 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING 101: What Every Representative, Environmentalist, Regulator, Reporter, Investor, University Researcher, Neighbor and Engineer Should.

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 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING 101: What Every Representative, Environmentalist, Regulator, Reporter, Investor, University Researcher, Neighbor and Engineer Should Know About Estimating Frac Risk and Improving Frac Performance in Unconventional Gas and Oil Well. ◦ By George E. King  Presented at 2012 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference

 Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic facturing. ◦ By Stephen Osbor, Avner Vengosh, Nathaniel Warner, and Robert Jackson – Duke University ◦ April 2011 

 Map of drilling operations and well-water sampling locations in Pennsylvania and New York. A drinking-water well is classified as being in an active extraction area if a gas well is within 1 km. Marcellus and Utica study

 Lack of data to support a relationship between methane contamination of drinking water wells and hydraulic fracturing. ◦ By Tarek Saba & Mark Orzechowski. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2011;108:E663.  Hydraulic fracturing not responsible for methane migration. ◦ By Samuel Schon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2011;108:E664.

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 EPA released a draft report outlining findings from the Pavillion, Wyoming groundwater investigation for public comment and independent scientific peer review in December  ion8/superfund/wy/pav illion/ ion8/superfund/wy/pav illion/

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 Technical Memorandum: Assessment of Groundwater Sampling Results Completed by the U.S. Geological Survey (2012). ◦ By Tom Myers ◦ September 30, 2012  /pressroom/downloads/m yers-tech-memo pdf /pressroom/downloads/m yers-tech-memo pdf

 2012 UIC Conference ◦ Hydraulic Fracturing Seminar Part 1 Regulatory Considerations for Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater Protection ◦ Hydraulic Fracturing Seminar Part 2 Technical considerations for Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater Protection  proceedings/2012-uic-conference proceedings/2012-uic-conference

 The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology will produce a comprehensive Technology Assessment report on the Eagle Ford Shale Play.  This report proposes to cover the entire areal extent of this area and include both surface and subsurface geological analysis and water resources.

 Field Tests –Marcellus/Utica: Establishing the East Environmentally Friendly Drilling Regional Center  Regional University Alliance is working with the National Energy Technology Laboratory to perform a baseline monitoring field test in the Marcellus.