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Permalink Reply by Stevew on June 1, 2011 at 20:56

I'm glad to see Texas going forward with this. Disclosure only makes common sense given that we are using public waters and the waste from our wells can contaminate water supplies.

 

I'd like to see a fairly safe standardized fracking fluid.  Do any companies still use diesel fuel?  I think Haliburton has developed a frac fluid that they disclose all their ingredients.

 

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Permalink Reply by Phillip Briggs on June 2, 2011 at 4:17

I'm all for disclosure.

 

However, anytime a politician uses the word "common sense" my radar goes into overdrive...

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Permalink Reply by Paul Jobe on June 2, 2011 at 4:57

Actually, there isn't a service company (at least one of the big 4) that openly and completely discloses all of their ingredients, mainly due to proprietary ingredients/mixtures.  Halliburton has "CleanStim" but discloses nothing past the MSDS. Baker's "SmartCare" does the same, and primarily states "BTEX free".  TriCan's "EcoClean" only states "Passes microtoxicity testing". FracTech's "EcoGreen" states "mineral oil based friction reducers and "green" surfactants".   Other smaller companies are similar in their vague statements of disclosure.  Currently, most will not openly venture much past the MSDS.

The only company that is being proactive and currently openly discloses additives in their fracturing fluid systems is Schlumberger.  Their "OpenFRAC" systems cover slickwater, linear gel and crosslinked gel applications, and the message is that these are systems "without Priority Pollutants & National Primary Drinking Water contaminants".  Wherever full, open-disclosure is required, OpenFRAC is offered as a solution to those regulations, such as in North Dakota. 

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Permalink Reply by PJ on June 2, 2011 at 16:30

Paul so valuable, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Stevew on June 2, 2011 at 19:08

So, it's Schlumberger who has developed the fully disclosed frac fluid and not Haliburton??

 

Some of these names are hilarious!  "EcoClean" and "EcoGreen" fracking fluids.  Next someone will put "100% Earthquake Proof" on a label!

 

Sorry, I don't mean to be irreverent. I am glad to see any safer fracking fluids on the market.  We need fluids and it's great some companies are responding.  This could be a huge worldwide market.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Mac Davis on June 3, 2011 at 7:26

Obviously, the Texas state legislators haven't been getting enough bribe money from the drillers and are working hard to remedy the situation. 

 

It's criminal that anyone would even consider the idea that these companies can put this stuff into the environment and not fully disclose the contents.

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