After getting acquainted with some members of the Groningen Engineers Association, Mr Pestman began an extremely interesting and technical presentation of Fraccing.

Besides the technical challenges, distinctions between fraccing and shale gas extraction and the risks involved were also reviewed.

All in all, an extremely interesting lecture.

Thanks GIV !

Here are the photos by GIV chairman Wim Hazenberg.

Description

Hydraulic fracturing, now called "fracking" in the media, has been used since the 1950s. It is a technique to enhance gas and oil production in poorly permeable rocks. When extracting shale gas, this technique is indispensable. In extraction of conventional gas, as is done by NAM in the Netherlands, the technique is sometimes applied. This lecture will first go through the concept of fracking, methods to estimate production enhancement and the design of a frac. Then the operational implementation of a frac will be discussed, followed by modern fraccing techniques and finally the safety, environmental and nuisance concerns that are also prevalent in the Netherlands. Although NAM does not engage in shale gas extraction, shale gas and its differences from conventional gas extraction will also be briefly discussed. Bart Pestman works at Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. as Senior Production Technologist.

KIVI members pay a contribution of €2.50. This can be paid to the organiser on the spot.

Speaker(s)

Bart Pestman PhD

Location

Gorechthuis, Hortuslaan1, 9751 BE in Haren

Organiser

Region North

Name and contact details for information

Ton Wester 06-24652717

twester@ziggo.nl

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Ton Wester

twester@ziggo.nl