Joint US-UK Workshop on Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas Production

1546420 reible该项目的目标是组织、组织和记录一个研讨会，重点关注安全环保的水力压裂实施的研究需求，并帮助将美国的经验教训转化为英国的经验。水力压裂技术彻底改变了美国的石油和天然气生产，但也带来了一些负面的环境后果。水力压裂对水资源的影响、对地表水和地下水质量的潜在影响、生产和使用过程中温室气体排放的增加、采出水处理导致的地震活动以及某些地区油气活动快速增长对社区的影响，都是造成水力压裂对环境影响的原因。研讨会将探讨对这些挑战的认识现状，以及更好地了解这些影响以及如何管理这些影响的研究需求和机会。研讨会的目标是制定一个连贯的研究框架，以克服水力压裂对石油和天然气带来的基础设施、技术和社会挑战，特别是帮助管理水力压裂扩大使用和英国石油和天然气活动增加的潜在后果。研讨会将吸引来自美国和英国的与会者了解当前的活动及其与英国的相关性。在美国经历的冲突、机遇和权衡可能预示着英国可能面临的问题，但也可能存在重大差异，研讨会将探讨两者的相似之处和差异。本次研讨会预计将导致对系统研究挑战的明确定义，这些挑战对美国和英国水力压裂的经济和社会活力至关重要。这次研讨会的一个特别优势是能够建立在美国近十年的经验基础上，并确定剩余的科学和技术挑战，以最大限度地减少水力压裂对环境的影响。研讨会的一个目标是促进能够应对这些研究挑战的学术与政府伙伴关系的形成。本次研讨会将以白皮书的形式结束，该白皮书将定义和分析在美国和英国的油气开发中，水力压裂技术在环境可持续应用方面的创新所需要的科学、技术和社会经济研究差距。特别要注意的是了解对以前几乎没有石油和天然气开发的城市和高密度农村地区的潜在影响，以及这种开发可能造成的独特环境后果。同样值得特别关注的是代表性不足的群体，他们可能认为水力压裂几乎没有直接好处，而且成本和环境影响不成比例。

1546420ReibleThe objective of the project is to organize, conduct and document a workshop focused on research needs for the safe and environmentally appropriate implementation of hydraulic fracturing and to help translate the lessons learned in the US to the UK. Hydraulic fracturing has revolutionized oil and gas production in the United States but with some negative environmental consequences. Contributing to the environmental footprint of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas production are the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on water availability, concerns for potential impacts on surface and ground water quality, increased greenhouse gas emissions during production and use of the produced fuels, seismic activity as a result of produced water disposal and community impacts due to rapid growth in oil and gas activity in some areas. The workshop will explore the current state of understanding of these challenges, and research needs and opportunities to better understand these impacts and how to manage them.The goal of the workshop is to develop a coherent research framework to overcome infrastructure, technical, and societal challenges posed by hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas and particularly to help manage the potential consequences of expanded use of hydraulic fracturing and increased oil and gas activity in the UK. The workshop will draw attendees from the US and the UK to understand both current activities and their relevance to the UK. The conflicts, opportunities and trade-offs being experienced in the US are likely to foretell what the UK is likely to face but critical differences are also likely and the workshop will explore both the similarities and the differences. The workshop is expected to lead to a clear definition of system research challenges that are critical to the economic and social vitality of hydraulic fracturing in the US and the UK. A particular advantage of the timing of this workshop is the ability to build upon almost a decade of experiences in the US and identify the remaining scientific and technological challenges to minimizing the environmental footprint of hydraulic fracturing. A goal of the workshop is to catalyze the formation of academic-government partnerships that are able to address these research challenges. The workshop will culminate in white papers that define and analyze scientific, technical and socio-economic research gaps needed for innovating the environmentally sustainable application of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas development both in the US and the UK. Particular attention is directed to understanding the potential impacts on urban and high density rural areas that have previously faced little oil and gas development and the unique environmental consequences that might be posed by such development. Also of particular interest is under-represented groups that may perceive little direct benefit of hydraulic fracturing and a disproportionate cost and environmental impact.