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SAVE THE DATES
February 13, 2013 EFD Workshop - Columbus, Ohio
Site Assessment and Baseline Monitoring Measures in Ohio
May 14, 2013 EFD Workshop - San Antonio, Texas
Natural Gas Powered Operations: From Drilling to Production
Agenda to come
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EFD Participating in
Adopt-a-Beach's Spring Cleanup
Matagorda Beach, Matagorda, TX
April 20, 2013
8:00am - 12:00 pm
Each year, thousands of Adopt-a-Beach volunteers remove approximately 500 tons of litter from Texas beaches. We're so pleased to be a part of this worthy program.
If you'd like to volunteer, please let us know. Those signing up will receive trash bags, cleanup data cards & disposable gloves.
Lunch will be provided. Discounts will be available at various accommodations for those volunteering.
More details will be coming soon!
Contact Andra Wilcox at awilcox@harc.edu
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EFD has been working with The Nature Conservancy from the beginning. We greatly appreciate the advice and support from this dedicated non-profit organization. TNC has assisted EFD with our Scorecard development and the studies involving the Attwater Prairie Chicken along the coastal regions.
The Nature Conservancy's mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. They achieve this through the efforts of their staff, which consists of more than 550 scientists; through the help of their many partners; and through collaborative approaches holding true to their five core values:
Integrity Beyond Reproach
Respect for People, Communities & Cultures
Commitment to Diversity
One Conservancy
Tangible, Lasting Results*
* from The Nature Conservancy's website
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The final four technical workshops for EPA's study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources will be held in April and June 2013. EPA is seeking subject-matter experts to contribute to the workshops by providing technical knowledge during workshop discussions and through select presentations. Nominations for the workshops will be accepted through February 22, 2013. Topics and dates of the technical workshops are as follows: - Well Construction/Operation and Subsurface Modeling - April 16-17
- Wastewater Treatment and Related Modeling - April 18
- Water Acquisition Modeling: Assessing Impacts Through Modeling and Other Means - June 4
- Hydraulic Fracturing Case Studies - June 5
Following the workshops, technical roundtables will be scheduled (target July 2013) to discuss outcomes from the process. Please continue to visit the Hydraulic Fracturing Study website for the latest news and updates.
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 Summer Interns
Does your organization have summer intern openings?
You may want to contact the following individuals to find the right fit.
Colorado School of Mines: Jean Manning-Clark, Director of Mines Career Center and Employer Relations - teanmann@mines.edu, 303-273-3239
Texas A&M University: Kathy Beladi, Senior Administrative Coordinator/Petroleum Engineering - kathy@pe.tamu.org, 979-862-6579
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Geothermal Energy and
Waste Heat to Power:
Utilizing Oil and Gas Plays
March 12 - 14, 2013
SMU James M. Collins Center, Dallas, Texas
EFD's Dave Burnett will be speaking.
"This conference brings together individuals from all aspects of project development for geothermal electrical production, in addition to the capturing of heat from surface equipment used in oil and gas fields."
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Water and Hydraulic Fracturing
A White Paper From The American Water Works Association
The AWWA has produced this white paper in response to growing public awareness and concern about hydraulic fracturing and related activities.
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DNV launches DNV-RP-U301
Risk Management of Shale Gas
Developments and Operations
DNV has launched a recommended practice (RP) for the entire life cycle of shale gas extraction, based on risk management principles, industry best practices and standards. The objective is for the RP to form the foundation for future development of a globally recognized standard for safe and sustainable shale gas extraction. DNV is calling for input from industry, regulators, NGOs and other interested parties. |
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Last summer as part of our EFD outreach efforts, The Nature Conservancy asked us to visit Osage County, Oklahoma. Tom Williams made the trip and issued a report. This past January, Tom provided further testimony on the state of affairs in Osage County.
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Hydraulic Fracturing and the Management, Disposal, and Reuse of Frac Flowback Waters: Views from the General Public
in the Pennsylvania
Marcellus Shale Region
Project Investigators:
Gene L. Theodori, A.E. Luloff, Fern K. Willits and David B. Burnett
Submitted to: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority - January, 2013
Data collected in a general population survey from a random sample drawn from 21 counties located in the geological Central Core and Tier 1 of the Marcellus Shale region in Pennsylvania were used to empirically examine issues associated with the public's views on: (1) the process of hydraulic fracturing; (2) the management and disposal of frac flowback wastewater; and, (3) frac flowback wastewater treatment technology.
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Oil & Gas
Water Use in Texas:Update to the 2011 Mining Water Use Report
by: Jean-Philippe Nicot, P.E., P.G., Robert C. Reedy, P.G., Ruth A. Costly, and Yun Huang, P.E.
University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology
In June of 2011, "Current and Projected Water Use in the Texas Mining and Oil and Gas Industry" was published. It provided estimated county-level water use in the oil and gas industry in 2008 and projections to 2060. The current report was prompted by (1) the shift of the oil and gas industry from gas to oil production, displacing production centers across the state and impacting county-level amounts and (2) the rapid development of technological advances resulting in more common reuse and in the ability to use more brackish water.
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What would you like to see in our monthly newsletter?
Send your suggestions, comments and/or feedback to
awilcox@harc.edu
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The EFD program, funded by federal, state and foreign government agencies, industry and environmental organizations, provides unbiased science to policy makers and identifies, develops and tests new technologies, processes and systems to reduce the environmental footprint associated with oil and gas activities, from well site selection through natural gas compression. The program, approximately $4 million per year, is engaged in research and technology transfer activities from the Western Slope of the Rockies to the Ukraine, and from the North Slope of Alaska to Columbia (South America). Research includes land, air and water issues, as well as public perception investigations. The program was honored with the Chairman's Stewards Award for Environmental Partnership at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. For more information, see: www.efdsystems.org.
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