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An inside look at fracking a well

January 13, 2012 rockman Miscellaneous 1

This article gives a nice, and balanced overview of the hydraulic fracturing or fracking process used to fracture rock and extract oil and gas from a formation that you could not produce from otherwise. 90 […]

Hydraulic consolidation cell, a.k.a. Rowe-Braden consolidation cell by Geocomp
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Geocomp manufacturing Hydraulic consolidation cells, a.k.a. Rowe-Braden consolidation cells

September 16, 2010 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Geocomp manufacturing Hydraulic consolidation cells, a.k.a. Rowe-Braden consolidation cells

This is the first time I have heard of this type of consolidation/permeability testing. I won’t try to summarize myself, here’s a bit of a description from their newsletter: Hydraulic consolidation cells, a.k.a. Rowe-Braden consolidation […]

The photo above shows a crack measuring roughly 500 ft in length that is part of the evidence in Tampa Bay Water's lawsuit against HDR.
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Updated: Tampa Reservoir Failure Lawsuit Heats Up

April 12, 2012 rockman Failures Comments Off on Updated: Tampa Reservoir Failure Lawsuit Heats Up

[Update 4/13/12] A verdict in favor of HDR was reached earlier this week.  They have been exhonerated of the charges and will pay no damages to Tampa Bay Water District. Read more on this GeoPrac.net […]