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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Flowback and Produced Waters: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24620.
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Appendix A

Workshop Agenda

Keck Center
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

Wednesday, May 25

7:45 REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AVAILABLE
8:30 WELCOME
Gregory Symmes, Executive Director, Division on Earth and Life Studies
8:35 INTRODUCTION TO THE ROUNDTABLE
David Dzombak and Wendy Harrison, Co-Chairs, Roundtable on Unconventional Hydrocarbon Development
8:45 WORKSHOP OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES
Steve Hamburg and Kris Nygaard, Co-Chairs, Workshop Planning Committee
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS: SETTING THE STAGE
Moderated by George King, Apache Corporation
9:00 KEYNOTE 1: THE ENERGY-WATER NEXUS
Diana Bauer, Department of Energy
9:20 KEYNOTE 2: BENEFICIAL USE OF PRODUCED WATER FROM THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
John Veil, Veil Environmental, LLC
9:40 KEYNOTE 3: APPROACHES TO MANAGE, TREAT, AND TRANSPORT PRODUCED AND FLOWBACK WATER FOR BENEFICIAL USE
Jill Cooper, Anadarko Corporation
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Flowback and Produced Waters: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24620.
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10:00 MODERATED DISCUSSION
10:40 BREAK
11:00 PANEL DISCUSSION
Regional Similarities and Differences: Environmental and Regulatory Context for Potential Use of Flowback and Produced Water
Moderated by William Stringfellow, University of the Pacific and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Danny Reible, Texas Tech University
  • Radisav Vidic, University of Pittsburgh
  • James Silva, GE Global Research (retired)
12:45 LUNCH
1:45 MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION
Technologies for Managing Flowback and Produced Waters for Potential Use
Moderated by Linda Capuano, Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies, Rice University
  • Tzahi Cath, Colorado School of Mines
  • Pele Okullo, Newfield Exploration Company
  • Rick McCurdy, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
3:30 BREAK
3:45 MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION
Characterization of Flowback and Produced Waters for Potential Use
Moderated by Bridget Scanlon, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Tanya Gallegos, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Ken Carlson, Colorado State University
  • Kyle Murray, Oklahoma Geological Survey
5:30 ADJOURN
5:30-7:00 RECEPTION

Thursday, May 26

8:00 REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AVAILABLE
8:30 WELCOME AND PLANS FOR THE DAY
Steve Hamburg and Kris Nygaard, Co-Chairs, Workshop Planning Committee
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Flowback and Produced Waters: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24620.
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8:40 MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION
Research and Technology Innovation in Context: What is it that you’d like to do but you can’t do today, and why?
Moderated by Wendy Harrison, Colorado School of Mines
  • Secretary Michael Teague, Oklahoma Office of Energy and Environment
  • Mike Paque, Groundwater Protection Council
  • Becky Tomasek, CH2M
9:45 BREAK
10:05 FACILITATED DISCUSSION
Steve Hamburg and Kris Nygaard, Co-Chairs, Workshop Planning Committee
What do we know with confidence regarding technologies and chemical characterization of flowback and produced waters for beneficial uses? What do we need to know? How might we fill those gaps?
11:50 NEXT STEPS
Dave Dzombak and Wendy Harrison, Co-Chairs, Roundtable on Unconventional Hydrocarbon Development
12:00 WORKSHOP ADJOURNS
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Flowback and Produced Waters: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24620.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Flowback and Produced Waters: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24620.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Flowback and Produced Waters: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24620.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Flowback and Produced Waters: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24620.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Flowback and Produced Waters: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24620.
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Produced water—water from underground formations that is brought to the surface during oil and gas production—is the greatest volume byproduct associated with oil and gas production. It is managed by some combination of underground injection, treatment and subsequent use, treatment and discharge, or evaporation, subject to compliance with state and federal regulations. Management of these waters is challenging not only for industry and regulators, but also for landowners and the public because of differences in the quality and quantity of produced water, varying infrastructure needs, costs, and environmental considerations associated with produced water disposal, storage, and transport.

Unconventional oil and gas development involves technologies that combine horizontal drilling with the practice of hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing is a controlled, high-pressure injection of fluid and proppant into a well to generate fractures in the rock formation containing the oil or gas. After the hydraulic fracture procedure is completed, the injected fluid is allowed to flow back into the well, leaving the proppant in the newly created fractures. As a result, a portion of the injected water returns to the surface and this water is called "flowback water" which initially may mix with the naturally occurring produced water from the formation. The chemistry and volume of water returning to the surface from unconventional oil and gas operations thus changes during the lifetime of the well due to the amount of fluid used in the initial stage of well development, the amount of water naturally occurring in the geologic formation, the original water and rock chemistry, the type of hydrocarbon being produced, and the way in which production is conducted. The volume and composition of flowback and produced waters vary with geography, time, and site-specific factors.

A workshop was conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to highlight the challenges and opportunities associated in managing produced water from unconventional hydrocarbon development, and particularly in the area of potential beneficial uses for these waters. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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