TETRA Technologies: Nice Assets, Wrong Strategy

TETRA Technologies (TTI) launches an equity offering to fund its shift into specialty chemicals and energy/water services.
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Managing Sand Production in Shale: An Overview

As menacing as it may be, sand is often required during hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations. With no alternatives typically available to serve as a proppant, sand is generally utilized along ...

In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground

The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city ...
Opinion

B.C. and Alberta fall behind on fracking safety distances for residents

In May, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans to double the capacity of Canada’s electricity grid by 2050, using natural gas in the name of “powering Canada strong.” Almost all Canadian natural ...
C&EN

Conductivity Evaluation of Horizontal Wells in Coalbed Methane Reservoirs: Applicability of Micromaterial Tracer Testing Technology

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Non-Commercial (NC): Only non-commercial uses of the work are permitted. Article Views ...
C&EN

Impact of Slickwater Fracturing Fluid on Pore Structure and Micromechanical Properties of Clay-Rich Shale Using Fluid Intrusion and AFM Experiments

Meanwhile, retention mechanisms and the flowback process of fracturing fluid in branch fractures during flowback is considered. The exptl. results show that the fracturing fluid present in branch ...