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A Model for Shale Gas Wastewater Management

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  • Shih, Jhih-Shyang

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  • Swiedler, Elaine

    (Resources for the Future)

  • Krupnick, Alan

    (Resources for the Future)

Abstract

Unconventional oil and gas production using hydraulic fracturing generates significant quantities of wastewater that may contain potentially harmful pollutants. The concerns associated with shale gas development necessitate an investigation of shale gas water and wastewater management using a systematic approach to make sure that shale gas development is environmentally sustainable. In this research, we adopt an integrated system analysis approach to examine the life cycle of water in the hydraulic fracturing process. Specifically, we developed a multi-objective programming model for shale gas water and wastewater management that incorporates the objectives of four types of decisionmakers: oil and gas well developers and operators, centralized wastewater treatment facility planners and operators, environmental regulators, and social planners. This paper lays out a modeling framework that can, in the future, be used for a case study of optimal shale gas water and wastewater management. It also provides directions for future expansion of the model.

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  • Shih, Jhih-Shyang & Swiedler, Elaine & Krupnick, Alan, 2016. "A Model for Shale Gas Wastewater Management," RFF Working Paper Series dp-16-44, Resources for the Future.
    • Handle: RePEc:rff:dpaper:dp-16-44
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    Cited by:

    1. Oke, Doris & Mukherjee, Rajib & Sengupta, Debalina & Majozi, Thokozani & El-Halwagi, Mahmoud M., 2019. "Optimization of water-energy nexus in shale gas exploration: From production to transmission," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 183(C), pages 651-669.
    2. Xu, Minhong & Xu, Yilan & Khanna, Madhu, 2022. "Does Unconventional Energy Extraction Generate More Wastewater? A Lifetime Perspective," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).

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    Keywords

    Shale gas; wastewater; onsite; offsite; storage; deep well injection; reclaimed wastewater; road damage; earthquake; environmental externality; siting; mathematical programming; optimization;
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    JEL classification:

    • L95 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities
    • Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy
    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics

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