H53A:
Addressing Environmental Concerns of Hydraulic Fracturing Focusing on Water Quantity and Quality II Posters

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Session ID#: 29378

Session Description:
Unconventional energy development using hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and gas from low-permeability shales, has played a critical role in enhancing national energy security. However, this development has been accompanied by environmental concerns, particularly impacts on water resources. This session will discuss and enhance understanding of water quantity and quality issues in unconventional energy development. We invite talks on a variety of topics, including, but not limited to, potential impacts of water withdrawal and source water identification, water reuse and alternative water sources, impact of produced water injection (seismicity), risk assessment and studies of groundwater contamination, such as origin (anthropogenic vs. natural) and sources of stray gas and brine migration, using both traditional (stable and radiogenic isotopes) and emerging (e.g., noble gases, clumped isotopes) analytical and modeling geochemical techniques. Presentations of case studies are welcome.
Primary Convener:  Bridget R Scanlon, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Conveners:  Shuang Gao, The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, Kyle Edward Murray, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States and M. Clara Castro, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Chairs:  Bridget R Scanlon, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, M. Clara Castro, University of Michigan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Shuang Gao, The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Shuang Gao, The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Index Terms:

1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1831 Groundwater quality [HYDROLOGY]
1878 Water/energy interactions [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Water Issues Associated with Increasing Unconventional Oil Production in the Permian Basin (259088)
Robert C Reedy1, Bridget R Scanlon2, Frank Male1 and Mark Walsh2, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Water Use for Unconventional Energy Development: How Much, What Kind, and to What Reaction? (Invited) (210075)
Emily Grubert, University of Notre Dame, Keough School of Global Affairs, Notre Dame, IN, United States; University of California, Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, CA, United States
Tracking Water-Use in Colorado’s Energy Exploration and Development (296307)
Toby Ann Halamka, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States and Shemin Ge, University of Colorado Boulder, Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States
Managing flowback and produced water from hydraulic fracturing under stochastic environment (288403)
Xiaodong Zhang, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Alexander Y Sun, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, United States, Ian J. Duncan, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States and Dr. Velimir monty V Vesselinov, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
Basin-Scale Hydrogeological Modeling of the Fort Worth Basin Ellenburger Group for Pore Pressure Characterization (265611)
Jean-Philippe Nicot1, Shuang Gao1, Robin D. Dommisse2 and Molly Zebker3, (1)The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, (2)The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States, (3)The University of Texas at Austin, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Austin, United States
Establishing effective sentinels - Setting the baseline for shale gas (206838)
Christopher Ward, Durham University, Durham, UNITED KINGDOM and Fred Worrall, University of Durham, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, United Kingdom
Assessing How Water Type, Climate, and Landscape Position Correlate with Variability of Methane in Shallow Groundwater in the Marcellus Region (230694)
Amanda Campbell1, Laura Lautz2 and Gregory D Hoke1, (1)Syracuse University, Earth Sciences, Syracuse, NY, United States, (2)Syracuse University, Syracuse, United States
Applying Data Mining Techniques to Chemical Analyses of Pre-drill Groundwater Samples within the Marcellus Formation Shale Play in Bradford County, Pennsylvania (234945)
Tao Wen1,2, Xianzeng Niu2, Matthew S Gonzales3, Zhenhui (Jessie) Li4 and Susan Brantley2, (1)Syracuse University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse, NY, United States, (2)Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States, (4)Pennsylvania State University, College of Information Sciences and Technology, University Park, PA, United States
Effect of ionic strength on barium transport in porous media (261997)
Valentina Prigiobbe, Stevens Institute of Technology, Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering, Union City, NJ, United States and Zi Ye, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, United States
Vadose Zone Fate and Transport Simulation of Chemicals Associated with Coal Seam Gas Extraction (222898)
Dirk Mallants, CSIRO Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, Jiri Simunek, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States, Diederik Jacques, Belgian Nuclear Research Center, Mol, Belgium and Martinus Van Genuchten, Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Mechanical Engineering, COPPE/LTTC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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