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Hydraulic Fracturing Operations: Separating Fact from Fiction
This document discusses hydraulic fracturing operations and separating facts from fiction. It covers regulatory considerations for air emissions and surface impacts, as well as subsurface considerations for protecting underground water resources and frac fluid disclosure. Ensuring well integrity is key to protecting water resources, which involves evaluating stratigraphic confinement, well construction standards, and monitoring fracturing jobs and producing wells. The document calls for a straight talk on regulating the natural gas industry to debate real issues without politics.
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- 1. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS: SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Fracking Forum May 5, 2012 Mark K. Boling President
- 2. Regulatory Considerations Surface Considerations Subsurface Considerations 1
- 3. Regulatory Considerations Surface Considerations Air Emissions Surface Impact • Drilling Locations • Truck Traffic & Road Damage • Infrastructure Water Supply Water Handling Water Reuse & Disposal 2
- 4. Regulatory Considerations Subsurface Considerations Protecting Underground Water Resources Frac Fluid Disclosure 3
- 5. Protecting Underground WaterResources Well Integrity Is the Key! 4
- 6. Well Integrity 1 2 Evaluate Stratigraphic Confinement Well Construction Standards 3 Evaluate Mechanical Integrity of Well 4 Monitor Frac Job & Producing Well 5
- 7. GOOD MECHANICAL INTEGRITY CONDUCTOR PIPE FRESH WATER AQUIFER ZONE SURFACE CASING PRODUCTION CASING SHALLOW PRODUCING ZONE TARGET PRODUCING ZONE
- 8. CEMENT CHANNELING CONDUCTORPIPE PRESSURE FRESH WATER AQUIFER ZONE BUILDS UP SURFACE CASING PRODUCTION CASING FORMATION CASING CEMENT SHALLOW PRODUCING ZONE TARGET PRODUCING ZONE
- 9. INSUFFICIENT CEMENT COVERAGE CONDUCTOR PIPE PRESSURE FRESH WATER AQUIFER ZONE BUILDS UP SURFACE CASING PRODUCTION CASING SHALLOW PRODUCING ZONE TARGET PRODUCING ZONE
- 10. Regulatory Considerations Surface Considerations Air Emissions Surface Impact • Drilling Locations • Truck Traffic & Road Damage • Infrastructure Water Supply Water Handling Water Reuse & Disposal 9
- 11. Regulating Air Emissions Emission Type Reduction Technology Emission Levels • NOx • Catalytic reduction • EPA • SO2 • Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel • Industry • CO • LNG and CNG fuels • State regulators • Oxidation catalysts • CH4 • Research groups • Green completions, vapor recovery • VOCs (incl. BTEX) units, low bleed/no bleed pneumatic devices, plunger lift systems, leak detection 10
- 12. Fulfilling the Promiseof Natural Gas Straight talk/open dialogue Debate the real issues Regulation without the politics Natural Gas Industry Natural Gas Industry Environmental Groups Natural Gas Industry Regulators/Legislators Environmental Groups Natural Gas Industry Regulators/Legislators 11
- 13. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS: SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Fracking Forum May 5, 2012 Mark K. Boling President