Shale Gas Analyses, Are you Getting Unconventional Results?

Oral Presentation

Prepared by A. Martin1, R. Vitale2, D. Gratson3
1 - Environmental Standards Inc, 1140 Valley Forge Road, Valley Forge, PA, 19482, United States
2 - Environmental Standards, Inc, 1140 Valley Forge Road, Valley Forge, PA, 19482, United States
3 - Environmental Standards, Inc., 11200 Richmond Avenue, Suite 350, Houston, TX, 77082, United States


Contact Information: amartin@envstd.com; 610-935-5577


ABSTRACT

Analyses of waters, and aqueous-based materials used and/or produced during unconventional drilling can pose challenging problems to the laboratory analyst, and the decision maker. In many cases the matrices are sufficiently different and vastly more complex compared to typical environmental samples that the analytical methods require modifications in order to yield meaningful data. This presentation will focus on method modification and quality issues associated with measurement of sample matrices encountered during E&P operations in shale gas.