H51L:
Addressing Environmental Concerns of Hydraulic Fracturing Focusing on Water Quantity and Quality I

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Session ID#: 34267

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:  Kyle Edward Murray, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, M. Clara Castro, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 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
Chairs:  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:

In search of thermogenic methane in groundwater in the Netherlands, with emphasis on the location of a historic gas well blowout (271591)
Gilian Schout1, Jasper Griffioen1,2, S. Majid Hassanizadeh1 and Niels Hartog3,4, (1)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (2)TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, (3)KWR Water Research Institute, Nieuwegein, Netherlands, (4)Utrecht University, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands
Methane Occurrence in a Drinking Water Aquifer Before and During Natural Gas Production from the Marcellus Shale (280531)
James E Saiers, Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, CT, United States and Erica Barth-Naftilan, Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, United States
Noble Gas signatures of Enhanced Oil Recovery (210623)
Peter H Barry1, Justin T Kulongoski2, Rebecca L Tyne1, Darren Hillegonds1, David J Byrne1, Matthew K Landon2 and Chris J. Ballentine1, (1)University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA, United States
Barnett Shale or Strawn Group: Identifying the Source of Stray Gas through Noble Gases in the Trinity Aquifer, North-Central Texas (254302)
M. Clara Castro1, Tao Wen2, Jean-Philippe Nicot3, Chris M Hall2, Daniele Luigi Pinti4, Patrick John Mickler5, Roxana Darvari6 and Toti E Larson7, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, (4)GEOTOP-UQAM, Departement of Earth and atmospheric sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada, (5)University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (6)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (7)The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Insuring Water Sustainability for Resource Extraction in the New Mexico Permian Basin (289693)
Thomas S Lowry, Sandia National Laboratories, Climate Systems Department, Albuquerque, United States, Michael D Schuhen, Sandia National Laboratories, Carlsbad, NM, United States, Owen W Lofton, RESPEC Engineering, Carlsbad, NM, United States, La Tonya N Walker, Sandia National Laboratories, Energy Water Systems Integration, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Patricia B Johnson, Intera Inc. Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Lewis A Land, New Mexico Tech, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, NM, United States and Dave Herrell, Bureau of Land Management, Soil and Water Program, Santa Fe, NM, United States
Assessing Produced Water Management Issues with Increasing U.S. Tight Oil Production (Invited) (259468)
Robert C Reedy1, Kyle Edward Murray2, Matthew Weingarten3 and Bridget R Scanlon1, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, (2)Oklahoma Geological Survey, Leonard, United States, (3)Stanford University, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States
Water and Proppant Requirements and Water Production Associated with Undiscovered Petroleum in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations, North Dakota and Montana, USA (265691)
Seth S Haines1, Brian A. Varela2, Joanna Thamke3, Sarah J. Hawkins4, Nicholas J. Gianoutsos1 and Marilyn E. Tennyson4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Denver, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Denver, CO, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Suvery,, Helena, MT, United States, (4)USGS Central Energy Resources Science Center, Denver, CO, United States

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