Approaches and Technology for Monitoring Groundwater near Shale Gas Wells

Tuesday, April 25, 2017: 12:50 p.m.-5:40 p.m.

Moderator:
Anthony Gorody, Ph.D., P.G.
12:50 p.m.
Recommended Practices for Baseline Sampling of Water Wells in Areas of Shale Gas Development

Stephen Richardson, Ph.D., PE,1, Lisa Molofsky, P.G.2, Anthony Gorody, Ph.D., P.G.3, Fred Baldassare, P.G.4, Ann Smith, P.E., BCEE1 and John A. Connor, PE, PG, DE2, (1)GSI Environmental, Inc., Austin, TX, (2)GSI Environmental, Inc., Houston, TX, (3)Universal Geoscience Consulting, Inc., Houston, TX, (4)Echelon Applied Geoscience Consulting, Murrysville, PA

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1:10 p.m.
Assessing the Environmental Impacts on Groundwater Quality in Areas of Unconventional Energy Resource Development

Bernhard Mayer, Ph.D., Department of Geosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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1:30 p.m.
Stable Isotope and Radiocarbon Evidence for Biogenic Coalbed Methane in Groundwater Wells in Utica Shale

Amy Townsend-Small, Departments of Geology and Geography, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

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1:50 p.m.
Evaluating Changes in Freshwater Quality Using Groundwater Monitoring Wells in Areas of Natural-Gas Development

Erica Barth-Naftilan, Master of Environmental Management, Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT

2:10 p.m.
Hydrogeophysical Log Analysis of Four Water-Supply Test Wells along an Appalachian Plateau Topographic Profile

John H. Williams1, Dennis W. Risser2 and James A. Anderson3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Troy, NY, (2)PA Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, New Cumberland, PA, (3)U. S. Geological Survey, Troy, NY

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2:30 p.m.
Break

3:00 p.m.
Validating a Discriminant Analysis Model Used to Distinguish Salinity Contamination from Deicers vs Produced Water

Nathaniel Chien, Laura Lautz, Greg Hoke and Zunli Lu, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

3:20 p.m.
A Flux Based Approach for Monitoring Hydraulic Fracturing Constituents in Groundwater

Michael D. Annable, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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3:40 p.m.
A Spatial Data Approach for Assessing Groundwater Resources, Risks, and Uncertainty

Kelly Rose, Ph.D.1, Jennifer Bauer1 and Nataleigh Vann2, (1)National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy, Albany, OR, (2)Albany, OR

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4:00 p.m.
Microbial Activity in Hydraulic Fracturing Produced Water from Two Shale Gas Reservoirs

Daniel Lipus1, Djuna Gulliver2 and Kyle Bibby1, (1)Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, (2)NETL-DOE, Pittsburgh, PA

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4:20 p.m.
Regional Monitoring/Analysis of the Effects of Oil and Gas Development on Groundwater in California

Matthew K. Landon1, Peter B. McMahon, Ph.D.2, Justin T. Kulongoski, Ph.D.3, Janice Gillespie, Ph.D.4, David Shimabukuro, Ph.D.5, Lyndsay Ball, Ph.D.2 and Kimberly Taylor, Ph.D.6, (1)US Geological Survey, San Diego, CA, (2)USGS, Denver, CO, (3)USGS, San Diego, CA, (4)USGS, Bakersfield, CA, (5)Geology Department, CSU Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, (6)USGS, Sacramento, CA

4:40 p.m.
EOG Resources' Baseline Groundwater Monitoring Program for the Bakken

Justin Soberaski1, Jim Aiken1 and Ross Talboom2, (1)Barr Engineering Company, Bismarck, ND, (2)EOG Resources, Inc, Denver, CO

5:00 p.m.
In-line Sampling and Fixed Gas Analyses Help to Evaluate Dissolved Hydrocarbon Concentrations

Anthony Gorody, Ph. D., P.G., Universal Geoscience Consulting, Inc., Houston, TX

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5:20 p.m.
Probabilistic Risk Assessment: Perspectives on Groundwater Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities

Carolyn Rodak, Civil Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Utica, NY

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