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Hydraulic fracturing and its impact Hydraulic fracturing and its impact

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Hydraulic fracturing and its impactHydraulic fracturing and its impact

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US Total Oil ProductionUS Total Oil Production

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Production by stateProduction by state

Image Source: EIA

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Production by playProduction by play

Source: EIA

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Eagle-Ford ShaleEagle-Ford Shale

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US, Russia, Saudi Arabia equivalent oilUS, Russia, Saudi Arabia equivalent oilproductionproduction

Source: EIA

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Total energy use projectionTotal energy use projection

Source: EIA

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Natural gas by sourceNatural gas by source

Source: EIA

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ShaleShale

Source: George King, Hydraulic Fracturing 101

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Hydraulic fracturingHydraulic fracturing

Source: George King, Hydraulic Fracturing 101

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Frac pump trucksFrac pump trucks

Source: Jon Olson

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Barnett frac job in progressBarnett frac job in progress

Source: Jon Olson

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Is it safe?Is it safe?Groundwater contamination

Earthquakes (induced siesmicity)

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Fracturing �uidsFracturing �uids

Source: DOE, GWPC: Modern Gas Shale Development in the United States: A Primer (2009).

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Groundwater separationGroundwater separation

Source: George King, Hydraulic Fracturing 101

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Marcellus mapped fracture treatmentsMarcellus mapped fracture treatments

Source: Fisher, K. Data Con�rm Safety of Well Fracturing. The American Oil and Gas Reporter.July 2010

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Does hydraulic fracturing produceDoes hydraulic fracturing produceearthquakes?earthquakes?

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Eagle-Ford moment magnitudeEagle-Ford moment magnitude

Source: Warpinski, N.R., Du, J. Zimmer, U. Measurements of Hydraulic-Fracture-InducedSeismicity in Gas Shales. SPE Conference on Hydraulic Fracturing Technology. SPE 151597.February 2012.