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Year over year, more water is being used to frack Ohio’s shale wells

Friday, February 12, 2016 by

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According to The Columbus Dispatch, water use for fracking in Ohio increased by 10 percent from 2013 to 2014. In 2015, companies fracking oil and gas wells in the Buckeye State used 36 million more gallons than in the previous year. In 2014, an average of 7.6 million gallons of water was used per well.

A discrepancy in the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ analysis of fracking water use shows that overall water use has decreased while the average amount of water per well has increased.

Waterless fracking was tested last year in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, but STEP Energy decided to table the test since the well’s results weren’t strong enough to justify the well’s high cost.

Via: The Columbus Dispatch > Drillers using more water to frack Ohio shale

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One Comment

  1. FED-UP & POd FARMER says:

    The use of liquid nitrogen as a fracking agent should be more seriously studied. While the initial cost may be higher, there is no after-use costs or environmental costs as it reverts back to its gaseous state and leaves all impurities in the well, unlike water that absorbs the impurities and needs to be disposed of properly. Liquid nitrogen is made from pulling nitrogen from existing air-so this ‘cycle’ would be ‘natural’ and environmentally sound so the ‘greenies’ would have nothing to complain about.

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