Thursday, June 28, 2012

What the Frac!

ABOUT HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUIDS:
 Is a method used to obtain Natural Gas from things shale bedrock.
The question I had was "What is Frac Fluid made with".  For a limited time I am offering this recipe for FRAC SOUP!  1st you get some water add some sand and a bunch of other stuff.  As I understand 'Hydraulic Fracturing' is like 90% water 9.5% sand and .5% other stuff.  The problem with the 'other stuff' is we are talking about using truck loads of fracturing fluids in every hole.

Lets make some FRAC SOUP!  Water __,  Sand __, Acid __, Biocide__, Breaker (Stabilizes the gel that will soon form.  How else can water suspend sand?)__, Clay Stabilizer __, Corrosion Inhibitor( For the steel casing used to line the Fracking Hole.)__,Cross Linker(Maintains fluid<gel>viscosity)__,Friction Reducer(We are supposed to break ground rock with this)__, 'GELLING AGENT'(I get this vision of a "Liquid Plumber" commercial where the chemicals form a sort of foam snake to "Wash those problems down the drain".)__, Iron Control(prevents metal particles from forming)__,Non-Emulsifiers, and (My timer is running out:)PH Adjusting agents,scale inhibitors, surfacants,  Mix well and inject under pressure under ground to bust up shale rock, . 

Next where does the stuff go?  Boys and girls wait till I tell you about extracting oil from "oil
sands".