county level determination of fracturing risk
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County Level Determination of Fracturing Risk. Final project, CE385K.4 Nick Kuzmyak. Fracturing in the US. Hydraulic fracturing continuing to expand Practices steadily getting more refined Water treatment/recycling Non-traditional water sources Microseismic imaging. Extent of Shale Plays. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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COUNTY LEVEL DETERMINATION OF FRACTURING RISKFinal project, CE385K.4
Nick Kuzmyak
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Fracturing in the US• Hydraulic fracturing continuing to expand
• Practices steadily getting more refined• Water
treatment/recycling• Non-traditional water
sources• Microseismic imaging
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Extent of Shale Plays
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Relevant Aquifers
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Population Density
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Given the background info…• So, what should we be concerned about regarding
hydraulic fracturing activity?• Proximity to large/dense population centers• Concurrence with aquifers• Shale plays with high fracking activity
• Current goal of project:• Figure out which counties are the most at-risk• Determine what legislation is available there• Be able to target action
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Most At-Risk Counties• A function of weighted factors:• Aquifer depletion• Fracturing activity level• Proximity to densely
populated areas• Others to be added
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At-Risk Counties: Activity, Density, Aquifer Depletion
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Still To Do• Calculate true areas of polygons to get accurate
measures of density• Wells per square mile• People per square mile
• Create intrapolygon rasters:• Well density over a shale play• Well drawdown over an aquifer• Quantified risk over entire US
• Expand “risk equation,” weight factors• Cross-reference at-risk counties with current laws
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Questions?