Adequacy of Current State Setbacks for Directional High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus, Barnett, and Niobrara Shale Plays

Adequacy of Current State Setbacks for Directional High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus, Barnett, and Niobrara Shale Plays

BACKGROUND There is an increasing awareness of the multiple potential pathways leading to human health risks from hydraulic fracturing. Setback distances are a legislative method to mitigate potential risks. OBJECTIVES We attempted to determine whether legal setback distances between well-pad sites and the public are adequate in three shale plays. METHODS We reviewed geography, current stat...

Source and fate of hydraulic fracturing water in the Barnett Shale: a historical perspective.

Considerable controversy continues about water availability for and potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing (HF) of hydrocarbon assets on water resources. Our objective was to quantify HF water volume in terms of source, reuse, and disposal, using the Barnett Shale in Texas as a case study. Data were obtained from commercial and state databases, river authorities, groundwater conservation dis...

A Public Health Review of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas Development

Engineering estimates of methane emissions from natural gas production have ledto varied projections of national emissions. This work reports direct measurements

Coupled 3-D numerical simulation of proppant distribution and hydraulic fracturing performance optimization in Marcellus shale reservoirs

Recent Advances in Hydraulic Fracturing for Enhanced Well Productivity: State of the Art Report

 Hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells is considered as the main reason for the phenomenal increase in production of oil and gas from marginal and unconventional reservoirs in North America. The process evolution started more than a decade ago and has resulted in ultra-low permeability reservoirs producing at close to the same rates as some of the very prolific reservoirs in the Middle East,...