Understanding Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale

Going a MILEbelow: bir Understanding hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Natural gas wells go thousands of feet below Groundwater supplies: 200 the earth's surface and groundwater supplies to free trapped natural gas in shale rock. 'ft -1K ft below 2,000ft Empire State Building: Drilling companies use more than 3 million pounds of STEEL casing and CEMENT to construct wells that typically reach 6,000 feet 1,464 3,000ft ft below or more below the surface. 4,000ft One mile: 15,280 ft below That's equivalent to more than FOUR Empire State buildings below or farther than a mile. 5,000ft net te Gas wells reach: 6,000* Source: "Hydraulic Fracturing Primer", The American Petroleum Institute. ft below 6,000ft Going a MILEbelow: bir Understanding hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Natural gas wells go thousands of feet below Groundwater supplies: 200 the earth's surface and groundwater supplies to free trapped natural gas in shale rock. 'ft -1K ft below 2,000ft Empire State Building: Drilling companies use more than 3 million pounds of STEEL casing and CEMENT to construct wells that typically reach 6,000 feet 1,464 3,000ft ft below or more below the surface. 4,000ft One mile: 15,280 ft below That's equivalent to more than FOUR Empire State buildings below or farther than a mile. 5,000ft net te Gas wells reach: 6,000* Source: "Hydraulic Fracturing Primer", The American Petroleum Institute. ft below 6,000ft Going a MILEbelow: bir Understanding hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Natural gas wells go thousands of feet below Groundwater supplies: 200 the earth's surface and groundwater supplies to free trapped natural gas in shale rock. 'ft -1K ft below 2,000ft Empire State Building: Drilling companies use more than 3 million pounds of STEEL casing and CEMENT to construct wells that typically reach 6,000 feet 1,464 3,000ft ft below or more below the surface. 4,000ft One mile: 15,280 ft below That's equivalent to more than FOUR Empire State buildings below or farther than a mile. 5,000ft net te Gas wells reach: 6,000* Source: "Hydraulic Fracturing Primer", The American Petroleum Institute. ft below 6,000ft Going a MILEbelow: bir Understanding hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Natural gas wells go thousands of feet below Groundwater supplies: 200 the earth's surface and groundwater supplies to free trapped natural gas in shale rock. 'ft -1K ft below 2,000ft Empire State Building: Drilling companies use more than 3 million pounds of STEEL casing and CEMENT to construct wells that typically reach 6,000 feet 1,464 3,000ft ft below or more below the surface. 4,000ft One mile: 15,280 ft below That's equivalent to more than FOUR Empire State buildings below or farther than a mile. 5,000ft net te Gas wells reach: 6,000* Source: "Hydraulic Fracturing Primer", The American Petroleum Institute. ft below 6,000ft Going a MILEbelow: bir Understanding hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Natural gas wells go thousands of feet below Groundwater supplies: 200 the earth's surface and groundwater supplies to free trapped natural gas in shale rock. 'ft -1K ft below 2,000ft Empire State Building: Drilling companies use more than 3 million pounds of STEEL casing and CEMENT to construct wells that typically reach 6,000 feet 1,464 3,000ft ft below or more below the surface. 4,000ft One mile: 15,280 ft below That's equivalent to more than FOUR Empire State buildings below or farther than a mile. 5,000ft net te Gas wells reach: 6,000* Source: "Hydraulic Fracturing Primer", The American Petroleum Institute. ft below 6,000ft