Leading Shale Gas Producers Discuss Water Management

With the boom in shale gas drilling across the US prompting ecological concerns over the impact of hydraulic fracturing on local water supplies - with up to 3 million gallons of water required per treatment - there is now an urgent demand for water treatment, filtration, separation and recycling solutions to help shale gas operators treat and reuse their produced water.

For this reason, senior executives from almost every leading shale gas E&P company including Shell, Chevron, Chesapeake, Encana, Apache Canada (to name a few) as well as Ministries and Departments of Energy, Regulatory Authorities and Technological Suppliers will be meeting in Dallas between 28th - 29th October for the forthcoming Global Shale Gas Water Management Initiative 2010 to discuss these issues.

This is the only conference this year to focus on Water Management within the Shale Gas Industry.

Highlights of the two day conference include Margaret Hoffman, Chair of the Environment Council at Chevron, who will make a Keynote Presentation explaining how Chevron has cost-effectively implemented all the steps in their water management strategy for water sourcing, treatment, reuse and disposal and John Satterfield, Director of Environment and Regulatory Affairs at Chesapeake who will evaluate a range of cutting-edge technologies to determine which are appropriate for varying quantities of water.

In addition, Paul Goodfellow, VP of Development - Onshore Gas at Shell will examine how to maximize the effectiveness of the hydraulic fracturing process through well pad optimization, and hear from Karl DeMong, Completions & Well Services Manager, Apache Canada leading operators have used cost-effective water recycling methodologies in their Shale Gas production operations.

Shale Gas Water Management is sponsored by Veolia Water, Environ, ARI USA, Rockacy & Associates, Aquatech, CH2MHILL, Dow Microbial Control, ERM and Johnson Screens.

For a full speaker listing and complete agenda please visit www.shale-gas-water-management.com.