Water intensity assessment of shale gas resources in the wattenberg field in Northeastern Colorado

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5991-5995

  Goodwin, Stephen ^a   Carlson, Ken ^a   Knox, Ken ^b   Douglas, Caleb ^b   Rein, Luke ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Noble Energy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL SHALE; OIL WELL DRILLING; SHALE; SHALE GAS; SHALE OIL; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EFFICIENT USE OF WATER; ENERGY EXTRACTION; ENERGY RECOVERY; INDUSTRIAL WATER; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SURFACE COAL MINING; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATER CONSUMPTION;

EXTRACTION;

COAL; NATURAL GAS; OIL;

ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; GAS FIELD; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; SHALE; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLUID INTAKE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SHALE GAS RESOURCE; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES; WATTENBERG FIELD;

COLORADO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GAS, NATURAL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84901049646     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404675h     Document Type: Article

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