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Below are some examples of shale plays that can benefit from Brisben Water mobile water recycling solutions: Barnett Shale Woodford/Arkoma Basin Fayetteville Shale Haynesville Shale Marcellus Shale Piceance Basin

In an era of declining production and increasing demand, economically producing gas from unconventional sources is the next level of the fossil-fuel recovery challenge. The mammoth volume and long-term potential of these unconventional shale plays are driving technical progress. Attractive gas prices in North America and unprecedented interest in world markets are bringing unconventional gas to the forefront in our energy future. Brisben Water Technologies is leading the way to solve the technology challenges involved in water recycling initiatives for unconventional gas plays.

Shale gas is now recognized as the fastest-growing sector in the United States energy industry. While shale gas development had its start in the early 1980s, it wasn't until a decade later that new technologies brought shale gas production back into focus as a commercially viable venture.

What is an ’unconventional shale play‘? As with a conventional gas field, wells are drilled down to the gas deposits, which may lie two miles or more beneath the surface. However, in an unconventional shale play, the gas is trapped in a tight shale formation, much as water is held in a sponge.

When the shale is reached, the well is drilled horizontally through the deposit. To release the gas, approximately 4.5 million gallons of water is mixed with very fine sand and forced down the well at high pressure. This ‘hydraulic fracturing’ process cracks the shale, creating a path for the gas to flow through the wellbore and up to the surface.

During the first 2-3 weeks of flowback, approximately 1.5 million gallons of water returns to the surface for each well. Traditionally, this flowback water has been loaded into tanker trucks and hauled away to deep-injection disposal sites or holding ponds.  Brisben Water Ozonix™ provides a mobile water treatment system to recycle this water, at the well site, and return clean water and clean brine water for reuse or return to the environment.