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Senin, 06 April 2015

Shale Oilfield Fuel Tank Polishing

Shale Oilfield Fuel Tank Polishing


by Iva Cannon


There are millions of tanks all over the world in an almost infinite number of industries, including oil exploration and production. They are being used for transportation, storage, processing and more. From time to time, each and every one of these millions of tanks has to be cleaned. Most of them are located outdoors in places like oilfields, where there is no access to a pump or other oilfield fuel tank polishing equipment. Companies have developed solutions like portable, diesel-powered pumps to make the job easier. As horizontal drilling for shale oil and gas reserves continues to grow, the demand for clean tanks will increase.

New technologies in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have opened up the possibility of exploiting vast reserves of oil and gas trapped inside densely-packed, sedimentary shale rock deposits deep within the Earth's crust. Without this resource, the country faced a complete fuel drought in the next decade.

After only a few years of shale exploration, not only does America have access to fuel for the remainder of this century, it is now the top oil producer in the world, having surpassed Russia. This success has come at a price. There are concerns that hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking, " contaminates drinking water and causes earthquakes.

The technique involves drilling a hole in the Earth's crust underlying shale oil and gas deposits and injecting a mixture of water, sand and chemicals at high pressure. This forces fractures in the shale rock, through which oil and gas flow upwards once the downward pressure has been released. There are seven major shale oil plays in the United States. These are Eagle Ford, Marcellus, Andarko-Woodford, Permian, Granite Wash, Bakken and Niobrara.

Two shale plays, Bakken and Eagle Ford, have so far attracted more than half of the total investment in shale oil and gas development. The Bakken field is found in Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota at a depth of approximately 10,000 feet. Down in southern Texas, Eagle Ford is drilled down to depths between 4,000 and 14,000 feet.

One-fourth of the total money invested in shale oil drilling is split between the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and the Permian Basin in west Texas and New Mexico. The Permian is named for the geologic period from which the shale deposits are derived. Marcellus Shale is one of the shallowest deposits, drilled to a depth of 6,300 feet.

The remaining fraction of the shale oil investment pie is divided amongst Granite Wash (Oklahoma-Texas panhandle), Andarko-Woodford (Oklahoma), and Niobrara (Nebraska). Granite Wash reserves are the deepest reserves, at approximately 15,000 feet.

An unfortunate consequence of increased drilling activity is the increase in road traffic fatalities. In the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford alone, during 2014 there were 696 fatalities and a total of 8,600 serious accidents in which vehicle occupants were killed or suffered life-changing injuries. The busiest time for road traffic accidents is around 5:00 a. M. This increase has been attributed largely to crashes involving civilian vehicles and semi-trucks.




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Title: Shale Oilfield Fuel Tank Polishing
Author: Iva Cannon
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Keywords: home improvement, construction, contractors, improvement,
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