What happens to the water after the well is developed? Can’t discharge it. Onsite treatment can’t treat it all.
There has been an extraordinary trend – driven by technological advancements – over the past several years as it relates [...]
Are you researching new or different methods without using chemicals?
As you may know, sand and water make up 99.5 percent of the liquids used in the well completions – [...]
Have issues about the waste?
Though your question is a bit vague, we believe you may referring to water (i.e., flowback and produced) management. As [...]
Are they going to maintain the local structure?
Our industry works collaboratively with a broad range of stakeholders as well as government and regulatory officials to ensure that [...]
I have yet to be convinced it is safe, since rigs blow up, horribly pollute water, and cause earthquakes. THIS IS SAFE???
Thank you for your question. As you may know, the oil and gas industry is tightly regulated in Pennsylvania by [...]
Are there long-term plans to address the rehabilitation of exhausted well sites and loss of economy in ‘Gas Towns’, i.e., the collapse of ‘Coal Towns’ & ‘Steel Towns’?
The entire shale development process—from construction of the site, drilling, completions, production and site restoration (rehabilitation) is tightly regulated by [...]
How do they do it? Is it a pressurized thing? How do they extract gas or convert it?
Prior to drilling a well, an operator must first lease land from landowners, obtain the required permits from state and [...]
What is the long term plan for rehabilitation of well sites? What will be the state of “gas towns” after the wells are done producing?
After a well has been drilled and hydraulically fractured, production equipment is installed. Once the well is connected to the [...]
What policies are in place in case of disaster?
Based on best practices and crisis preparedness, companies have in place incident management plans for a broad range of operational [...]
Is there zero liquid discharge available?
Yes. Many operators are reusing and recycling the vast majority of the flowback water that returns to the surface after [...]
