Comparison of chemical-use between hydraulic fracturing, acidizing, and routine oil and gas development.

ABSTRACT: The potential hazards and risks associated with well-stimulation in unconventional oil and gas development (hydraulic fracturing, acid fracturing, and matrix acidizing) have been investigated and evaluated and federal and state regulations requiring chemical disclosure for well-stimulation have been implemented as part of an overall risk management strategy for unconventional oil and gas development. Similar evaluations for chemicals used in other routine oil and gas development activities, such as maintenance acidizing, gravel packing, and well drilling, have not been previously conducted, in part due to a lack of reliable information concerning on-field chemical-use. In this study, we compare chemical-use between routine activities and the more closely regulated well-stimulation activiti

SUBMITTER: Stringfellow WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5396893 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature