Entries Tagged with ‘Marcellus Shale’
Marcellus Natural Gas Liquids
By VentureStaffer on February 11 2011 posted in Frac Water Treatment, Process Engineering with 0 comments
In the Western half of the Marcellus Shale Play, more than just methane flows from gas wells. In this region, hydrocarbons known as “natural gas liquids” (NGLs), are also present with the methane extracted from these wells. If harvested, these NGLs can be very valuable co-products of natural gas processing. The price of NGLs typically [...]
Marcellus Shale Play – Water Treatment Options Worth Considering
By VentureStaffer on September 17 2008 posted in Frac Water Treatment, Process Engineering with 0 comments
Centered in western Pennsylvania, the Marcellus stretches over 650 miles of the Appalachian Basin from West Virginia to the state of New York. Marcellus has been estimated to contain anywhere from 58 trillion to 500 trillion cubic feet of gas. A member of the Devonian black shales, Marcellus is categorized as a dual porosity reservoir, [...]