Fracking: Environmental Protection and Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources

James Jacobs, Stephen Testa (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

512 Seiten

2016
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-182999-1 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive guide to the technology, science, safety, and environmental assessment and cleanup related to hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas resourcesFracking: Environmental Protection and Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources focuses on hydraulic fracturing related to oil and gas drilling, spills and leaks, and environmental impacts, and the side-effects or unintended consequences of resource extraction. The book starts with the history of oil and gas drilling associated with hydraulic fracturing and explains the geologic and technical issues of fracking of tight formation. This practical guide also describes the geology of petroleum hydrocarbon resources, as well as the methods of verification for environmentally safe resource extraction. Numerous case studies from the U.S. EPA and other agencies and universities are featured, showing safe and appropriate resource extraction, as well as verified case studies where water resources have been impacted by drilling and production activities. This important and timely book concludes with a variety of background soil, vapor, and groundwater sampling methods to minimize impacts and provide data to lower the chances of future environmental damage and litigation. Monitoring and sampling programs during and after drilling and production activities are explained, and cost recovery methods are described for when environmental damages occur.

Provides a better understanding of the controversy related to hydraulic fracturingCovers hydraulic fracturing technologies, and the geology and chemistry of tight shale and sandstone resourcesFeatures numerous case studies by the U.S. EPA and other agenciesEvaluates planning and sampling methods of minimizing environmental impacts Explains remediation methods if environmental impacts are confirmedIncludes cost recovery techniques and data requirements for impacts from hydraulic fracturing

James A. Jacobs (San Francisco, CA) is chief hydrogeologist at Environmental Bio-Systems, Inc., has more than 20 years of environmental geology experience. He is the co-author, with Stephen Testa, of Oil Spills and Gas Leaks. Stephen M. Testa (Sacramento, CA) is executive officer of the California State Mining and Geology Board and past-president of both the American Institute of Professional Geologists and the American Geological Institute.

Ch 1. Introduction: Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale Oil & Gas
Ch 2. Geology & Geochemistry of Tight Oil & Gas Formations
Ch 3. Oil & Gas Well Drilling Associated with Unconventional Resources
Ch 4. Behavior of Spills and Leaks in Various Environments
Ch 5. Assessment of Hydraulic Fracturing Operations and Spills and Leaks
Ch 6. Toxicity Issues & Exposure Pathways
Ch 7. Subsurface Investigations Related to Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
Ch 8. Prevention, Oversight, Mitigation, & Cost Recovery
Ch 9. Remediation of Spills
Ch 10. Case Histories
Ch 11. Oil Spills at Hydraulic Fracturing Operations & Unconventional Resource Recovery Sites & Wildlife
Ch 12. Conclusions and Recommendations
App A Outline Political & Legal Issues
App B Glossary of Technical Terms
App C Abbreviations
App D Conversions
App E U.S. EPA Oil Spill Checklist
App F Exercises and Problems
App G Indoor Air Quality & Vapor Intrusion
App H Spill Observation Checklist

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.7.2016
Zusatzinfo	200 Illustrations, unspecified
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Bergbau
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	0-07-182999-7 / 0071829997
ISBN-13	978-0-07-182999-1 / 9780071829991
Zustand	Neuware