The Distinguished Lecturer Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers on Tuesday, February 16th, 2015.
The scheduled Distinguished Lecturer is Daniel Tormey who is an expert on energy and water at Environ Corp. Daniel will present the lecture entitled “First-Ever Comprehensive Environmental Characterization of Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Oil and Gas Production”

• Date: February 16th, 2016 at 12:30PM– 2:00 PM.  Please RSVP – via e-mail.
• Location: The meeting will be held at the University of Washington in More Hall, room 110.
• RSVP: Please e-mail your RSVP to PN@spemail.org if you are planning to attend.  Please call Chris May at (517) 507-9937 if assistance is needed on the day of the lecture.

For Tormey’s bio and more information about the meeting

A short description:

The well completion process of high-volume hydraulic fracturing has become a touchstone for opposition to the development of oil and gas resources from shale source rocks. Although the development of shale gas and oil has brought substantial economic, geopolitical, and climate change benefits to the United States, hydraulic fracturing has displaced global climate change as the most controversial environmental policy issue. This presentation includes a peer-reviewed study that quantifies the effects of two specific high-volume hydraulic fracturing jobs in 14 environmental resource categories. The goal was to provide factual information supported by a high-quality data set to guide policy making. None of the measurements detected a change due to hydraulic fracturing, including microseismic effects, ground motion and induced seismicity, water quality, methane migration, community health, well integrity, and fracture containment to the target zone.

More details on the Distinguished Lecturer’s credentials and the presentation topic are posted here: http://www.spe.org/dl/schedule.php

Bio:

Daniel Tormey is an expert on energy and water at Environ Corp. He studies the environmental aspects of all types of energy development, with an emphasis on oil and gas. He has participated in assignments in onshore, offshore, near shore, estuarine, riverine, and glacial environments in many countries. Tormey holds a BS in civil engineering and geology from Stanford University and a PhD in geology and geochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.