EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water Resources

Hydraulic Fracturing Study: March 2011 Technical Workshop on Fate and Transport

The proceedings from the Fate and Transport Workshop include a summary of the presentations and discussion sessions as well as abstracts for each presentation.

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Presentations and Individual Abstracts

Contaminant Identification, Transformation and Transport Theme
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Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Natural Transport Systems Theme
Models to Predict Transport Theme

Contaminant Identification, Transformation and Transport Theme

Technical Presentation Session 1: Chemical Transformation and Identification
- A Simple Approach Identifying Contaminants of Most Concern to Underground Drinking Water Supplies from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations (PDF) (16 pp, 960K)
  Contributed by Carl Palmer, Idaho National Laboratory
- Contaminant Characterization of Effluent from Pennsylvania Brine Treatment, Inc., Josephine Facility Being Released into Blacklick Creek, Indiana County, Pennsylvania: Conceptual Models of Exposure Pathways to Recreationalists, Private Well Water Users and Municipal Water Systems (PDF) (28 pp, 2MB)
  Contributed by Conrad Volz, University of Pittsburgh
- Fracing & Associated Media Composition in Colorado (PDF) (34 pp, 3MB)
  Contributed by Andrew Havics, pH2, LLC/QEPA

Technical Presentation Session 2: Chemical Mobility and Potential Pathways
- Comparison of Hydraulic Fracture Fluid Composition with Produced Formation Water Quality Following Fracturing: Implications for Fate and Transport (PDF) (33 pp, 1MB)
  Contributed by Debra McElreath, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
- Fate and Transport of Select Hydraulic Fracturing Compounds of Potential Concern (PDF) (29 pp, 873K)
  Contributed by Angus McGrath, Stantec
- Considerations for Fate and Transport Evaluation of Potential Release Scenarios during Hydraulic Fracturing Operations (PDF) (22 pp, 1MB)
  Contributed by George Deeley, Shell Exploration & Production
- A Protocol to Characterize Flowback Water Contamination to Drinking Water (PDF) (21 pp, 2MB)
  Contributed by Donald Siegel, Syracuse University

Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Natural Transport Systems Theme

Technical Presentation Session 3: Fracture Propagation
- Rock Failure, Stimulated Volume & Permeability Enhancement in Gas Shale HF (PDF) (25 pp, 2MB)
  Contributed by Ahmad Ghassemi, Texas A&M University
- Fracture Growth in Layered and Discontinuous Media (PDF) (20 pp, 2MB)
  Contributed by Norman Warpinski, Pinnacle – A Halliburton Service

Technical Presentation Session 4: Fluid and Gas Flow in Fractured Formations
- Flow of Gas and Water in Hydraulically Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs (PDF) (17 pp, 1MB)
  Contributed by Zhong He, Range Resources
- Characterizing Mechanical and Flow Properties using Injection Falloff Tests (PDF) (24 pp, 1MB)
  Contributed by David Cramer, ConocoPhillips
- Role of Induced and Natural Imbibition in Fracturing Fluid Transport and Fate in Gas Shales (PDF) (28 pp, 2MB)
  Contributed by Alan Byrnes, Chesapeake Energy Corporation

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Models to Predict Transport Theme

Modeling Versus the Real World of Hydraulic Fracturing (PDF) (23 pp, 756K)
Contributed by Denise Tuck, Halliburton
Modeling Philosophies and Application (PDF) (31 pp, 2MB)
Contributed by Andrew Havics, pH2, LLC/QEPA
Modeling Drinking Water Related Human Health Risks from Hydraulic Fracturing Additives (PDF) (36 pp, 1MB)
Contributed by Manu Sharma, Gradient

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