Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
4-2016
ISBN
978-1-943497-03-4
Abstract
Chapter Extract:
Advancements in drilling techniques have broadened possibilities for producing hydrocarbons; but the innovations of unconventional drilling have exacerbated existing threats that the oil and gas industry have posed to water resources while creating new challenges. In today's industry, conventional methods of drilling for free-flowing crude oil are playing a secondary role to unconventional oil and gas production capable of bringing hydrocarbons trapped in tight or previously inaccessible geologic formations. Compared to conventional production, unconventional methods use much greater amounts of water in chemical-laden processes that can impact the availability and purity of freshwater resources in concentrated localities where those mineral reserves are clustered.
First Page
4B-1
Last Page
4B-21
Num Pages
21
Volume Number
2016
Issue Number
3
Series
Mineral Law Series
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Notes
Permission to post this chapter on our institutional repository was obtained from the publisher. To access the entire book, visit Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Digital Library.
Book Title
Water Acquisition and Management for Oil & Gas Development: Legal and Regulatory Requirements
Recommended Citation
Jessica Foster & Gabriel Eckstein,
Framework of Surface and Ground Water in Oklahoma and Texas: Perspectives for Oil and Gas Development,
in
2016
Water Acquisition and Management for Oil & Gas Development: Legal and Regulatory Requirements
4B-1
(2016).
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