Quantity of flowback and produced waters from unconventional oil and gas exploration

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 574, Issue , 2017, Pages 314-321

  Kondash, Andrew J ^a   Albright, Elizabeth ^a   Vengosh, Avner ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brines; Flowback fluids; Hydraulic fracturing; Produced water; Shale gas; Tight oil; Unconventional energy; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BRINES; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SHALE; SHALE GAS; SHALE OIL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FLOWBACK; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; PRODUCED WATER; TIGHT OIL; UNCONVENTIONAL ENERGY; UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS; UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS;

WELL STIMULATION;

BRINE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SHALE GAS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLOWBACK AND PRODUCED WATER; FRACKING; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUID; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988037307     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.069     Document Type: Article

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