Agenda

Technical Workshops for the Hydraulic Fracturing Study

Fate & Transport  March 28-29, 2011

US EPA Conference Center

One Potomac Yard (South Building)

2777 S. Crystal Drive 

Arlington, VA 22202 Room S-4370 and 4380

March 28, 2011

8:30 am Registration

9:00 am Welcome

Fred Hauchman, Director of the Office of Science Policy, EPA Office of Research and Development 

JP Nicot, Workshop Lead, University of Texas at Austin

Pat Field, Facilitator, Consensus Building Institute

Theme 1: Contaminant Identification, Transformation & Transport

9:15 am Technical Presentation Session 1: Chemical Transformation and Identification

A Simple Approach Identifying Contaminants of Most Concern to Underground Drinking Water 

Supplies from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations, Carl Palmer, Idaho National Laboratory

Contaminant Characterization of Effluent from Pennsylvania Brine Treatment, Inc., Josephine 

Facility Being Released into Blacklick Creek, Indiana County, Pennsylvania: Conceptual Models of 

Exposure Pathways to Recreationalists, Private Well Water Users and Municipal Water Systems, 

Conrad Volz, University of Pittsburgh

Fracing & Associated Media Composition in Colorado, Andrew Havics, pH2, LLC/QEPA

10:30 am Break
10:40 am Technical Presentation Session 2: Chemical Mobility and Potential Pathways

Comparison of Hydraulic Fracture Fluid Composition with Produced Formation Water Quality 

Following Fracturing: Implications for Fate and Transport, Debra McElreath, Chesapeake Energy 

Corporation

Fate and Transport of Select Hydraulic Fracturing Compounds of Potential Concern, Angus 

McGrath, Stantec

Fate and Transport Evaluation of Potential Release Scenarios during Hydraulic Fracturing 

Operations, George Deeley, Shell Exploration & Production

A Protocol to Characterize Flowback Water Contamination of Shallow Waters from Shale Gas 

Development, Donald Siegel, Syracuse University

12:10 pm Lunch

Theme 2: Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Natural Transport Systems

1:00 pm Technical Presentation Session 3: Fracture Propagation

Rock Failure and Stimulated Volume in Hydraulic Fracturing, Ahmad Ghassemi, Texas A&M 

University

Fracture Growth in Layered and Discontinuous Media, Norman Warpinski, Pinnacle – A Halliburton 

Service

2:00 pm Break

2:10 pm Technical Presentation Session 4: Fluid and Gas Flow in Fractured Formations

Flow of Gas and Water in Hydraulically Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs, Zhong He, Range Resources

Characterizing Mechanical and Flow Properties using Injection Falloff Tests, David Cramer, 

ConocoPhillips

Role of Induced and Natural Imbibition in Fracturing Fluid Transport and Fate in Gas Shales, Alan 

Byrnes, Chesapeake Energy Corporation

3:25 pm Break

3:35 pm Revisit the Major Discussion Points of the Technical Presentation Sessions

JP Nicot, Workshop Lead, University of Texas at Austin

Angus McGrath, Theme 1 Lead, Stantec

Ahmad Ghassemi, Theme 2 Lead, Texas A&M University

4:00 pm Adjourn for the Day
March 29, 2011

Theme 3: Models to Predict Transport

8:00 am Technical Presentation Session 5: Demonstration of Models and Determinations of Model 

Accuracy

Modeling Versus the Real World of Hydraulic Fracturing, Denise Tuck, Halliburton

Modeling Philosophies and Application, Andrew Havics, pH2, LLC/QEPA

Modeling Drinking Water Related Human Health Risks from Hydraulic Fracturing Additives, Manu 

Sharma, Gradient

9:15 am Revisit the Major Discussion Points of the Technical Presentation Session

JP Nicot, Workshop Lead, University of Texas at Austin

Andrew Havics, Theme 3 Lead, pH2, LLC

9:45 am Closing Discussions

Jeanne Briskin, Hydraulic Fracturing Research Task Force Leader, EPA Office of Research and

Development

JP Nicot, Workshop Lead, University of Texas at Austin