An assessment of risk of migration of hydrocarbons or fracturing fluids to fresh water aquifers: Wattenberg field, CO

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Kuwait Oil and Gas Show and Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fleckenstein, W W ^a   Eustes, A W ^a   Stone, C H ^a   Howell, P K ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GASES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL GAS MIGRATION; NATURAL GAS RESOURCES; RESEARCH NETWORKS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; WELL CONSTRUCTIONS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 85018478404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/175401-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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