Shale Gas and Fracking: A USA and South African Perspective.
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Origins Centre
Nov 8, 2011, 3:57:27 AM11/8/11
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Origins Centre’s last public lecture for 2011 is hosted in conjunction
with the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA), and its subject is
the controversial topic of fracking.
Director of the Institute for Groundwater Studies at the University of
the Free State, Dr Danie Vermeulen, will deliver a talk based on
fracking operations in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, and the
applicability of lessons learned in the USA for fracking in South
Africa.
According to Dr Vermeulen, enormous volumes of water and sand are
being used in Pennsylvania incurring considerable transportation
operations. The return water must also be dealt with, necessitating
the construction of treatment plants.
Dr Vermeulen queries how South Africa will deal with these problems
and where the water will come from in semi-arid regions (Pennsylvania
is a water-rich state). He addresses what can be done to police the
process effectively, and examines new methods being researched in the
United States to make hydraulic fracking more environmental
friendly.
He also questions if there will be economic advantages to the people
resident in fracking areas and how profits can be shared.
Dr Vermeulen is a member of a number of international groundwater and
mining associations, and also serves on the Executive Council of the
International Mine Water Association, the Fossil Fuel Foundation of
SA, as well as on the Water SA Editorial Board.
Date: Wednesday 23 November 2011
Venue: Origins Centre
Time: 18h00 for 18h30
Cost: R45/R35 Wits staff and students and GSSA members
Booking essential: a...@origins.org.za or tel 011 717 4700
Booking procedure: Please e-mail your request for seats to
a...@origins.org.za. If you are a Wits student, Wits staff member or
GSSA member, please include your student, staff or membership number.
We will then e-mail an invoice to you, which you can pay by eft or at
the Origins Shop. In the event that the talk is heavily booked,
bookings not prepaid will be held until 15 minutes ahead of the start
of the tour.
REMINDER - WALKABOUT OF ‘SHARING OUR ANCIENT ROCK ART TREASURES’
EXHIBITION: Saturday 12 November at 10h00 for 10h30. R50/R40 Wits
staff and Wits students. Limited to 50 people. Bookings:
a...@origins.org.za
with the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA), and its subject is
the controversial topic of fracking.
Director of the Institute for Groundwater Studies at the University of
the Free State, Dr Danie Vermeulen, will deliver a talk based on
fracking operations in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, and the
applicability of lessons learned in the USA for fracking in South
Africa.
According to Dr Vermeulen, enormous volumes of water and sand are
being used in Pennsylvania incurring considerable transportation
operations. The return water must also be dealt with, necessitating
the construction of treatment plants.
Dr Vermeulen queries how South Africa will deal with these problems
and where the water will come from in semi-arid regions (Pennsylvania
is a water-rich state). He addresses what can be done to police the
process effectively, and examines new methods being researched in the
United States to make hydraulic fracking more environmental
friendly.
He also questions if there will be economic advantages to the people
resident in fracking areas and how profits can be shared.
Dr Vermeulen is a member of a number of international groundwater and
mining associations, and also serves on the Executive Council of the
International Mine Water Association, the Fossil Fuel Foundation of
SA, as well as on the Water SA Editorial Board.
Date: Wednesday 23 November 2011
Venue: Origins Centre
Time: 18h00 for 18h30
Cost: R45/R35 Wits staff and students and GSSA members
Booking essential: a...@origins.org.za or tel 011 717 4700
Booking procedure: Please e-mail your request for seats to
a...@origins.org.za. If you are a Wits student, Wits staff member or
GSSA member, please include your student, staff or membership number.
We will then e-mail an invoice to you, which you can pay by eft or at
the Origins Shop. In the event that the talk is heavily booked,
bookings not prepaid will be held until 15 minutes ahead of the start
of the tour.
REMINDER - WALKABOUT OF ‘SHARING OUR ANCIENT ROCK ART TREASURES’
EXHIBITION: Saturday 12 November at 10h00 for 10h30. R50/R40 Wits
staff and Wits students. Limited to 50 people. Bookings:
a...@origins.org.za
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