Water Resources to Develop Natural Gas from Shale Plays Yael Hirsch 12/04/2012 GIS in Water Resources.

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Water Resources to Develop Natural Gas from Shale Plays Yael Hirsch 12/04/2012 GIS in Water Resources

What is Shale Gas? Shale Gas: Natural gas trapped within fine- grained sedimentary rocks rich in oil and natural gas called shale formations.

Shale Gas Extraction

Shale Gas Production Drivers Natural gas burns clean 482 trillion cubic feet of shale gas Creates domestic jobs Increases our energy security and independence

Shale Plays in the US Chattanooga & Floyd Shale Plays

Environmental Concerns of Shale Gas Production Produces large amounts of wastewater Groundwater contamination Surface contamination May cause earthquakes!

Black Warrior Basin Chattanooga & Floyd Shale Plays

Research Is there enough water annually to support municipal uses and fracking in the Black Warrior Basin? Extractable Gas = (w-m)*k … where: w = total water availability m = municipal water usage k = amount of shale gas extracted per m 3 of water required Future Work Include water usage of other industries in model

Step 1: Determine Water Availability Water Availability = Precipitation – Evapotranspiration (Gauge data obtained from NOAA National Climatic Data Center)

Step 1: Determine Water Availability

Annual Precipitation = 6.28 km 3 Water Availability = Precipitation – Evapotranspiration ???

World Available Water Map Service (Map layer obtained from Daniel Siegal on ArcGIS online)

Step 2: Municipal Water Usage (Population data obtained at census.gov) Annual Municipal Water Reqs= (Population)(ave water usage/person-day)(365 days/year) 55 trillion gallons of water per year = (1.5 million)(100 gallons/person-day)(365 days/year)

Step 3: Population Density Birmingham Tuscaloosa

Step 4: Gas per Water 1812 m 3 gas/1 m 3 H 2 0

Lessons Learned & Future Work Lessons Learned – Shale gas data and groundwater data are very hard to find! Future Work – Import raster data set for World Water Availability to determine water availability of the region – Add agriculture water requirements to formula – Apply strategy to other prospective shale regions

Acknowledgements Dr. Maidment Gonzalo Espinoza Thanks!!

Step 3: Population Density Birmingham Tuscaloosa

Step 5: Amount of Shale Gas 2.34 trillion m 3 gas in the Black Warrior Basin