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An Independent Scientific Assessment of Well Stimulation in California Volume II: Potential Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing and Acid Stimulations
An Independent Scientific Assessment of Well Stimulation in California Volume II: Potential Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing and Acid Stimulations
California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) | July 1, 2015...SummaryIn 2013, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), setting the framework for regulation of well stimulation technologies in California, including...
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Data from Exploratory Sampling of Groundwater in Selected Oil and Gas Areas of Coastal Los Angeles County and Kern and Kings Counties in Southern San Joaquin Valley, 2014–15
$0.00Data from Exploratory Sampling of Groundwater in Selected Oil and Gas Areas of Coastal Los Angeles County and Kern and Kings Counties in Southern San Joaquin Valley, 2014–15
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | December 9, 2016...SummaryExploratory sampling of groundwater in coastal Los Angeles County and Kern and Kings Counties of the southern San Joaquin Valley was done by...
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Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources: Separating the Frack from the Fiction
$0.00Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources: Separating the Frack from the Fiction
Pacific Institute | June 21, 2012...SummaryHydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” has generated growing controversy in the past few years. New research from the Pacific Institute finds the real issues...
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Hydraulic fracturing in faulted sedimentary basins: Numerical simulation of potential contamination of shallow aquifers over long time scales
Hydraulic fracturing in faulted sedimentary basins: Numerical simulation of potential contamination of shallow aquifers over long time scales
American Geophysical Union (AGU) | December 12, 2013...SummaryHydraulic fracturing, used to economically produce natural gas from shale formations, has raised environmental concerns. The objective of this study is to assess one...
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Hydraulic fracturing near domestic groundwater wells
$0.00Hydraulic fracturing near domestic groundwater wells
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) | December 12, 2017...SummaryHydraulic fracturing operations are generating considerable discussion about their potential to contaminate aquifers tapped by domestic groundwater wells. Groundwater wells located closer to...
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Inorganic, isotopic, and organic composition of high-chloride water from wells in a coastal southern California aquifer
Inorganic, isotopic, and organic composition of high-chloride water from wells in a coastal southern California aquifer
Applied Geochemistry, Elsevier | August 1, 2005...SummaryChloride concentrations were as high as 230 mg/L in water from the surface discharge of long-screened production wells in Pleasant Valley, Calif., about 100 km...
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Multiple-Well Monitoring Site Adjacent to the Lost Hills Oil Field, Kern County, California
Multiple-Well Monitoring Site Adjacent to the Lost Hills Oil Field, Kern County, California
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | February 20, 2020...SummaryThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the California State Water Resources Control Board, is evaluating several questions about oil and gas...
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Oil, Food, and Water: Challenges and Opportunities for California Agriculture
$0.00Oil, Food, and Water: Challenges and Opportunities for California Agriculture
Pacific Institute | December 1, 2015...SummaryA new comprehensive study by the Pacific Institute sheds light on the risks posed when oil and gas exploration and production operate alongside...
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Potential Impacts of Future Geological Storage of CO2 on the Groundwater Resources in California’s Central Valley: Southern San Joaquin Basin Oil and Gas Production Analog for Geologic Carbon Storage
Potential Impacts of Future Geological Storage of CO2 on the Groundwater Resources in California’s Central Valley: Southern San Joaquin Basin Oil and Gas Production Analog for Geologic Carbon Storage
California Energy Commission (CEC) | May 1, 2013...SummaryThis study investigated the potential impacts of the injection and storage of large quantities of carbon dioxide on shallow water resources in California’s...
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Preliminary Results from Exploratory Sampling of Wells for the California Oil, Gas, and Groundwater Program, 2014–15
$0.00Preliminary Results from Exploratory Sampling of Wells for the California Oil, Gas, and Groundwater Program, 2014–15
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | January 26, 2017...SummaryIn 2014 and 2015, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) sampled water wells in the Los Angeles Basin and southern San Joaquin Valley, California,...
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