Overcoming Low Permeability Challenges with Pneumatic Fracturing

- Eric Moskal

Overcoming Remediation Challenges with Pneumatic Fracturing

Are you facing challenges with low permeability lithology like clay, silt, or bedrock impeding the distribution of remedial chemistries? Join us, as Eric Moskal, Director of Technical Experts shares how pneumatic fracturing can enhance your remediation strategy and help you achieve more efficient, cost-effective, and successful results.

He will discuss the difficulties with low permeability formations and their impact on project success. He will then share applicable solutions on the use of suspended solid reagents to improve remediation outcomes in these challenging environments, and how pneumatic fracturing can facilitate their emplacement.

We will walk you through:

  • Equipment and data: Outline the key equipment involved in pneumatic fracturing, such as packers, control modules, and integrated injection systems. We will also discuss the methods for confirming treatment effectiveness, including pressure vs. time curves, pressure influence, surface heave, and coring/sampling.
  • Application and safety: The practical aspects of applying pneumatic fracturing, including drilling approaches and safety considerations, especially around existing structures and utilities.
  • Case studies: Real-world case studies showcasing the successful application of pneumatic fracturing in various scenarios, including ZVI and solid carbon injection into shale, ZVI, EVO, and persulfate treatment in swelling clay, and proppant emplacement to support AS/SVE and bio-recirculation systems.

Whether you’re looking to optimize treatment performance, reduce project timelines, or improve cost efficiency, this session will equip you with actionable strategies to achieve success. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from real-world examples and industry expertise - reserve your spot today!

 

About the Presenter

Eric Moskal

Director of Technical Experts

Eric is a national expert on pneumatic and hydraulic emplacement of chemical oxidants, zero-valent iron (ZVI), combined ZVI-bioremediation remedies for complex chlorinated solvent sites, and remediation-engineered activated carbon for complex petroleum sites. He also provides pneumatic permeability enhancement of finer-grained soils to optimize soil vapor extraction (SVE) systems for both hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvent removal. Eric has almost two decades of practical experience in the environmental services industry. He has extensive hands-on field experience and many years of project development and management experience.

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