Sustainable Development of the Shale Gas Supply Chain and the Optimal Drilling Strategy for Nonconventional Wells

DIEGO C. CAFARO E IGNACIO E. GROSSMANN

Budapest

Simposio; 24 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering ? ESCAPE 24; 2014

University of Pannonia

We present a long-term MINLP planning model for the development of shale gas fields. A key decision is the drilling/fracturing strategy yielding the freshwater consumption profile, which is critical in waterscarce regions with high cumulative demand for water. Results show that the model can help companies to reduce freshwater consumption by optimally planning drilling operations, at the expense of small reductions in the net present value of the projects.