Much of the “produced water” that comes back up the well bore after completing a well is contaminated – not only with fracking fluids – but with numerous naturally-occurring chemicals and compounds like salt, various sediments and sometimes even low-level radioactive material. “So while many of my environmental friends are screaming that the oil and gas business is going to destroy the planet because there is not enough water, I think it’s just the opposite. I think the oil and gas business does nothing better than invest in technologies that make a difference, and wow, are we aligned that we need water in order to make hydraulic fracturing work? We’re going to have to find ways to use very impaired groundwater that could never be considered drinking water economically right now, we’re going to find ways to use that water, we’re going to find ways to clean it up and you all are going to be amazed. And humanity is going to look back 100 years and say ‘wow, if they hadn’t made that investment, who would have?’,” Cooper said. breakingenergy/2013/10/08/oil-industry-and-fracking-could-help-solve-looming-global-water-crisis/
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:45:42 +0000
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