Treatment of coal seam gas produced water for beneficial use in Australia: A review of best practices

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 316-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long D. Nghiem ◽  
Ting Ren ◽  
Naj Aziz ◽  
Ian Porter ◽  
Gyanendra Regmi
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Beneficial Use

Beneficial use of associated water in the Queensland coal seam gas industry

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 686
Author(s):  
Cristian Purtill
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Beneficial Use ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Water Management Strategy

The Queensland Government has developed an associated water management policy that, among other things, strives to maximise the beneficial use of associated water derived from Queensland’s burgeoning coal seam gas industry. The Department of Infrastructure and Planning reports that domestic gas production alone (i.e. without an export LNG market) will produce on average 25 GL per annum in the next 25 years. Most of this water has sufficiently high total dissolved solids and other water quality issues to require some form of treatment prior to use. Clearly, the relatively large volumes of water present both challenges and opportunities to the communities in which the CSG industry is developing. In line with the philosophy of beneficial use of associated water, Santos has developed a portfolio of options within its associated water management strategy and plans for its Arcadia Valley, Fairview and Roma tenements. The strategy seeks to: provide enduring value for the community; maximise benefits while minimising the environmental footprint; provide a range of alternatives to avoid single-mode failure; use scalable options in response to uncertainty; deploy demonstrated technologies; and, meet and exceed all regulatory requirements. This paper will set some context around the broader CSG industry’s associated water challenges, and identify what parameters must be considered in arriving at beneficial uses for the water. The paper then explores some of Santos’ approaches to associated water management.

scholarly journals Coal seam gas produced water treatment by ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis and multi-effect distillation: A pilot study

2015 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 94-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long D. Nghiem ◽  
Christian Elters ◽  
Alexander Simon ◽  
Taguchi Tatsuya ◽  
William Price
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Produced Water Treatment

In vitro cytotoxicity assessment of a hydraulic fracturing fluid

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine E. Payne ◽  
Heather F. Chapman ◽  
Janet Cumming ◽  
Frederic D. L. Leusch
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Fracturing Fluid ◽  
Human Health Risks ◽  
Fracturing Fluids ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid

Environmental context Hydraulic fracturing fluids, used in large volumes by the coal seam gas mining industry, are potentially present in the environment either in underground formations or in mine wastewater (produced water). Previous studies of the human health and environmental effects of this practice have been limited because they use only desktop methods and have not considered combined mixture toxicity. We use a novel in vitro method for toxicity assessment, and describe the toxicity of a hydraulic fracturing fluid on a human gastrointestinal cell line. Abstract Hydraulic fracturing fluids are chemical mixtures used to enhance oil and gas extraction. There are concerns that fracturing fluids are hazardous and that their release into the environment – by direct injection to coal and shale formations or as residue in produced water – may have effects on ecosystems, water quality and public health. This study aimed to characterise the acute cytotoxicity of a hydraulic fracturing fluid using a human gastrointestinal cell line and, using this data, contribute to the understanding of potential human health risks posed by coal seam gas (CSG) extraction in Queensland, Australia. Previous published research on the health effects of hydraulic fracturing fluids has been limited to desktop studies of individual chemicals. As such, this study is one of the first attempts to characterise the toxicity of a hydraulic fracturing mixture using laboratory methods. The fracturing fluid was determined to be cytotoxic, with half maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50) values across mixture variations ranging between 25 and 51mM. When used by industry, these fracturing fluids would be at concentrations of over 200mM before injection into the coal seam. A 5-fold dilution would be sufficient to reduce the toxicity of the fluids to below the detection limit of the assay. It is unlikely that human exposure would occur at these high (‘before use’) concentrations and likely that the fluids would be diluted during use. Thus, it can be inferred that the level of acute risk to human health associated with the use of these fracturing fluids is low. However, a thorough exposure assessment and additional chronic and targeted toxicity assessments are required to conclusively determine human health risks.

Development of a Management Tool to Support the Beneficial Use of Treated Coal Seam Gas Water for Irrigation in Eastern Australia

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Jakubowski ◽  
Nathan Haws ◽  
David Ellerbroek ◽  
John Murtagh ◽  
David Macfarlane
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Beneficial Use ◽  
Eastern Australia

Managing produced water from coal seam gas projects: implications for an emerging industry in Australia

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (14) ◽  
pp. 10981-11000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Davies ◽  
Damian B. Gore ◽  
Stuart J. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Coal Seam Gas
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