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Presentations and Individual Abstracts

• Water Use and Sustainability Theme
• Flowback Recovery and Water Reuse Theme
• Disposal Practices Theme

Water Use and Sustainability Theme

• Technical Presentation Session 1: Chemical Transformation and Identification

  • How are Appropriate Water Sources for Hydraulic Fracturing Determined? Pre-development Conditions and Management of Development Phase Water Usage (PDF)
    Contributed by Gary Hanson Louisiana State University Shreveport
  • Water Requirements for Shale Gas Activities in the Marcellus and Fayetteville Shale (PDF)
    Contributed by John Veil, Veil Environmental, LLC
  • Fresh, Brackish or Saline, Water for Hydraulic Fracs: What are the Options? (PDF)
    Contributed by William E. Godsey, PG, Geo Logic Environmental Services, LLC
  • Water Management Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing using System Dynamic Models (PDF)
    Contributed by Earl D. Mattson, Carl D. Palmer, Kara Cafferty Idaho National Laboratory
  • Water Requirements and Sustainable Sources in the Barnett Shale (PDF)
    Contributed by James "Rusty" Werline, Devon Energy
  • An Overview of Current and Projected Shale and Tight Gas Water Use in Texas: Implications for Local Water Resources (PDF)
    Contributed by Jean-Philippe ‘JP’ Nicot, Bureau of Economic Geology Jackson School of Geosciences The University of Texas at Austin
  • Eagle Ford Shale Water Supply and Demand (PDF)
    Contributed by Stephen Jester, P.E., ConocoPhillips
  • Enabling Zero Fresh Water Withdrawal in Shale Gas Operations (PDF)
    Contributed by Vikram Rao, Research Triangle Energy Consortium
  • Sustaining Louisiana’s Fresh Water Aquifers – A Case Study in Bringing Community and Industry Together (PDF)
    Contributed by James H. "Jim" Welsh, Louisiana Office of Conservation

Flowback Recovery and Water Reuse Theme

• Technical Presentation Session 2: Flowback Recovery & Water Reuse

  • Produced Water Reuse and Recycling Challenges and Opportunities Across Major Shale Plays (PDF)
    Contributed by Matthew E. Mantell, P.E., Engineering Technology Group
  • A Water Chemistry Perspective on Flowback Reuse with Several Case Studies (PDF)
    Contributed by Keith Minnich, Talisman Energy Inc.
  • Shale Frac Sequential Flowback Analysis and Reuse Implications (PDF)
    Contributed by Matt Blauch, Superior Well Services, a Nabors Company
  • Characterization of Marcellus Shale and Barnett Shale Flowback Waters and Technology Development for Water Reuse (PDF)
    Contributed by Tom Hayes, Gas Technology Institute
  • Mid-Continent Water Management for Stimulation Operations (PDF)
    Contributed by D. Steven Tipton, P.E., Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent, Inc.
  • Toolbox Available to Treat Flowback and Produced Waters (PDF)
    Contributed by Johanna Haggstrom, Ph.D. Halliburton Energy Services
  • A Closed Loop System Using a Brine Reservoir to Replace Fresh Water as the Frac Fluid Source (PDF)
    Contributed by D. George E. King, Apache Corporation

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Disposal Practices Theme

• Technical Presentation Session 3: Disposal Practices

  • Williams Fork, Piceance Basin: Flowback Water Reuse – Quality and Quantity (PDF)
    Contributed by Jill E. Cooper, Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
  • Treatment of Shale Gas Produced Water for Discharge (PDF)
    Contributed by David Alleman, ALL Consulting, LLC
  • Novel and Emerging Technologies for Produced Water Treatment (PDF)
    Contributed by Pei Xu, Tzahi Cath and Jörg E. Drewes, AQWATEC, Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines
  • Hydraulic Fracturing & Safe Drinking Water (PDF)
    Contributed by Joseph J. Lee, Jr., P.G., Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Watershed Management
  • Simple Modeling of the Disposition of Fluids On-Site in a Pit (PDF)
    Contributed by Andrew A Havics, C.H.M.M., C.I.H. P.E. and Dollis Wright, PH2, LLC, Avon, IN, QEPA, Denver, CO
  • Underground  Injection Wells for Produced Water Disposal (PDF)
    Contributed by Rick McCurdy Chesapeake Energy Corporation
  • Wastewater from Gas Development: Chemical Signatures in the Monongahela Basin (PDF)
    Contributed by Paul Ziemkiewicz, PhD West Virginia University

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