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Presentations and Individual Abstracts

• Contaminant Identification, Transformation and Transport Theme
• Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Natural Transport Systems Theme
• Models to Predict Transport Theme

Contaminant Identification, Transformation and Transport Theme

• Technical Presentation Session 1: Chemical Transformation and Identification

  • A Simple Approach Identifying Contaminants of Most Concern to Underground Drinking Water Supplies from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations (PDF)
    Contributed by Carl Palmer, Idaho National Laboratory
  • Contaminant Characterization of Effluent from Pennsylvania Brine Treatment, Inc., Josephine Facility Being Released into Blacklick Creek, Indiana County, Pennsylvania: Conceptual Models of Exposure Pathways to Recreationalists, Private Well Water Users and Municipal Water Systems (PDF)
    Contributed by Conrad Volz, University of Pittsburgh
  • Fracing & Associated Media Composition in Colorado (PDF)
    Contributed by Andrew Havics, pH2, LLC/QEPA

• Technical Presentation Session 2: Chemical Mobility and Potential Pathways

  • Comparison of Hydraulic Fracture Fluid Composition with Produced Formation Water Quality Following Fracturing: Implications for Fate and Transport (PDF)
    Contributed by Debra McElreath, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
  • Fate and Transport of Select Hydraulic Fracturing Compounds of Potential Concern (PDF)
    Contributed by Angus McGrath, Stantec
  • Considerations for Fate and Transport Evaluation of Potential Release Scenarios during Hydraulic Fracturing Operations (PDF)
    Contributed by George Deeley, Shell Exploration & Production
  • A Protocol to Characterize Flowback Water Contamination to Drinking Water (PDF)
    Contributed by Donald Siegel, Syracuse University

Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Natural Transport Systems Theme

• Technical Presentation Session 3: Fracture Propagation

  • Rock Failure, Stimulated Volume & Permeability Enhancement in Gas Shale HF (PDF)
    Contributed by Ahmad Ghassemi, Texas A&M University
  • Fracture Growth in Layered and Discontinuous Media (PDF)
    Contributed by Norman Warpinski, Pinnacle – A Halliburton Service

• Technical Presentation Session 4: Fluid and Gas Flow in Fractured Formations

  • Flow of Gas and Water in Hydraulically Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs (PDF)
    Contributed by Zhong He, Range Resources
  • Characterizing Mechanical and Flow Properties using Injection Falloff Tests (PDF)
    Contributed by David Cramer, ConocoPhillips
  • Role of Induced and Natural Imbibition in Fracturing Fluid Transport and Fate in Gas Shales (PDF)
    Contributed by Alan Byrnes, Chesapeake Energy Corporation

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Models to Predict Transport Theme

• Modeling Versus the Real World of Hydraulic Fracturing (PDF)
  Contributed by Denise Tuck, Halliburton
• Modeling Philosophies and Application (PDF)
  Contributed by Andrew Havics, pH2, LLC/QEPA
• Modeling Drinking Water Related Human Health Risks from Hydraulic Fracturing Additives (PDF)
  Contributed by Manu Sharma, Gradient

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