Report on Ecology and Sustainability: Hydraulic fracturing in the NT(Northern Territory)
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Running head: ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITYEcology and SustainabilityName of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note:
1ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITYHydraulic fracturing in the NT Potential for the use of hydraulic fracturing in the extraction of onshore deposits ofhydrocarbon resources in the NTThe hydraulic fracturing or the fraccing is a form of technique that are used for theincrease the permeability of the oil and the formation of the gas in order to maximize the amountof the products that are extracted. It involves the pumping of the fluids that are the mixtures thatare comprised that are mainly of the water and proppant into oil and the gas formations at ahigher pressure (Divko 2015). However, in the recent past there is a significant concernsregarding the potential form of the environment and the impacts of the health that are beingassociated with the activities of the hydraulic fracturing. The hydraulic fracturing is the creation and the enhancement of the fracture of the rocksthat are been used as a gas or the fluid for injecting the high level of the pressure. Thisphenomenon increases the ability of the water and the gas to flow through the coal seam that canbe useful for the enhancement of the removal of the extraction of the water from the coal seamgas. The hydraulic fracturing are performed where there are natural permeability of the coalseam that sometimes become insufficient to allow the commercial form of recovery of the coalseam gas to increase the rates of production (Ingelson and Hunter 2014). The extraction of the coal seam gases does not always involve the hydraulic form of thefracturing. It has been observed that out of the 1844 coal seam gases that have been drilled inAustralia, over the period of fifteen months in the year 2012 and 2013. In this period it has, beenobserved that, 6% were subjected to the hydraulic fracturing. Moreover, Queensland has a good
2ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITYproportion that can be helpful in increasing about 10 to 40 percent of the expansion of theindustry. However, while following the production during the drilling of the well are found to bethe extensive form of the assessment that are being carried out for the requirements of theoptimisation for the process of hydraulic fracturing. The process of hydraulic fracturing involvesthe isolation of the target of coal seams through correcting the well construction and theperforations of the well that are casing at the specific form of interval where the target coalseems that have been located. For instance, it has been observed that when the coal seems arelimited in form of their thickness, the hydraulic fracturing are then used for connecting theseparate form of the seams for the targeted horizons that has the thickness of about two to fivecentimetres. The integrity of the wells is of paramount importance for the sustainable development forthe onshore oil and the gas industry of the Northern Territory. It has been seen that good form ofthe integrity adding up with the rigorous form of procedures that are well controlled ensures thatthe products that are extracted from the target formation are contained within the well that havebeen recovered from the surface (Maloney 2015). The failure of the well integrity can causecontamination of the aquifer, emissions that are fugitive in nature and the rise in the level of thegas that are present in the natural bores for water. Therefore, the careful form of theconsideration of the design, operations and the constructions of the wells is very much neededfor the long-term integrity. It has been seen that most of the oil and gas extraction on the onshore requires a hugevolumes of the water that are to be managed (Ingelson and Hunter 2014). The several other form
3ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITYof the natural gas such as coal seams, shells and conventional have the different form of thewater profiles and the requirements. One of the important factors for the convention andhydraulic form of drilling is water. For extracting the natural gas from the formation of the deepshale in the horizontal form of the wells that are up to 20 megalitres per fracture events that canbe required. Nonetheless, the amount of the water that is required for the extraction varies greatlybetween the formations of the geography. However, there are general forms of the principles thatare been applicable for all the forms of the natural gas that was extracted from onshore. Thecoexistence of the industry of gas industry with the industry of the agriculture that are highlydependent on the availability of water for their livelihood makes the efficient management ofwater management throughout the projects of oil and gas project life cycles have the paramountform of importance. Considering the municipal form of the gas supply that are essential for thetowns and communities of the Northern Territory are important for the activities concerning tothe oil and the gas (Grinets and Kaznacheev 2014). The water management strategies took placewith the early consultation with the local form of communities and the regulators that are beenvery much consistent with the requirements under the Act of Water. Therefore, it was establishedthat the industry of Oil and Gas and the Government should work cooperatively towards thedevelopment of the framework of the database for the testing of the baseline and for the ongoingform of the monitoring from the aquifers of water. The Government however, do not support the drilling actions in the towns and theincreasing number of the safeguards in the place is to ensure the activities of gas and oil that canco exist with the other uses of the land. The blocks that are reserved are in the places after the
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