Show all The Future is Green | Electric fracking promises millions in savings, reduction in emissions 0 0 0 bizjournals.com August 22, 2019 By Paul J. Gough – Reporter, Pittsburgh Business Times What CNX and Evolution are doing promises to sharply reduce fuel costs and truck traffic, lower drilling’s environmental footprint and emissions, and make faster the setup and take-down time of hydraulic fracturing. “Every E&P company, every fracking company, is taking a hard look at it right now,” said Joseph Triepke, founder and principal analyst of oil and gas analysis firm Infill Thinking LLC. “It’s definitely got the attention of the shale industry.” Traditionally, hydraulic fracturing is a complicated, energy and labor-intensive process, one that requires engines that have lots of horsepower, a multitude of pipes and constant attention by workers to make sure it’s going right. But walk around Richhill 13, or any of CNX’s other all-electric frac operations, and you’ll notice how quiet it is. That’s because instead of using diesel fuel and diesel engines to run the equipment, Evolution uses natural gas produced on site to fuel the jet engine-like turbines that power the fracking operation. Natural gas not only is plentifully available at the site, but it also removes from the roads the constant flow of diesel trucks to keep the 24/7 operation running. “Anything you can do to keep your fuel costs down as well as reducing your carbon footprint makes good economic and environmental sense,” said David Yoxtheimer, assistant research professor at the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research at Penn State University. Click Here to View Full Article. Recent News Next Generation Pressure Pumping – Inside O&G Featured Article Around Partnership w/ CNX August 31, 2021 Evolution Well Services Extends Scope of Operations to West Virginia July 8, 2021 Evolution Well Services Achieves New Electric Frac Operational Milestone June 15, 2021 Are electrically powered fleets the future of fracking? April 5, 2021 What Does Efrac Need to Flourish? February 1, 2021 Categories Events Press Releases Archives August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 April 2021 February 2021 October 2020 May 2020 March 2020 September 2019 August 2019 May 2019 January 2019 September 2018 June 2018 March 2018 February 2018 December 2017 November 2017 September 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 Features Services About us Careers © 2021 Evolution Well Services® All Rights Reserved