Geosynthetic opportunities for shale gas plays worldwide - Geosynthetics
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The geosynthetic opportunities associated with shale gas plays are numerous and essentially involve every type of geosynthetic material. Specific applications that have been identified and implemented at several well sites include:
At the drill pad:
drilled pad liners for accidental spills
composite pond liners for water
double pond liners for flow-back and production water
double landfill liners for well cuttings
geotextile tubes for decontaminating well cuttings
Long-term off-site opportunities:
paved and unpaved roadways
unpaved parking and staging areas
MSE reinforced walls and slopes
secondary containment for frac-tanks
tremendous amounts of plastic pipe
Short-term off-site opportunities:
temporary roadways
turf reinforcement
temporary dams
silt fences
erosion control materials
