multiple horizontal wells

multiple horizontal wells

an image from StatOilHydro's website. They are a large Norweigan multinational that signed a deal with Chesapeake Energy (the US' largest gas producer) to co-develop the Marcellus Shale. In this image, they show 6 horizontal wells being drilled from 1 well pad, with 4 well pads in a small area. Each of the white fracture disks is created by injecting millions of gallons of water, sand, and toxic chemicals under very intense pressure to fracture open the shale. Only with this can they release the gas locked

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Comment by Kody Sheley on February 8, 2011 at 3:08pm
99.5% water and sand .5% other
Comment by Brian Oram, PG on August 16, 2010 at 5:28am
so there are no toxic chemicals at all - then why is something called a biocide?
Comment by William Lohrentz on November 3, 2009 at 7:28am
I am advised by knowledgeable people in the O&G field that fracking fluids do not contain toxic chemicals. One must be careful with potentially slanderous comments.

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