Preface |
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List of Contributors |
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An Introduction to Hydraulic Fracturing |
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1 Environmental Impact - Reality and Myth and Nero Did Not Fiddle While Rome Burned |
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1.1 The Tower of Babel and How it Could be the Cause of Much of the Fracking Debate |
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2 Production Development |
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3 Fractures: Their Orientation and Length |
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3.2 Fracture Length/ Height |
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4 Casing and Cementing |
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4.5 Fracturing and the Groundwater Debate |
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5 Pre-Drill Assessments |
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6 Well Construction |
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7 Well Operations |
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7.1 Well Plug and Abandonment "P&A" |
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8 Failure and Contamination Reduction |
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8.1 Conduct Environmental Sampling Before and During Operations |
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8.2 Disclose the Chemicals Being Used in Fracking Operations |
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8.3 Ensure that Wellbore Casings are Properly Designed and Constructed |
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8.4 Eliminate Venting and Work Toward Green Completions |
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8.5 Prevent Flowback Spillage/Leaks |
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8.6 Dispose/Recycle Flowback Properly |
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8.7 Minimize Noise and Dust |
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8.8 Protect Workers and Drivers |
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8.9 Communicate and Engage |
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9 Frack Fluids and Composition |
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9.1 Uses and Needs for Frack Fluids |
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9.2 Common Fracturing Additives |
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9.3 Typical Percentages of Commonly Used Additives |
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9.6 Resin Coated Proppant |
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9.7 Manufactured Ceramics Proppants |
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10 So Where Do the Frack Fluids Go? |
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11 Common Objections to Drilling Operations |
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11.2 Changes in Landscape and Beauty of Surroundings |
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11.4 Subsurface Contamination of Ground Water |
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11.5 Impacts on Water Wells |
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11.7 Types of Methane and What They Show Us |
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11.10 Possible Causes of Methane in Water Wells |
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11.11 Surface Water and Soil Impacts |
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11.12 Spill Preparation and Documentation |
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11.13 Other Surface Impacts |
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11.14 Land Use Permitting |
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11.15 Water Usage and Management |
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11.18 Flowback and Produced Water Management |
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11.20 Induced Seismic Event |
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11.21 Wastewater Disposal Wells |
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11.23 Regulatory Oversight |
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11.24 Federal Level Oversight |
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11.25 State Level Oversight |
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11.26 Municipal Level Oversight |
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11.27 Examples of Legislation and Regulations |
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11.28 Frack Fluid Makeup Reporting |
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11.30 Atmospheric Emissions |
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12 Air Emissions Controls |
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12.1 Common Sources of Air Emissions |
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12.2 Fugitive Air Emissions |
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12.3 Silica Dust Exposure |
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12.6 Regulated Pollutants |
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12.7 NAAQS Criteria Pollutants |
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12.8 Attainment Versus Non-attainment |
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12.9 Types of Federal Regulations |
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12.11 NSPS Regulations: 40 CFR Part 60 |
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12.13 Facilities/Activities Affected by NSPS OOOO |
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12.14 Other Types of Federal NSPS and NESHAP/MACT Regulations |
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12.18 MACT Subpart HH and Subpart HHH |
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12.20 Construction and Operating New Source Review Permits |
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13 Chemicals and Products on Locations |
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13.1 Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) |
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13.3 Product Identification |
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13.4 Hazardous Ingredients of Mixtures |
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13.6 Fire and Explosion Hazard Data |
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13.8 Emergency and First Aid Procedures |
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13.10 Spill, Leak, and Disposal Procedures |
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13.11 Personal Protection Information |
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108 | (9) |
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13.12 HCS 2012 Safety Data Sheets (SDS) |
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14 Public Perception, the Media, and the Facts |
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14.1 Regulation or Policy Topics: Media Coverage and Public Perception |
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15 Notes from the Field |
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16 Migration of Hydrocarbon Gases |
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16.2 Geochemical Exploration for Petroleum |
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16.3 Primary and Secondary Migration of Hydrocarbons |
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16.3.1 Primary Gas Migration |
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16.3.2 Secondary Gas Migration |
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16.4 Origin of Migrating Hydrocarbon Gases |
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16.4.1 Biogenic vs. Thermogenic Gas |
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16.4.1.1 Sources of Migrating Gases |
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16.4.1.2 Biogenic Methane |
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16.4.1.3 Thermogenic Methane Gas |
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16.4.2 Isotopic Values of Gases |
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16.4.3 Nonhydrocarbon Gases |
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16.4.5 Surface Gas Sampling |
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16.5 Driving Force of Gas Movement |
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16.5.1 Density of a Hydrocarbon Gas under Pressure |
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16.5.2 Sample Problem (Courtesy of Gulf Publishing Company) |
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16.5.3 Other Methods of Computing Natural Gas Compressibility |
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16.5.5 Petrophysical Parameters Affecting Gas Migration |
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16.5.6 Porosity, Void Ratio, and Density |
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16.5.8 Free and Dissolved Gas in Fluid |
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16.5.9 Quantity of Dissolved Gas in Water |
