As most of you know, there was a lengthy piece in the New York Times over the weekend slamming the use of hydraulic fracturing for well completion. Since the article offered no solutions to the supposed problems discusses other than halting drilling (the expected result from a paper like the Times), I decided to make sure that the reporter was aware of the LPG method of completion used by GasFrac, since this method solves each of the problems raised in the article. Accordingly, I sent the following e-mail to the reporter:
"How could you write an article about hydraulic fracturing without mentioning the alternative: completion using liquefied propane gas. This process is used by a company called GasFrac Energy from Canada. The LPG turns back to gas underground, so it comes out with the natural gas being sought and can be reused. There is no water used in the process. There is no water or chemicals dumped into the water supply. There is no way for water left in the shale to somehow leach into the local groundwater. For what it is worth, the quantity of gas released by the GasFrac process is also greater than the amount from hydraulic fracturing since no water is left in the ground to block gas from escaping.
The GasFrac process has been used on hundreds of wells in Canada and the USA with great success. Your readers should be told about it."
So far, there has been no response. I will keep you informed if I receive one.
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