In Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V of this series, we showed that each hydraulic fractured well permanently poisons millions of gallons of water.
Once again, the Erie community is under assault with the 26-well proposed Draco pad and an additional 18 wells proposed to be drilled at the Coyote Trails pad. Let’s look at the data for the Cosslett East wells, completed in September 2023.
A total of 178,725,812 gallons of water were used to drill these wells, with a median of 13,261,197 gallons per well. This is 18.4% less than the median water use for the original Cosslett wells, but without completion information for these wells (the data is not yet available at the ECMC), it’s not obvious why. For reference, here is a visual representation of the two sets of directional wellbores:
Once the completion data for the Cosslett East wells becomes available, we’ll update this analysis.
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