Fracking and Shale Gas Group: 8 Cesar Castro Jacky Tsai Dung Phan Vivi He CHBE 446 February 6, 2015

Outline/Agenda What is Shale Gas? Marcellus Shale Seismic imaging Drilling process Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) process Environmental Impact

What is Shale Gas? Source: FESEM (Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy) image taken by Clark University researchers.

Source: Shale Rock

Source: U.S Energy Information Administration based on data from various published studies. Marcellus Shale

Source: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Drilling Productivity ReportDrilling Productivity Report Source:

Photograph of seismic testing trucks parked south of Hickory Pennsylvania. Source: Schematic of seismic imaging arrays Source: opmentprocess/howweoperate/ Seismic imaging

Drilling process Source:

Hydraulic Fracturing Source :

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Source: Photograph of on-site hydraulic fracturing process

Controversies Water Waste Water Contamination Air Pollution

Approximately 8 million liters of water are used for fracking. Source: Water Waste

Environmental Concerns Fracking process and its environmental concern.

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