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The Next Big Bet In Fracking: Water
Wall Street Journal ^
| 22 August 2018
| Christopher M. Matthews
Posted on 08/22/2018 1:22:42 PM PDT by zeestephen
Fledgling companies, many backed by private equity, are rushing to help shale drillers deal with one of their trickiest problems: what to do with the vast volumes of wastewater that are a byproduct of fracking wells...Moving water by pipe costs anywhere from 60 cents to $1.50 a barrel compared with more than $2 by truck...
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: fracking; frackingwater; gas; newmexico; oil; producedwater; texas
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To: zeestephen
Purify it and use it for irrigation..................
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:26:41 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
To: Red Badger
It has a high salt content.
Presumably because that area was once under an ocean?
To: zeestephen
How about we let it evaporate?
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:36:42 PM PDT
by
buffaloguy
(MSM: Wind up dolls of the DNC.)
To: buffaloguy
It takesalong time to evaporate.
On the Mesa field, near Big Piney Wyoming, they were trying that.
Crews were pumping frac water to sprayers.
I dont know if they arestill doing it but its ashort season ifthey are
To: zeestephen
Desalinate................
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:47:15 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
To: Red Badger
GMTA. Desalinate and use for crops
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:53:45 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
To: Red Badger
Frac liquids returned to the surface is the chemical mix that was pumped unded high pressure during the Frac job
If could contain acids, petrol chemicals and what ever else the PE ordered for the job...
it is waste.
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:01:40 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: McGavin999
Do what they used to do for the past 100 years, spray it on gravel roads to keep the dust down.
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:06:26 PM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(A Muse once bit my Sister.)
To: Beagle8U
That might solve the roadside weed problems
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:22:07 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
To: Beagle8U
That’s how we got Times Beach.
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:35:00 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
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To: McGavin999
Desalination costs 4 cents per 10 gallons. That’s $1.68 per barrel.
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:38:58 PM PDT
by
palmer
(...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They’ve been spraying brine on the roads around here for as long as I’ve been alive.
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:39:07 PM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(A Muse once bit my Sister.)
To: Deaf Smith
Frac liquids returned to the surface is the chemical mix that was pumped unded high pressure during the Frac job If could contain acids, petrol chemicals and what ever else the PE ordered for the job... it is waste. Give us some amounts.
Ordinary water contains lots of things in tiny amounts.
The dose is the poison. Tiny amounts of things are harmless.
Much may be less harmful than a lot of ordinary well water.
The amount of various stuff will depend on each location.
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:42:02 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: Beagle8U
Just make sure it doesn’t also contain dioxin.
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:45:17 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
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To: palmer
But if it costs $1.50 to move it by pipe and its still salty it could only be put into the ocean and som greenie would say the salt content needs to be adjusted. Besides, this is America, someone will find a way to do it cheaper
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:45:40 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Salt water and a little unrefined oil.
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:48:33 PM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(A Muse once bit my Sister.)
To: zeestephen
Open Sea-Worlds in fracking areas.
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:50:52 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Consensus isn't science.)
To: palmer
“Desalination costs 4 cents per 10 gallons. Thats $1.68 per barrel.”
Can you explain how you came up with this number? I’m actually looking at desalination for a project I am working on.
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posted on
08/22/2018 3:19:13 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Proud member of the DWN party. (Deplorable Wing Nut))
To: EQAndyBuzz
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posted on
08/22/2018 3:21:46 PM PDT
by
palmer
(...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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