Bob, exciting GasFrac gnu's ... !!!
My 630-pound baby Black brother owns land in up-state
New York. Many companies are interested in fracking the
shale under his land in Tioga County, but the locals are
afraid of the pollution caused by water-fracking. Enter
stage right one little ol' Canuck driller named GasFrac:
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To: Tioga County Landowners Group
Many of you know that we have been very enthusiastic about the technology developed by a Canadian company from Calgary, Alberta. GASFRAC Energy Services Inc's. has a proprietary LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) fracturing process which utilizes gelled LPG in place of conventional fracturing fluids. The unique properties of the LPG fracturing process result in significant savings on material expenses and fracture clean up, as well as increased well productivity. Over the past several years they have become publicly traded and have fraced hundreds of wells. This is an important meeting to hear from the company there story. Sorry for the short notice but I was in Albany meeting with legislators and the DEC for the past two days.
Topic: HYDRAULIC FRACKING WITH PROPANE
Speaker: Robert Lestz
Program Chairman: Arthur L. Ruoff, Larry Cathles
Sponsored by Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
1) Robert Lestz is the inventor of a fracking technique which does not use water, thus eliminating the possible problems with hydrofracking. He is also the chief engineer of the company which makes the systems.
2) Successfully used in 700 wells in Canada.
3) Additives to propane are patented, openly published, and they are approved by OSHA.
4) There is no (or negligible) flaring.
5) There are no settling ponds.
6) 95% of the propane, along with the natural gas, is in a single gaseous phase with natural gas and comes up along with some sand and additives. These are separated. The propane is used for the next well. The natural gas goes to the pipeline.
7) For a 6-well platform, only seven loaded trucks are used to bring in the propane compared to about 30 trucks in and nearly 30 out with water.
TIME: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 7:30pm
PLACE: Kulp Auditorium, Ithaca High School
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