Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Resource Name | The modern practice of hydraulic fracturing: A focus on Canadian resources |
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| Unique File Number | 67 |
| Information Type | Applied Research |
| Surface Water | A |
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| Groundwater | A |
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| Information Subtype | hydraulic fracturing |
| Organization | Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada and Science and Community Environmental Knowledge (SCEK) Fund |
| Resource Name | All Consulting. 2012. The modern practice of hydraulic fracturing: A focus on Canadian Resources. Prepared for: PTAC and SCEK. |
| Resource Purpose | This primer has been compiled to provide a review of the practice of hydraulic fracturing and its importance to the development of Canadian shale oil and natural gas resource plays. Discussions address the technology involved with hydraulic fracturing, chemicals used, variations in North American shale geology, oil and gas regulations, best management practices, potential pathways of fluid migration and the risk involved, and past incidents attributed to hydraulic fracturing. The intent of the Primer is to provide a baseline of information that illustrates that no two shales are alike, understanding and designing a fracture requires specific data that must be collected, technology has made many shale gas resources available for extraction but only in the last few years, regulations are in place to protect groundwater and the environment, best management practices are employed by industry, and although there are past incidents the risks of contamination from the act of fracturing the rock are minute. |
| Type of Information | report |
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| NE Coverage | NE BC Specific |
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| Groundwater | Y |
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| SW Quality | Y |
| SW Quantity | Y |
| Link | http://scek.ca/sites/default/files/documents/ra2011-03modern-practices-fracturingfinaljun-22.pdf |
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