Chesapeake testing green frac fluids

Green: Chesapeake testing environmentally friendly frac fluid

Chesapeake Energy

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 02 October 2012 18:37 GMT

US gas giant Chesapeake Energy is testing hydraulic-fracturing fluids composed solely of environmentally-benign components in wells, according to a report.

Chesapeake plans to develop a 100% green mixture of fluids used to fracture gas and oil formations underground, Jody Jones, the company’s manager of environmental and regulatory affairs, said on Tuesday during a gathering of energy-industry executives in Columbus, Ohio, Bloomberg reported.

Current frac fluid formulations often include hazardous components such as hydrochloric acid or diesel fuel and environmentalists say the practice poses a threat to water supplies.

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake is testing various green recipes in several shale formations that Jones declined to identify.

“It’s not quite there yet,” Jones said at…

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