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Originally Posted by porsche4life
There is a greatly increased potential for ground water contamination. Those that do it say they are so deep that no way is it possible.... Those that are against it say that it's happening and we are all effed.
Just a synopsis. My uncle works for a company that does biocide treating for frac water. This is just the cliffs notes from talking to him.  |
Yup a good synopsis.
This is what I do, I have numerous patents on hydraulic fracturing technology.
Depending on the frac design, it might use a few hundred gallons up to a few million gallons of water per frac. Some frac's are placed with produced water (water produced from other wells), some use hydrocarbons such as oil, some are gelled propane while others are pure nitrogen. I guess wat I am saying is that a frac that is pumped in the foothills of Alberta is very different to what we pump in west Texas, Pensylvania, NorthEast BC, or Siberia. A lot of engineering goes into the design of each frac and these are tailored to that well bore.