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One company wants to change the way we view fracking

Friday, September 23, 2016 by

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There’s no question that hydraulic fracturing has been linked to an increase in seismic activity. The recent Oklahoma earthquake that shook the ground from Texas to North Dakota had state and federal officials closing water disposal wells and demanding change.

They just might get it what they ask for after issuing a state order to close 37 wells and a federal expansion to include 17 more on Native American land, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Several companies across the country have developed options beyond ejecting water water into the deep disposal wells that threaten to put pressure on underground faults.

Bosque Systems, a company based in Fort Worth, has solutions. Processing about 30 million barrels of fluid a month in oil fields spanning the country, company head Clane LaCrosse says all of the wastewater is treated and put back into the ground for newly fracked wells.

While fracking increased oil and gas production by more than 20 percent from 2007 to 2012, the volume of water produced barely increased, according to The Dallas Morning News. This is because after the initial quick back flow, the ratio of water to gas and oil drops as the well ages.

Learn more: The Dallas Morning News > Search is on for ways to use fracked well water, and Texas may have an answer

 

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