University of Colorado at Boulder
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BMP ID: 6359
Title: Hydraulic fracturing with water
Text: " ... hydraulic fracturing can be performed using water without additives."
Source Publication Name: Drilling Down: Protecting Western Communities from the Health and Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Production
Citation Section:
Citation Page: 18
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Drilling
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Ms. Amy Mall
Natural Resources Defence Council
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Categories: Water Quality and Pollution
Human Health and Safety
Location: General / Federal
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General Comments:
Cost-Benefit Analysis: "Two studies conducted in the field by Amoco Production Company found that gas wells fractured with water produced more gas and cost considerably less to fracture than wells fractured with a gel comprised of chemicals." (reference 118)
BMP Efficacy: ... "[a] study, by the Gas Research Institute, Phillips Petroleum Company, Amax Oil and Gas, and Resource Enterprise, also found that hydraulic fracturing using water was more effective than fracturing with a gel." (reference 119)
Date Entered: 2010-02-25 10:54 UTC
Last Updated: 2011-07-17 13:19 UTC