Numerical simulation of the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing of tight/shale gas reservoirs on near-surface groundwater: Background, base cases, shallow reservoirs, short-term gas, and water transport

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2543-2573

  Reagan, Matthew T ^a   Moridis, George J ^a   Keen, Noel D ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

contaminant transport; hydraulic fracturing; shale gas

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS; WATER;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; POTABLE GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIR STIMULATIONS; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS TRANSPORT; GAS WELL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SHALE;

EID: 84929643162     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016086     Document Type: Article

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