Global shale gas exploration experience can learn from America's five largest

The United States has become the world's number one producer of natural gas, outside the United States, although the development of  shale gas  reserves in its infancy, but you can learn a lot of lessons learned from the United States. Accenture, a global management consulting firm released a report today, "Water and shale gas development" as-introduction. Report writing, one of Accenture Greater China vice president ...
"The United States has become the world's number one producer of natural gas, outside the United States, although the development of shale gas reserves in its infancy, but you can learn a lot of lessons learned from the United States." Global management consulting firm Accenture report released today, "Water and shale gas development "In the case described.
 
Report writing, one of Accenture Greater China Vice President Yang Wei [microblogging] China Economic Times reporter, said the global shale gas resource development has entered a rapid development track, which caused environmental problems remain worrying, especially in relation to water use issues especially. Therefore, the report said, operators should develop their capacity in five key areas, in order to stand out in the current industry structure.
 
Operators should first focus wastewater treatment problems. For a long time, managing oil and gas production operations generate common method of water generated by injecting into the reservoir for processing, in order to maintain or enhance oil recovery, or by Underground Injection to Class II Environmental Protection Agency approved saline wells. Water-saving measures and the lack of new areas of processing power, so that people are more concerned with research on generating water recycling and reuse, in particular whether the on-site treatment and reuse. Although the short term, without going through too much  hydraulic fracturing  can be carried back to the pre-treatment water reuse is a viable solution, but operators need to seriously consider that produce large amounts of high-saturated brine term impacts.
 
In shale gas production, has developed many techniques for waste water treatment, such as reuse and recycling, and has been used in a variety of different carriers circumstances, for example, with or without pretreatment, from simple filtering the high crystallization method, but their cost is clearly higher than the traditional approach.
 
Second, reduce water use and emissions intensity. With the global shortage of freshwater resources, the growing pressure on the public use of water for shale gas monitoring and reporting requirements continue to increase, people will increasingly concerned about how to reduce the intensity of water use in the production process. You can help by improving operational efficiency goals, including configuration and optimization of drilling wells in each well site number; through the end of wastewater reuse to maximize the value of water resources; current industry focus on the development of small water demand proppant, and to seek alternative methods of hydraulic fracturing, both for shale gas production to reduce water consumption intensity made positive efforts.
 
Third, operators must improve their data management capabilities, as regulators increased shale gas operators to provide operational throughout the life cycle of all the materials used data requirements, particularly water use data. Yang Wei believes that larger operators to benefit from such a data management system for the development and deployment of economies of scale.
 
Fourth, the report says, ranging from water supply to support fracturing operations, to the waste transfer reports, and support compliance requirements and a series of logistics activities in the shale play an important role in development. Therefore need to develop a specific strategy for shale gas stream, so that the overall strategy of developing shale gas play a central role.
 
It is reported that some of the industry's leading carriers in North America have successfully used such as traffic control tower, etc., will help to manage environmental health and safety risks and improve business performance and achieve cost-effectiveness.
 
Fifth, strengthen cooperation. Report warned operators, regulators and other operators to strengthen the co-operation in order to reduce operating strength, for example, shared logistics, sharing spare capacity, shared infrastructure. Through shared these key regulatory areas of risk, operators can reduce their own environmental footprint.