Stimulation

Oilfield Water Solutions Technical Papers

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	Title	Date
	SPE 151819: Water Conservation: Reducing Freshwater Consumption by Using Produced Water for Base Fluid in Hydraulic Fracturing–Case Histories in Argentina This work has helped identify sources of produced water in the field that are acceptable for use in fracturing stimulation operations. A procedure has been established to help ensure a reliable fracturing fluid with good performance is always used in these	Apr 2012
	SPE 153867: An Environmental Solution to Help Reduce Freshwater Demands and Minimize Chemical Use With increasing public scrutiny and concern over the practice of hydraulic fracturing in environmentally sensitive locations, fluid systems need to follow strict environmental guidelines. A new fluid system was developed with components from the US Code of	Mar 2012
	Case History: Challenges Using Ultraviolet Light to Control Bacteria in Marcellus Completions - SPE 149445 The use of a new, environmentally acceptable process that has shown the ability to kill 99.9% of the bacteria in fracturing water is presented	Aug 2011
	Will flowback or produced water do? The perennial shortage of water for hydraulic fracturing has encouraged the use of flowback, produced, and other non-freshwater sources in stimulation operations, but there are concerns.	Sep 2010