[bunkerhill7]

No comment coz it`s too close for discomfort.

[beethovenfan]

The enviro-wackos will be certain to find something to object to.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Smokin' Joe]

Neat, but already being done using LPG: GASFRAC

[Steely Tom]

Next the left will be decrying the release of nitrogen into the environment, even though it makes up about three-quarters of the atmosphere.

[Smokin' Joe]

The other problem I see is proppant mixing and transport with a -70 liquid. You need to keep the fractures open, too.

[cripplecreek]

Cryogenic fracturing, which replaces water with searing cold liquid nitrogen (or carbon dioxide)

Carbon dioxide sequestration in the process.

[bestintxas]

Just creating fractures cannot be the answer as they have to be propped.

For some idle reading, see what was done in the 70’s by Project Rulison and Gas Buggy. Hint: they used a low-yield atomic bomb to create fractures.

[Fungi]

Never mind, the left will never embrace it because it is not about energy, freedom and cheaper fuel—it is about control. Humans are a plague, as the radical left envirowackos believe, there are too many, we have to radically reduce the population and limit freedom. What are never detailed are the specifics. How much, where, when, and who will control and enforce the specifics, details the left will never reveal until they are in power. “We have to pass the law so we can find out what is in it.” In other words, trust us you pathetic fools.

[headstamp 2]

“They are seeking to perfect Cryogenic fracturing, which replaces water with searing cold liquid nitrogen (or CARBON DIOXIDE) “

Think I just heard a liberal’s head explode.

[smokingfrog]

It sounds like it would be a lot more expensive to do it that way.

[TBP]

All the more reason for libbies to oppose it.

[minnesota_bound]

The commies would complain about the rocks cracking. There is no end to their whining.

[cpdiii]

My first encounter with a nitrogen frack job was about 1970, in South Louisiana. It “aint” nothing new but I am sure the engineering has become better and more specific to what kind of frac job is best for each particular formation.

What did amaze me is how fast we brought the well on line. After the frac job was done we were flaring gas and it was a lot of gas, within one hour.

[cpdiii]

My first encounter with a nitrogen frack job was about 1970, in South Louisiana. It “aint” nothing new but I am sure the engineering has become better and more specific to what kind of frac job is best for each particular formation.

What did amaze me is how fast we brought the well on line. After the frac job was done we were flaring gas and it was a lot of gas, within one hour.

[Dexter Morgan]

Bump...of major interest to me.

[taildragger]

Their was a great article in Forbes a year or so back on the Fracking Revolution. They interviewed a CEO of one of the major Oil Companies who bought into this game, since they didn't get into it @ square one. He had one line in the article saying in effect here is our return with the state of the art today or something to that effect. Which says to me, more Technologies such as this one mentioned ( yes I read the post that it may not be as cutting edge as the article states ) can Increase Yield, and No we have not seen the end of the Evolution of the series of technologies that fall under the umbrella of Fracking, it is not a fixed list of ingredients if you will like a cake recipe. It may in fact Evolve or have a additional Revolutions within itself.