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Fracking Green Chemistry Roundtable Launched

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Apache, Dow Chemical and Marathon Oil are among the members of the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute’s newly formed roundtable to identify opportunities for the oil and gas industry to use green chemistry and engineering in hydraulic fracturing. The ACS GCI Hydraulic Fracturing Roundtable is open to new members; ... Read more »

Dry Fracking Could Save Millions of Gallons of Water

December 8, 2014December 8, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Liquefied petroleum gas gel for hydraulic fracturing — also called dry fracking —could save millions of gallons of water at each fracking well site, the Tribune reports. Instead of using water, the process uses highly pressurized gas, which is injected directly into a formation to crack the rock. Fracking companies ... Read more »

Ecosphere Water Treatment Increases Gas Well Productivity, Revenue

November 21, 2014November 20, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The use of Ecosphere Technologies’ patented Ozonix technology in water treatment for the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells results in broadly greater productivity than liquid chemical biocide treatment, according to a report commissioned by the technology licensing and manufacturing company. The findings are reported in a free technical paper, ... Read more »

Fracking Chemicals No More Toxic Than Household Substances

November 14, 2014November 14, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

Surfactant chemicals analyzed in samples of fracking fluid collected in five states were no more toxic than common household substances such as toothpaste, laxatives and detergent, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. The study, published in the journal Analytical Chemistry, identified surfactants found in ... Read more »

Fracking Wastewater Treatment Spending to Triple

November 6, 2014November 5, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Wastewater treatment spending for fracking is expected to grow almost three-fold, from $138 million in 2014 to $357 million in 2020, according to a report by Bluefield Research. Overall, the US fracking industry will spend $6.38 billion in 2014 on water management, including water supply, transport, storage, treatment and disposal. ... Read more »

Benefits of B2B Exchange for Water in Energy Production

October 27, 2014October 27, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Sourcewater, an MIT spin-off, has issued a research report detailing the immediate and long-term benefits available to the unconventional energy production industry through the use of a web-based marketplace for buying and selling water. Sourcewater is the world’s first online marketplace for sourcing, recycling and disposing of water in the ... Read more »

Tracers Developed for Tracking Frack Fluids

October 20, 2014October 17, 2014 by Ken Jennison

A team of US and French scientists have developed geochemical tracers that can identify hydraulic fracturing flowback fluids that have been spilled or released into the environment, giving oil and gas drillers a new tool for monitoring water quality near their operations. The tracers have been field-tested at a spill ... Read more »

DNV GL Calls for Industry Collaboration to Quantify Fracking Risk

October 16, 2014October 15, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

DNV GL has launched a joint industry project to address concerns about fracking risks — particularly related to groundwater contamination — and invites industry and other stakeholders to participate. The aim is to collect data, develop and validate quantitative risk assessment methodologies and outline risk management strategies that can be ... Read more »

Drillers Face Radioactive Waste Disposal Challenges

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Oil and gas drillers in Pennsylvania are finding it increasingly difficult to find disposal sites for their radioactive waste, according to Power Source. In the first half of this year, 421 trucks carrying oil and gas waste tripped radiation alarms at Pennsylvania landfills, and last year 1,015 loads set off ... Read more »

American Water Looks to Expand Fracking Services

October 8, 2014October 7, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

American Water Works is in talks about providing more services to fracking companies, Bloomberg reports. The news agency says the water utility’s CEO Susan Story is in discussions with energy producers about treating and reusing frack water that would otherwise be disposed of. Story didn’t name the oil and gas ... Read more »

ExxonMobil Releases Fracking Risk Report

October 2, 2014October 1, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

ExxonMobil has released a report that outlines for shareholders how the company assesses and manages risks associated with developing unconventional resources, including through hydraulic fracturing. Exxon, in a concession to environmental groups and investors, in April agreed to disclose more details on the risks of fracking. Just days after releasing ... Read more »

Fracking Firms Recycling More Water

October 1, 2014October 7, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Fracking firms in Pennsylvania are recycling more water and drawing less freshwater from at least one river basin, The Herald reports. Water use by natural gas drillers in the Susquehanna River Basin peaked at about 3.8 billion gallons in 2011, declining to about 3.1 billion gallons in 2013, Andrew J. ... Read more »

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