Session No. 5
Sunday, 19 March 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Monongahela, 17th Floor (Omni William Penn Hotel)
T20. Environmental and Engineering Problems and Solutions Associated with the Marcellus-Utica Shale Play
Wendell Barner, Advocates
8:05 AM
SOURCES OF BARIUM IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCED WATERS
TIEMAN, Zachary Garrison1, STEWART, Brian W.
1, PHAN, Thai T.
2, CAPO, Rosemary C.
1, HAKALA, J. Alexandra
3 and LOPANO, Christina L.
3, (1)Department of Geology & Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (2)Research and Innovation Center, National Energy Technology Laboratory - U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA 15236; Department of Geology & Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (3)Research and Innovation Center, National Energy Technology Laboratory - U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, zgtieman@gmail.com, zgtieman@gmail.com
8:45 AM
A GEOCHEMICAL CONTEXT FOR STRAY GAS INVESTIGATIONS IN THE N. APPALACHIAN BASIN: IMPLICATIONS OF ANALYSES OF NATURAL GASES FROM NEOGENE-THROUGH-DEVONIAN-AGE STRATA
BALDASSARE, Fred, 1229 Twelve Oaks Ct, Murrysville, PA 15668, MCCAFFREY, Mark, 3141 Hood Street, Suite 103, Dallas, TX 75219 and HARPER, John A., Pennsylvania Geological Survey (ret), 5430 Fredanna St, Pittsburgh, PA 15207, fbaldassare@echelonagc.com, fbaldassare@echelonagc.com
9:05 AM
CHARACTERIZING SOURCES OF TURBIDITY IN STREAM SEDIMENTS IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE GAS-WELL DRILLING REGION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
BELL, Matthew1, NASH, Rose T.
1 and KHALEQUZZAMAN, Md.
2, (1)Geology & Physics, Lock Haven University, 301 W. Church St., 113 ECSC, Lock Haven, PA 17745, (2)Geology & Physics, Lock Haven University, 114 East Campus Science Center, Department of Geology & Physics, Lock Haven University, Lock haven, PA 17745, mlb5440@lhup.edu, mlb5440@lhup.edu
9:40 AM
QUANTIFYING METHANE EMISSIONS FROM ABANDONED LEGACY GAS WELLS IN INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
RUDOLCHICK, Molly Jo, Geoscience, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Walsh Hall, Room 111, 302 East Walk, Indiana, PA, PA 15705, jbrt@iup.edu, jbrt@iup.edu
10:20 AM
EVALUATING RISK OF INDUCED SEISMICITY IN PENNSYLVANIA FROM DISPOSAL WELL OPERATIONS
SKOFF, Dale, 661 Andersen Drive, Foster Plaza 7, Pittsburgh, PA 15220 and BILLMAN, Dan, 470 Spruce Lane, Houston, PA 15342, dale.skoff@tetratech.com, dale.skoff@tetratech.com
10:40 AM
EVALUATING THE REGIONAL SCALE POTENTIAL FOR (INDUCED?) SEISMICITY IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN AND THE NORTHEASTERN US AND SOUTHEASTERN CANADA FROM POTENTIAL FIELDS, SEISMICITY, AND THE WORLD STRESS MAP
HOROWITZ, Franklin G., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 3134 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 and EBINGER, Cynthia J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, frank.horowitz@cornell.edu, frank.horowitz@cornell.edu
![[Visit Client Website]](/img/gsa/banner.jpg)