Sunday, 13 December 2015

What Is The Future Of Seawater Hydraulic Fracturing

By Evelyn Walls


When you say about seawater, people will start to think about the sea or the ocean. This portion of Earth is very big and very deep. There are people who consider this as the most challenging place on it. Its because of elements on it and the waves which are so unpredictable. Aside from those things, people are now becoming curious on how to make use of it.

One way that have seen to be possible is the fracturing. This seems to sound a bit difficult but seawater hydraulic fracturing is possible. Most ocean is very deep and mysterious in many ways. The species underneath it are still not yet discovered. But aside from those, researchers have found out the great basin of oil and gas can be found under sea floor.

When you do the fracturing, there are many things to consider. The first one should be the location of the usable basin underneath. They conduct a great evaluation just to make that there is something extracted on it and it must be in great quantity. This is not an easy and cheap project so everyone on the must do their task well.

For the oil industry, this has been done as the industrial age starts to boom. In fact, with the modern day, this is still done. The only difference is new and more advanced technology are used to perform its task and secure the safety of the people. This method is done to get some fuels and other forms of oil. After the extraction, they are filtered many times to be used with the common people.

The gas industry can also benefit from it. The gas that are extracted underground are usually flammable so extra care is needed. This process is more complicated than the oils. This must be tight and secure since there are not visible with peoples naked eye. Because of these factors, engineers do this in areas wherein theres no people living on it.

The good thing of having it in seawater is very evident. This will help the people to conserve more water since the freshwater will be used to other important things such as drinking and even washing. When contamination would also occur, the salinity of water can just counterfeit the damages. Its indeed a great place to do it.

While there are advantages to it, some people wont still consider this as the best method. The first reason is because of too much effort that needs to be done. As a matter of fact, they need to calculate all the chemicals used since they are dealing with salinity. The pH level should be balanced and other equipment should be resistant to it.

Another reason is the cost. This kind of process will be more expensive compared to the freshwater method. Because the equipment must be in high quality, the cost will be greater. The chemicals will also be in demand. In the long run, it will not suitable to do with just the extraction process. The value of the labor might be more than the value of profit from it.

After knowing all these things, it would be proper to balance everything. For now, the method in seawater is a bit hard and would really need further studies. If it will be 5 years from now, there will be a big tendency that everything will look simple and fast since the technology is getting better each day.




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