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Background
Shale Gas Production Boosting in China in Recent Years
Climate Challenge caused by Oil and Gas Production are Raising
Attention
Nine major emission source including Pneumatic Controllers, etc.
were identified
Gas is treated and stored prior to entering
distribution system
Shale Gas Production (X 108 m³)
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>100
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2012
2013 2014 2015 2016
Year
2017 2018
Shale Gas Production in China
(Modified from Zheng et al., 2018)
Flowback water returns to the
surface and is impounded prior
to treatment or reuse
SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT
A vertical well more than a km deep is
300m gradually turned through 90° angle and
continued up to 3km horizontally.
Hydraulic fracture occurs with 7-18
million liters of water which has been
mixed with sand and chemical
amendments to protect down-well
equipment and optimize flow conditions.
700m
Fracture water is pumped at high
pressure to fracture the formation
1100m solids and increase permeability. Sand
or other "proppant" flows into the new
fissures to retain the newly introduced
permeability as down-hole pressure
decreases with the flow of the fracture
1500m water and gas to the surface.
Gas-bearing
Shale Formation
Sand "proppant"
holds open new
permeability as
pressure is released
at the well head
High-pressure water
fractures formation and
increases permeability of
the formation
Formation Gas and
fracture water
return to surface
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Newly introduced
fracture in shale
Well Casing
Perforation
and
Overview of Shale Gas Production Process
(Dzombak et al., 2011)
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