In Part I, Part II, and Part III of this series, we showed that each hydraulic fractured well permanently poisons millions of gallons of water.
Now that the data for the drilling at Broomfield’s Interchange B pad has become available from FracFocus, a quick calculation shows Extraction Oil & Gas has used 81,837,881 gallons of water to frack the 10 wells at the Interchange B pad.
Once again, let’s say it out loud:
Extraction Oil & Gas has used eighty-one million, eight hundred thirty-seven thousand, eight hundred eighty-one gallons of water to frack the ten wells at Interchange B.
Extrapolating to the remaining 74 wells to be drilled, we’re expecting Extraction to use just over 600 million gallons of water on this project. Note the difference between the water used for the C wells in the Codell formation versus the N wells in the Niobrara formation.
We’ll keep you posted of the water usage as Extraction progresses with their comprehensive drilling plan.
See also:
- Extreme Reach Wellbores Require Extreme Water Use
- Draco OGDP Cumulative Impacts Analysis
- How much is 10 million gallons of water?
- Water usage for Hydraulic Fracturing in Broomfield, Colorado
- Water Usage for Hydraulic Fracturing in Erie, Colorado
- How much water does fracking use, Part VI
- How much water does fracking use, Part V
- How much water does fracking use, Part IV
- How much water does fracking use, Part III
- How much water does fracking use, Part II
How can this analysis be extended to the Front Range, by county?