Water management challenges associated with the production of shale gas by hydraulic fracturing

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Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-186

  Gregory, Kelvin B ^a   Vidic, Radisav D ^b   Dzombak, David A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowback; Hydraulic fracturing; Produced water; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NATURAL GAS; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; PRODUCED WATER; SEAWATER; SHALE GAS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

FLOWBACK; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION; NATURAL GAS RESOURCES; PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

DEEP DRILLING; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NATURAL GAS; SHALE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80052455321     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.7.3.181     Document Type: Article

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