Potential and implemented membrane-based technologies for the treatment and reuse of flowback and produced water from shale gas and oil plays: A review

H Chang, T Li, B Liu, RD Vidic, M Elimelech… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Recovery of natural gas and oil from unconventional (shale) reservoirs relies on horizontal
drilling and hydraulic fracturing to make it economical. Hydraulic fracturing generates vast …

Pore-network modeling of flow in shale nanopores: Network structure, flow principles, and computational algorithms

R Cui, SM Hassanizadeh, S Sun - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbons in subsurface nanoporous media, such as shale, are promising energy
resources to compensate for the shortage of conventional reservoirs. Pore-network …

The global volume and distribution of modern groundwater

T Gleeson, KM Befus, S Jasechko, E Luijendijk… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Groundwater is important for energy and food security, human health and ecosystems. The
time since groundwater was recharged—or groundwater age—can be important for diverse …

Quantity of flowback and produced waters from unconventional oil and gas exploration

AJ Kondash, E Albright, A Vengosh - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The management and disposal of flowback and produced waters (FP water) is one of the
greatest challenges associated with unconventional oil and gas development. The …

The successful development of gas and oil resources from shales in North America

DJ Soeder - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The hydrocarbon resources of shale gas and tight oil have made a significant impact on
North American energy reserves over the past decade. The production of so-called …

The environmental costs and benefits of fracking

RB Jackson, A Vengosh, JW Carey… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Unconventional oil and natural gas extraction enabled by horizontal drilling and hydraulic
fracturing (fracking) is driving an economic boom, with consequences described from …

[HTML][HTML] Can we beneficially reuse produced water from oil and gas extraction in the US?

BR Scanlon, RC Reedy, P Xu, M Engle, JP Nicot… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is increasing interest in beneficial uses of large volumes of wastewater co-produced
with oil and gas extraction (produced water, PW) because of water scarcity, potential …

Water footprint of hydraulic fracturing

A Kondash, A Vengosh - Environmental Science & Technology …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We evaluated the overall water footprint of hydraulic fracturing of unconventional shale gas
and oil throughout the United States based on integrated data from multiple database …

Coupling system dynamics analysis and risk aversion programming for optimizing the mixed noise-driven shale gas-water supply chains

Y Chen, J Li, H Lu, P Yan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Water management has increasingly become a hotspot in shale gas supply chains. This
study develops a comprehensive modeling framework for the mixed noise-driven shale gas …

Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and water-energy optimization for shale gas supply chain planning based on multi-level approach: Case study in …

Y Chen, L He, Y Guan, H Lu, J Li - Energy conversion and management, 2017 - Elsevier
This study develops a multi-level programming model from a life cycle perspective for
performing shale-gas supply chain system. A set of leader-follower-interactive objectives …