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Title:

Will Water Issues Constrain Oil and Gas Production in the United States?

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Scanlon, Bridget R.; Ikonnikova, Svetlana; Yang, Qian; Reedy, Robert C.
Non-TUM Co-author(s):
ja
Cooperation:
international
Abstract:
The rapid growth in U.S. unconventional oil and gas has made energy more available and affordable globally but brought environmental concerns, especially related to water. We analyzed the water-related sustainability of energy extraction, focusing on: (a) meeting the rapidly rising water demand for hydraulic fracturing (HF) and (b) managing rapidly growing volumes of water co-produced with oil and gas (produced water, PW). We analyzed historical (2009−2017) HF water and PW volumes in ∼73 000 well...     »
Intellectual Contribution:
Discipline-based Research
Journal title:
Environmental Science & Technology
Year:
2020
Journal volume:
54
Month:
March
Journal issue:
6
Pages contribution:
3510--3519
Language:
en
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b06390
WWW:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b06390
Print-ISSN:
0013-936X, 1520-5851
Judgement review:
0
Peer reviewed:
Ja
Commissioned:
commissioned by company
Technology:
Ja
Interdisciplinarity:
Nein
Mission statement:
;
Ethics and Sustainability:
Ja
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