Hydraulic Fracturing Impacts and Technologies A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Overview of Hydraulic Fracturing Operations and Technologies; George E. King

Economic Impact of the Permian Basin’s Oil and Gas Industry; Bradley T. Ewing, Marshall C. Watson, Terry McInturff, and Russell N. McInturff

From Property Rights to Endangered Species: Legal Issues Surrounding Hydraulic Fracturing; William R. Keffer, J. Randall Miller, J. Berton Fisher, Taylor Stevenson, Jeff Garrett, Adrianne Waddell, and Kyle Cook

Looking into the Crystal Ball: Potential New EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Rules Impacting Unconventional Oil and Gas Production from Shale Plays; Ron Truelove

Commentary on Health and Environmental Risks from Hydraulic Fracturing; David Klein, Jennifer Knaack, and Audra Morse

Health and Environment Risks from Oil and Gas Development; Anne C. Epstein

Addressing Concerns about Impacts from Unconventional Drilling Using Advanced Analytical Chemistry; Doug D. Carlton Jr., Zacariah L. Hildenbrand, Brian E. Fontenot, and Kevin A. Schug

Water Availability in the Permian Basin Region of West Texas; Venkatesh Uddameri, and Danny Reible,

Reuse and Recycling of Flowback and Produced Waters; John H. Williams, Danny Reible, Roxana Darvari, Tony Vercellino, and Audra Morse

Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing on Transportation Infrastructure; Sanjaya Senadheera

GIS-Based Assessment of Wastewater Disposal Impacts in Permian Basin, Texas; Elma Annette Hernandez, Sreeram Singaraju, Abdullah Karim, Jorge Ruiz de Viñaspre, and Venkatesh Uddameri

Challenges and Opportunities for Increasing Guar Production in the United States to Support Unconventional Oil and Gas Production; Noureddine Abidi, Sumedha Liyanage, Dick Auld, Robert K. Imel, Lewis Norman, Kulbhushan Grover, Sangu Angadi, Sudhir Singla, and Calvin Trostle

Characterization of the Properties of Guar Gum to Improve Hydraulic Fracturing Efficiencies; Noureddine Abidi and Sumedha Liyanage

Communicating Fracturing Impacts and Technologies: Assessment, Public Understanding, and Theoretical Linkages; Shawna White, Glenn Cummins, Melanie Sarge, and Erik P. Bucy

Multidisciplinary Teams as Mechanisms of Accountability: Neutralizing the Emotions and Politics of Hydraulic Fracturing Research; Kay J. Tindle, Daniel Marangoni, and Anna Thomas Young

Biography

Dr. Venkatesh Uddameri, PhD, P.E. is a professor and director of the Water Resources Center in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas Tech University, Lubbock. He has research interests in groundwater modeling, sustainable water resources management, conjunctive surface water–groundwater interactions, water–energy nexus, decision support systems for water resources planning, and climate change. Dr. Uddameri completed his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Osmania University, India, and received his master’s and doctoral degrees in civil engineering and environmental engineering, respectively, from the University of Maine.

Dr. Audra Morse, PE, PhD, is the associate dean for undergraduate studies in the Whitacre College of Engineering (WCOE) and a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas Tech University. She leads the Engineering Opportunities Center, which provides retention, placement, and academic support services to WCOE students. Her professional experience is focused on water and wastewater treatment, specifically water reclamation systems, membrane filtration, and the fate of personal products in treatment systems.

Kay J. Tindle, MEd, is the director of the Research Development Team in the Office of the Vice President for Research at Texas Tech University (TTU), Lubbock. In this role, she links faculty researchers with regional, state, and national partners to further develop collaborative teams to advance and achieve the strategic goals championed by the university. Among other initiatives, she works with the leader of TTU’s Unconventional Production Technology and Environmental Consortium (UpTec), a multidisciplinary, collaborative research group that focuses on hydraulic fracturing research. Kay is currently pursuing a PhD in higher education research at TTU.

"… this book highlights the need to integrate analysis of technologies with environmental and societal impact considerations… for the professionals working within the industry, it also emphasizes what issues need to be addressed, and how those issues should be addressed, in order to potentially convince the public and policy makers that fracture stimulation can be used safely without risking environmental damage, public health issues and overuse/contamination of precious water resources."
—Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2016