«The presence of synthetic compounds such as glycol ethers... and the assortment of other organic components is explained as the result of direct mixing of
hydraulic fracturing fluids with ground water in the Pavillion gas field,» the draft report states.
Not exact matches
That surge has coincided in time and place
with the boom in unconventional oil and gas extraction such as
hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking,» in which high - pressure
fluid is injected into the ground to break up the underlying rock and release trapped gas or oil.
For the
hydraulic fracturing system, the study estimated the toxicity of the
fracturing fluid chemicals used to crack rock and release natural gas, as well as the wastewater associated
with shale - gas extraction.
But according to a panel of geologists at the AAAS Annual Meeting, the culprit isn't
hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking,» in which geologists crack open subsurface rocks to extract oil and gas; instead, it's the processes associated
with pumping wastewater and other
fluids back into the ground.
We are working
with Rice University to develop a new tracer technology for
hydraulic fracturing fluids.
We have found that the DNA - based tracer survives when mixed
with samples of
hydraulic fracturing fluid and flowback
fluid.
Ohio is in the final stages of making an Exxon trojan horse on hydrofracking into state law, and it appears that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) connected Exxon's lawyers
with co-sponsors of Ohio Senate Bill 315: at least 33 of the 45 Ohio legislators who co-sponsored SB 315 are ALEC members, and language from portions of the state Senate bill is similar to ALEC's «Disclosure of
Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Composition Act.»
Three company spokesmen and a regulatory official said in separate interviews
with ProPublica that as much as 85 percent of the
fluids used during
hydraulic fracturing is being left underground after wells are drilled in the Marcellus Shale, the massive gas deposit that stretches from New York to Tennessee.
The result is a 60 - page Watershed Plan [5](PDF) that dictates that Genesis will only use «green»
hydraulic fracturing fluids, will reveal the chemical makeup of those
fluids and will inject a tracer along
with those
fluids so any alleged contamination in the area can be quickly linked to its source.
The method combines a new form of horizontal drilling
with hydraulic fracturing — more commonly known as fracking GThe process blasts open fissures in underground shale - rock formations by injecting a high pressure combination of
fluids, chemicals and proppants causing the fossil fuel to flow to the production well.