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16.6 Types of Gas Migration |
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16.6.1 Molecular Diffusion Mechanism |
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16.6.2 Discontinuous-Phase Migration of Gas |
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16.6.3 Minimum Height of Gas Column Necessary to Initiate Upward Gas Movement |
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16.6.5 Sample Problem (Courtesy of Gulf Publishing Company) |
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16.6.7 Sample Problem 2.2 (Courtesy of Gulf Publishing Company) |
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16.6.8 Continuous-Phase Gas Migration |
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16.7 Paths of Gas Migration Associated with Oilwells |
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16.7.1 Natural Paths of Gas Migration |
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16.7.2 Man-Made Paths of Gas Migration (boreholes) |
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16.7.2.3 Repressured Wells |
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16.7.3 Creation of Induced Fractures during Drilling |
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16.8 Wells Leaking Due to Cementing Failure |
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16.8.1 Breakdown of Cement |
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16.8.2 Cement Isolation Breakdown (Shrinkage-Circumferential Fractures) |
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16.8.3 Improper Placement of Cement |
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16.9 Environmental Hazards of Gas Migration |
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16.9.1 Explosive Nature of Gas |
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16.9.2 Toxicity of Hydrocarbon Gas |
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16.10 Migration of Gas from Petroleum Wellbores |
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16.10.1 Effect of Seismic Activity |
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16.11 Case Histories of Gas Migration Problems |
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16.11.1 Inglewood Oilfield, CA |
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16.11.2 Los Angeles City Oilfield, CA |
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16.11.2.1 Belmont High School Construction |
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16.11.3 Montebello Oilfield, CA |
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16.11.3.1 Montebello Underground Gas Storage |
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16.11.4 Playa Del Rey Oilfield, CA |
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16.11.4.1 Playa Del Rey underground Gas Storage |
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16.11.5 Salt Lake Oilfield, CA |
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16.11.5.1 Ross Dress for Less Department Store Explosion/Fire, Los Angeles, CA |
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16.11.5.3 South Salt Lake Oilfield Gas Seeps from Gas Injection Project |
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16.11.5.4 Wilshire and Curson Gas Seep, Los Angeles, CA, 1999 |
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16.11.6 Santa Fe Springs Oilfield, CA |
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16.11.7 El Segundo Oilfield, CA |
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16.11.8 Honor Rancho and Tapia Oilfields, CA |
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16.11.9 Sylmar, CA - Tunnel Explosion |
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16.11.10 Hutchinson, KS - Explosion and Fires |
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16.11.11 Huntsman Gas Storage, NE |
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16.11.12 Mont Belvieu Gas Storage Field, TX |
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16.11.13 Leroy Gas Storage Facility, WY |
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References and Bibliography |
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17 Subsidence as a Result of Gas/Oil/Water Production |
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17.2 Theoretical Compaction Models |
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17.3 Theoretical Modeling of Compaction |
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17.3.1 Terzaghi's Compaction Model |
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17.3.2 Athy's Compaction Model |
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17.3.3 Hedberg's Compaction Model |
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17.3.4 Weller's Compaction Model |
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17.3.5 Teodorovich and Chernov's Compaction Model |
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17.3.6 Beall's Compaction Model |
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17.3.7 Katz and Ibrahim Compaction Model |
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17.4 Subsidence Over Oilfields |
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17.4.1 Rate of Subsidence |
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17.4.2 Effect of Earthquakes on Subsidence |
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17.4.3 Stress and Strain Distribution in Subsiding Areas |
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17.4.4 Calculation of Subsidence in Oilfields |
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17.4.5 Permeability Seals for Confined Aquifers |
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17.4.6 Fissures Caused by Subsidence |
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17.5 Case Studies of Subsidence over Hydrocarbon Reservoirs |
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17.5.1 Los Angeles Basin, CA, Oilfields, Inglewood Oilfield, CA |
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17.5.1.1 Baldwin Hills Dam Failure |
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17.5.1.2 Proposed Housing Development |
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17.5.2 Los Angeles City Oilfield, CA |
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17.5.2.1 Belmont High School Construction |
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17.5.3 Playa Del Rey Oilfield, CA |
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17.5.3.1 Playa Del Rey Marina Subsidence |
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17.5.4 Torrance Oilfield, CA |
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17.5.5 Redondo Beach Marina Area, CA |
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17.5.6 Salt Lake Oilfield, CA |
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17.5.7 Santa Fe Springs Oilfield, CA |
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17.5.8 Wilmington Oilfield, Long Beach, CA |
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17.5.9 North Stavropol Oilfield, Russia |
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17.5.10 Subsidence over Venezuelan Oilfields |
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17.5.10.1 Subsidence in the Bolivar Coastal Oilfields of Venezuela |
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17.5.10.2 Subsidence of Facilities |
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17.5.11 Po-Veneto Plain, Italy |
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17.5.12 Subsidence Over the North Sea Ekofisk Oilfield |
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17.5.12.2 Ekofisk Field Description |
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17.5.12.3 Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects |
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18 Effect of Emission of CO2 and CH4 into the Atmosphere |
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18.2 Historic Geologic Evidence |
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18.2.1 Historic Record of Earth's Global Temperature |
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18.2.2 Effect of Atmospheric Carbon Content on Global Temperature |
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18.3.1 Modeling the Planet Earth |
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18.3.2 Modeling the Planet Venus |
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18.3.3 Anthropogenic Carbon Effect on the Earth's Global Temperature |
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18.3.4 Methane Gas Emissions |
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383 | (2) |
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18.3.5 Monitoring of Methane Gas Emissions |
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19 Fracking in the USA |
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Appendix A: Chemicals Used in Fracking |
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Appendix B: State Agency Web Addresses |
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Bibliography: |
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Index |
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