“Mitigating Environmental Effects from Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling Operations”

Date: 7th November 2011, 10 am to 3 pm

Location: University Club Ballroom, University of Pittsburgh

Cost: Free.  Please RSVP to monbell@pitt.edu.



Morning Theme – “Industry / Government Experience”, Session Chair David Kujawski, Vice President, Refinery Water Engineering & Associates

•    Keynote Dr. Davis Ford, President, Davis L. Ford & Associates and Chairman of Technical Advisory Committee, Refinery Water Engineering & Associates, “Hydraulic Fracturing Environmental Considerations in the US", 10 to 10:45 am

•    Dave Kern, Area Manager, Kroff Well Services, Inc., "Development of Frac Fluid Designs and Flowback Remediation Strategies for Reuse", 10:45 to 11:10 am
  
•    James Ammer, Director of the Natural Gas & Oil Project Management Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory, DOE, “Supported Research and Advances Related to Marcellus and Other Shale Gas Production”, 11:10 to 11:35 am

•    David Overstreet, Esq. and Partner, K&L Gates, “Environmental Management Issues -Legal and Regulatory Lessons from Recent U.S. Shale Gas Plays”, 11:35 to 12:00 pm

Noon Lunch sponsored by the Center for Energy University of Pittsburgh

Afternoon Theme – “Related Research at the University of Pittsburgh”, Session Chair Donald Shields, Executive Director, Center for Energy, University of Pittsburgh

•    Keynote Dr. Radisav Vidic, William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, “Sustainable water management in Marcellus shale”, 1 to 1:45 pm
     
•    Dr. Julie Vandenbossche, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, “Insuring the Integrity of Wellbore Cement Annulus” 1:45 to 2:00 pm
      
•    Dr. Anthony Iannacchione, Associate Professor and Director of the Mining Engineering Program, University of Pittsburgh “Potential of the Pittsburgh Coal Mine Pool as a Source of Industrial Water for Marcellus Hydraulic Fracturing” 2:00 to 2:15 pm
      
•    Dr. Piervincenzo Rizzo, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh “Inspection of Well-Pipes used in Unconventional Gas Sites” 2:15 to 2:30 pm
   
•    Dr. Jason Monnell, Research Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh “'Rethinking Waste - Are there Beneficial Re-uses for Flowback Water and its Constituents?”, 2:30 to 2:45 pm

•    Dr. Melissa Bilec, Assistant Professor and Assistant Director for Education & Outreach, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, University of Pittsburgh, “Life Cycle Issues Related to Marcellus Shale”, 2:45 to 3:00 pm