B11B:
Biogeochemical and Microbial Dynamics of Shale Formations and Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids Posters

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Session ID#: 25695

Session Description:
Unconventional production using hydraulic fracturing has transformed the oil and gas industry, becoming a critical part of our energy portfolio. Although this revolution is advancing worldwide, little is understood about the biogeochemical interactions and alterations taking place among reservoir rocks and fracture networks, formation waters, frac fluids, and the microbial communities within each of these systems. Lack of such knowledge may potentiate inefficiencies in extraction, produced water treatment, and biocide application. We invite fundamental and applied research from field, experiment, and theory regarding biogeochemical, hydrologic, and geomechanical processes. Areas of interest include: organic-inorganic-microbial interactions among reservoir rocks, formation waters, and frac fluids; microbiology and biogeochemistry of shale formations and deep subsurface waters; mineral transformations and microbial metabolism of geological material; biogenic gas production; chemistry and microbiology of frac fluids and produced waters; fracture generation and propagation; coupling between engineered micro-fracture networks and induced geochemical processes; leakage and environmental impacts.
Primary Convener:  Donna L. Drogos, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Conveners:  John P. Kaszuba1, Karen Wawrousek2 and Michael A. Urynowicz2, (1)University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, United States(2)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Chairs:  Donna L. Drogos, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States and Karen Wawrousek, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Donna L. Drogos, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Index Terms:

0448 Geomicrobiology [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0463 Microbe/mineral interactions [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1055 Organic and biogenic geochemistry [GEOCHEMISTRY]
5104 Fracture and flow [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Potential Repercussions Associated with Halanaerobium Colonization of Hydraulically Fractured Shales (226730)
Anne Elizabeth Booker1, Mikayla Borton2, Rebecca A Daly1, Carrie Nicora3, Susan A. Welch4, Devendra Dusane1, Michael Johnston1, Shikha Sharma5, Paula J Mouser1, David R Cole6, Mary Suzanne Lipton7, Kelly C. Wrighton1 and Michael J Wilkins1, (1)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Soil and Crop Sciences, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Richland, United States, (4)The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, United States, (5)West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography, Morgantown, United States, (6)Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, United States, (7)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental and Molecular Sciences, Richland, WA, United States
Transport of barium through dolomite rocks under the presence of guar gum and brine salinities of hydraulic fracturing wastewater (247144)
Pouyan Ebrahimi, Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Stillwater, OK, United States and Javier Vilcaez, Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Geology, Stillwater, OK, United States
Reservoir-Scale Biological Community Response to Trace Element Additions in a Northern Montana Oil Field (262465)
Daniel Edward Connors, Jordan Bradfish, Roland Peter DeBruyn, Joseph Zemetra and Helen Mitchell, Transworld Technologies Inc., Golden, CO, United States
Quantifying Water-Rock Interactions during Hydraulic Fracturing from the Analysis of Flowback Water (263131)
Florian Osselin1, Michael Nightingale2, Wolfram Kloppmann3, Eric Gaucher4, Christopher Clarkson1 and Bernhard Mayer2, (1)University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)University of Calgary, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)BRGM, French Geological Survey, Orléans, France, (4)Lavoirsier H2 Geoconsult, Chamonix, France
Biogeochemical modification of Nontronite by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1: Evidence of Microbially induced Smectite-to-Illite reaction (267727)
Tae-hee Koo, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), Toshihiro Kogure, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan and Jinwook Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Investigation into spore coat properties for the rapid identification of endospores in marine sediments (276725)
Jayne E. Rattray1, Anirban Chakraborty1, Bernie B Bernard2, James Brooks2 and Casey RJ Hubert1, (1)University of Calgary, Biological Sciences, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)TDI-Brooks International, Inc., College Station, TX, United States
Microbial Enrichment from Six Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids and Biogeochemical Characteristics of Flowback Waters in Oklahoma Shale Formations (279355)
Mark James Krzmarzick1, Aubrey McCutchan2, Jeanne Carroll1 and Tania Lozano1, (1)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Stillwater, OK, United States, (2)Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Stillwater, United States
Microbial Communities in Produced Water of the Green River Basin in Southeast Wyoming. (280663)
Karen Wawrousek1, Donna L. Drogos1, Michael A. Urynowicz1, Charles Nye2 and Scott Quillinan3, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)University of Wyoming, Carbon Management Institute, Laramie, WY, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Center for Economic Geology Research, Laramie, WY, United States
Biogeochemistry of Produced Water from Unconventional Wells in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming (286209)
Donna L. Drogos1, Charles Nye2, Scott Quillinan3, Michael A. Urynowicz1 and Karen Wawrousek1, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)University of Wyoming, Carbon Management Institute, Laramie, WY, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Center for Economic Geology Research, Laramie, WY, United States

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