Characterization of soil, sediment, and wastewater samples from hydraulic fracturing processes using the comparative NAA method

Maksat Kuatbek; Amanda M. Johnsen; Kenan Ünlü

doi:10.1007/s10967-019-06886-y

Characterization of soil, sediment, and wastewater samples from hydraulic fracturing processes using the comparative NAA method

Maksat Kuatbek, Amanda M. Johnsen, Kenan Ünlü

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Regulatory monitoring of oil and gas development requires the accurate multi-elemental analysis of wellbore samples on a regular basis. In this study, an unconventional method, comparative neutron activation analysis (comparative NAA), was applied for the multi-elemental characterization of solid and liquid hydraulic fracturing samples at the ppm level. The obtained values from three wastewater samples were compared with the most probable values determined via an inter-laboratory study, which involved 15 different laboratories from the United States, Canada, and Germany. The comparison showed that 15 out of 19 comparative NAA trace element concentration values were considered acceptable, providing a new technique to determine elemental concentrations in high salinity hydraulic fracturing samples.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1563-1570
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	322
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06886-y
State	Published - Dec 1 2019

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Analytical Chemistry
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Characterization of soil, sediment, and wastewater samples from hydraulic fracturing processes using the comparative NAA method

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