Reviews of Science for Science Librarians: Hydraulic Fracturing: Geological, Engineering, and Environmental Literature

Hydraulic fracturing, an engineering process used to access previously unreachable reservoirs of oil and natural gas, is currently the subject of much interest and debate in local and national media. This article examines the literature of hydraulic fracturing from geological, engineering, and environmental perspectives. This growing body of literature includes academic journals, trade publications, newspaper and magazine articles, and websites.

[1]  V. R. Tagirova.  Hydraulic fracture crack propagation driven by a non-Newtonian fluid , 2009 .

[2]  R. Jackson,et al.  Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing , 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

[3]  Christoph Siegenthaler.  Hydraulic Fracturing—A Potential Risk for the Safety of Clay-Sealed Underground Repositories for Hazardous Wastes , 1987 .

[4]  D A V I,et al.  Natural Gas Plays in the Marcellus Shale : Challenges and Potential Opportunities , 2010 .

[5]  W. Miller,et al.  In-Situ Stress Profiling and Prediction of Hydraulic Fracture Azimuth for the West Texas Canyon Sands Formation , 1994 .

[6]  S Pacala,et al.  Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies , 2004, Science.

[7]  Leon Bennun,et al.  Horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011. , 2011, Trends in ecology & evolution.

[8]  K. Sakaguchi,et al.  Fractal concept in numerical simulation of hydraulic fracturing of the hot dry rock geothermal reservoir , 2003 .

[9]  Mark D. Zoback,et al.  Assessing the economic feasibility of regional deep saline aquifer CO2 injection and storage: A geomechanics-based workflow applied to the Rose Run sandstone in Eastern Ohio, USA , 2008 .

[10]  Samuel S. Harrison.  Evaluating System for Ground‐Water Contamination Hazards Due to Gas‐Well Drilling on the Glaciated Appalachian Plateau , 1983 .

[11]  W. D. Laguna.  RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL BY HYDRAULIC FRACTURING. , 1970 .

[12]  S U S A N K E M B A L L-C O O K, *, † A M N O N B A,et al.  Ozone Impacts of Natural Gas Development in the Haynesville Shale , 2010 .

[14]  Panos Papanastasiou,et al.  Hydraulic fracturing , 2006 .

[15]  Hazim H. Abass,et al.  Nonplanar Fracture Propagation From a Horizontal Wellbore: Experimental Study , 1996 .

[16]  Leen Weijers,et al.  Physical and Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Closure , 1996 .

[17]  Zhaoping Meng,et al.  In-situ stress, pore pressure and stress-dependent permeability in the Southern Qinshui Basin , 2011 .

[18]  Subhash N. Shah,et al.  Temperature and Salinity Effects on Drag-Reduction Characteristics of Polymers in Coiled Tubing , 2011 .

[19]  Karen Bybee.  Design of a Fracturing Fluid for a Deepwater Well , 2007 .

[20]  D. L. Marcus,et al.  Results of the reactant sand-fracking pilot test and implications for the in situ remediation of chlorinated VOCs and metals in deep and fractured bedrock aquifers. , 1999, Journal of hazardous materials.

[21]  Michael J. Mayerhofer,et al.  Resolving Created, Propped and Effective Hydraulic Fracture Length , 2009 .

[22]  T. Colborn,et al.  Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective , 2011 .

[23]  D. S. Pope,et al.  Effects of Viscous Fingering on Fracture Conductivity , 1996 .

[24]  A. Ingraffea,et al.  Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations , 2011 .

[25]  S. L. Chen,et al.  Poromechanics response of an inclined borehole subject to in-situ stress and finite length fluid discharge , 2010 .

[26]  W. Daly,et al.  Poly(oxyalkylene) grafts to guar gum with applications in hydraulic fracturing fluids , 2006 .

[27]  Alex Tullo.  STEPPING ON THE GAS: North American petrochemical makers are benefiting from domestic NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT , 2009 .

[28]  Emmanuel M Detournay,et al.  Plane strain propagation of a hydraulic fracture in a permeable rock , 2008 .

[29]  M. Fehler,et al.  Observations of long period earthquakes accompanying hydraulic fracturing , 1986 .

[30]  U. Frank,et al.  Remediation of low permeability subsurface formations by fracturing enhancement of soil vapor extraction , 1995 .