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Shale Gas operation

Innovate for a greener production


Didier BIGEONNEAU

Veolia Environnement
Our expertise is structured into 3 activities:
Energy
5.8 million apartment complexes heated 119,600 energy systems managed 4,505 industrial sites managed

Water
100 million people provided with water service 71 million people with wastewater service 5,089 drinking water production plants operated

Environmental Services
87,3 million people served under local public authority contracts 12,8 million tons of waste recovered 813,000 industrial clients

We cover worldwide a large scope of expertise in Energy, Water and Environmental Services
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Our aspiration
What we have realized
The critical importance of the nexus between growth and water-energy-resources The power of true partnerships: creating more and better value through shared value creation

Our Vision
Support our clients sustainable growth by delivering the standards of environmental services

Key differentiators
We have a hybrid operator-engineer DNA We value depth and diversity of our business network (people, technologies, business models, clients, geographies) Our core business is diverse: water-energyresources

Veolia is Innovating for a better tomorrow


$150 million budget 510 R&D centers/branches 5 continents 200
public & private R&D partnership

Culture of R&D to support our O&G sectors needs & challenges

5,000
researcher and engineers

4 issues driven
R&D strategy

Manage and preserve natural resources Interdisciplinary cooperation with public and private R&D from prestigious institutes to innovative start-up Control impacts on natural environments Care for health and living environments Develop alternative sources of energy

Our approach towards shale gas production


Protection of water ressources as the priority
Shale gas, like the other industrial extraction activities, should be subject to an appropriate framework, so to enable adequate and transparent protection of health and of the environment

Green innovative growth as a target


Shale gas production and the water used for its extraction should be treated according to the best available techniques, in order to best match with the EU 2020 Strategy (smart, sustainable, inclusive growth)

The one-stop water and waste provider can guarantee water availability and liability management
Proposed Veolia scope
CLEAN WATER
One provider for Shale gas fields with performance guarantee, Just-in-time management ensures 100% water availability with minimal and cost effective fracwater and flowback storage

Big data, enabled by smart grid, sensors, GPS and automated devices allows to monitor quality and availability in real time

Environment/ re-use

Operations
Existing Veolia mobile and fixed infrastructure for treatment near the wells in real time

Through our unique model, we take over the produced water and solid waste responsibility to dispose/reuse

How can we help in a global assessment


Our added value:
We have access to all technologies (most of them inhouse) We can estimate the efficiency and operation costs of any process We can anticipate the disposal options for ultime waste

We evaluate with the operator the global impact of the process:


We have developed customized tools to assess the environmental impact of individual operations to offer a complete and reliable picture.

Shale gas
Initial contracts in the USA and Central Europe

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1 Mobile water treatment (evaporation) discharge / reuse

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Water treatment (evaporation & crystallization) discharge / reuse Water treatment (reverse osmosis) discharge / reuse Mobile water treatment reuse

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Water treatment for odor control Vacuum truck service for liquid waste Soil remediation Solidification

Exploration phase in Poland


Customer: BNK Petroleum October December 2011 Waste water streams:
Treated water: Municipal WWTP Concentrate : Incineration

Full (Water+Waste) management contract:


Physico-Chemical treatment Evaporation Solid waste disposal

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Full size centralized unit: The QGC contract, Australia


CBM extraction 6000 wells over 20 000 km2 3 water treatment plants
200 000 m3/d by 2014 Desalination

Water reuse:
Replenish the water table Irrigation Industrial use

Contract duration:
20 years (+ option : 5 y)

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The area of concern (water related)


Water withdrawal:
The impact depends on site, other consumers, season Quantity : high volume in short time, partly released on long term Most of the flowback water can be recycled

Pollution from surface operation


Treatment not difficult, but complex (water flux and content highly variable)

Pollution around well casing


State of the art cementation

Contamination of valuable ground layers during fracturation process


Knowledge is improving, thanks to the massive data collected from the wells drilled and fractures

A new approach of chemicals net efficiency


To reduce globally the water/energy footprint: To optimize the chemicals utilization:
For the frac operation For the waste water treatment

The chemical shall be selected or new chemicals shall be developped , according to:
Efficiency in frac operation Direct cost Direct and undirect impact (cost) on waste management Environmental impact ( green chemicals)

Conclusion
Shale gas operation ? Nothing different from most industrial activities:
Water withdraw shall comply with a regional withdrawal plan Environmental impact shall be publicly assessed, registered and reported The specific risks shall be assessed, and mitigated with technical golden rules

Main technical development ongoing:


Prediction tools (frac propagation) Sensors : water quality monitoring near the wellbore and in aquifers Chemicals: Reduce the quantity and toxicity of the chemicals used (biodegradable and potentially biosourced chemicals)

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