Sources and Migration of Stray Gas in Groundwater Associated with Shale Gas Development

Tuesday, April 25, 2017: 8:15 a.m.-12:50 p.m.

Moderator:
Daniel Soeder, MS
8:15 a.m.
A Geochemical Context for Stray Gas Investigations in the N. Appalachian Basin

Fred Baldassare, P.G.1, Mark McCaffrey, Ph.D2 and John Harper, Ph.D3, (1)Echelon Applied Geoscience Consulting, Murrysville, PA, (2)Geosciences, Weatherford Laboratories, Dallas, TX, (3)Natural History, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA

8:35 a.m.
8:55 a.m.
Surface Casing Pressure, Well Integrity Loss, and Stray Gas Migration in the Wattenberg Field, Colorado

Greg Lackey1, Harihar Rajaram2, Owen Sherwood2, Troy Burke1 and Joseph Ryan3, (1)Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, (2)Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, (3)Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO

9:15 a.m.
Hydrocarbons in Groundwater Overlying the Eagle Ford, Fayetteville, and Haynesville Shale UOG Development Areas

Peter B. McMahon, Ph.D.1, Jeannie Barlow, PhD2, Mark A. Engle, Ph.D.3, Kenneth Belitz4, Patricia Ging5, Andrew Hunt6, Yousif Kharaka7, Bryant C. Jurgens8, Roland Tollett9 and Timothy Kresse10, (1)USGS, Denver, CO, (2)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Jackson, MS, (3)Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, USGS, Reston, VA, (4)National Water Quality Assessment Program, U.S. Geological Survey, Boston, MA, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Austin, TX, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, (7)U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, (8)U.S. Geological Survey, California Water Science Center, Sacramento, CA, (9)U.S. Geological Survey, Ruston, LA, (10)U.S. Geological Survey, Little Rock, AR

9:35 a.m.
Analysis of Sustained Casing Annular Pressure in Relation to Stray Gas Assessment

Tom Tomastik, P.G.1, J. Daniel Arthur, PE2, Will Green, P.G.3 and Jeff Kennedy4, (1)ALL Consulting, Columbus, OH, (2)ALL Consulting, LLC, Tulsa, OK, (3)ALL Consulting, Cadiz, OH, (4)ALL Consulting, Tulsa, OK

9:55 a.m.
Approaches for High Resolution Monitoring for Groundwater Impacts from Shale Gas Development

Beth Parker, PhD, University of Guelph, College of Physical and Engineering Science, G360 Institute for Groundwater Research, Guelph, Ontario, ON, Canada

10:15 a.m.
Group Activity

10:25 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m.
Breakout Session: Research Needs for Stray Gas

11:50 a.m.
Lunch (provided)

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