hold? • “ENERGY-BASED ECONOMY”

  28. Credits • Colorado Oil and Gas Association • Western Energy Alliance • Energyindepth.org • Fracfocus.org • US Energy Information Adminstration • Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation

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