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New Study Raises Questions about Hydraulic Fracking and Groundwater Contamination

Posted by Betsey Seibel on Wed, Aug 19, 2015 @ 01:29 PM

A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology found “elevated levels of numerous metals and chemical compounds” from 550 groundwater samples collected from private and public supply water wells in Texas. The wells draw their water from aquifers throughout the 5,000 square miles Barnett shale formation of Texas. While the University of Texas Arlington (UTA) study did not directly attribute the contamination from hydraulic fracturing activities taking place in the area, the authors did conclude, “It is more likely that it (fracturing) has had an effect on water quality.[i]

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Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking

Wastewater from Oil Fields Threatens Clean Water Resources

Posted by Betsey Seibel on Fri, Mar 20, 2015 @ 01:54 PM

A recent report published in the San Francisco Chronicle, has found that for the past 30 years California state regulators have allowed oil companies to dispose of billions of gallons wastewater into clean groundwater resources. While early tests of drinking wells don’t show any contamination, the Environmental Protection Agency is “threatening to seize control of regulating the waste-injection wells”[i] that the oil companies use to dispose of “produced water” into the aquifers.

 

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Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydraulic Fracking - Is Drinking Water at Risk?

Posted by Betsey Seibel on Fri, Feb 20, 2015 @ 11:24 AM

Hydraulic Fracking - Is Drinking Water at Risk?

In the December 2014 issue of Water Online a white paper written by an associate professor and a graduate student from the University of Saskatchewan asks the following question about hyrdraulic fracturing or fracking, “Is drinking water at risk?”

 

There has been significant debate about the environmental impact of fracking, from erosion to earthquakes. The authors of the white paper describe fracking as a “double-edged sword.” On one side, the process permits the extraction of oil and natural gas reserves from low permeable organic shale formations and tight sand beds. On the other side, fracking carries environmental risks, including “groundwater and surface water contamination, land destruction, air pollution, geologic disruption, greenhouse emissions, and radiation.”

 

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Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking

Analytical Chemical Methods Technical Workshop on Hydraulic Fracturing

Posted by Teledyne Tekmar on Sat, Apr 13, 2013 @ 04:51 PM

The US EPA hosted a technical workshop on analytical chemical methods for hydraulic fracturing on February 25th in Research Triangle Park, NC. The goal of these workshops is to gather together stakeholders, technical experts, and EPA representatives to get updates on the progress of the EPA’s testing with regards to hydraulic fracturing. It also serves as a forum to discuss best testing practices and methodologies for this area. Teledyne Tekmar was privileged to participate as a speaker and participant in the round table panel discussions that coincided with the workshop.

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Tags: VOC, Teledyne Tekmar, Sample Preparation, Volatile Organic Compounds, drinking water, chromatography, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, Analytical Instrumentation, Concentrator, Autosampler, Analyzer

Hydraulic Fracturing

Posted by Betsey Seibel on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 @ 04:26 PM

Part of developing new and relevant applications is staying on top of current events, which can mean reading through a lot of news articles. The one topic we run into most often, especially recently here in Ohio, is hydraulic fracturing. Recently, the governor of Ohio announced increased fees for dumping wastewaters associated with hydraulic fracturing from out of state sources. All implications are that these drilling activities will have a national as well as global impact, as evident by this map of the shale gas plays in North America.

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Tags: Purge and Trap Concentrator, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, P&T, NEMC, shale

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