Comments on: Expansion of Frack Sand Mining in Wisconsin https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/04/06/expansion-of-frack-sand-mining-in-wisconsin/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mary Wildfire https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/04/06/expansion-of-frack-sand-mining-in-wisconsin/#comment-200462 Mary Wildfire Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:02:33 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=19717#comment-200462 I have been reading over David Hughes' paper analyzing the apparent optimism bias in EIA estimates of gas capacity, in order to counter editorials claiming among other things that this is a practically unlimited resource. In it I came upon this horrifying information: A review of well costs and trends for the Marcellus reveals that, compared to 2006, well lateral length has increased to 7,000 feet from 5,000 feet, fluid used has increased many-fold to 8.7 million gallons per well, and proppant used has increased 10-fold to nearly 10 million pounds per well. Ten million pounds of that sand for every well!! And over 8 million gallons of ruined water! Here's a link to Hughes' report: http://www.postcarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Hughes_2016-Shale-Gas-Reality-Check-2016.pdf I have been reading over David Hughes’ paper analyzing the apparent optimism bias in EIA estimates of gas capacity, in order to counter editorials claiming among other things that this is a practically unlimited resource. In it I came upon this horrifying information:

A review of well costs and trends for the Marcellus reveals that, compared to 2006, well lateral length has increased to 7,000 feet from 5,000 feet, fluid used has increased many-fold to 8.7 million gallons per well, and proppant used has increased 10-fold to nearly 10 million pounds per well.

Ten million pounds of that sand for every well!! And over 8 million gallons of ruined water!

Here’s a link to Hughes’ report:

http://www.postcarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Hughes_2016-Shale-Gas-Reality-Check-2016.pdf

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