Year 2015

• Radioactivity of drilling cuttings from shale resources of the Lower Paleozoic Baltic Basin, Poland

  Publication

  • A. Mykowska
  • A. Rogala
  • A. Kallas
  • J. Karczewski
  • J. Hupka

  - Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing - Year 2015

  Fractionated drilling wastes originating from shale gas exploration in the Baltic Basin in Pomerania were subjected to the measurements of mean activity concentrations of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs).To better understand rock structure and texture, the X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy(SEM) observation were used. To compare activity concentration of radionuclides in bulk wastes...

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Year 2014

• Environmental aspects of shale gas recovery in Baltic Basin

  Publication

  • A. Mykowska
  • M. Kowalski
  • J. Hupka

  - International Proceedings of Chemical Biological and Environmental Engineering - Year 2014

  Factors limiting shale gas exploration and exploitation in Pomorskie Voivodeship are presented. In particular, ground and surface water availability and land/community impact is discussed. Production from unconventional reservoirs requires proper well completion through hydraulic fracturing, hence voluminous streams of water are needed – in total 8000 to 20000 m3 per 1000 m of borehole length. 17 major groundwater basins were characterized....

• Natural radioactivity of solid and liquid phases from shale oil and gas prospection in Pomerania

  Publication

  • A. Mykowska
  • J. Hupka

  - POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - Year 2014

  Ionizing radiation intensity data and estimation of equivalent absorbed dose from solid and liquid samples from prospection of shale gas and oil at selected sites in Pomerania are presented. Naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) are associated with geological formations or fluids and can be enhanced during oil and gas production. They appear in e.g. drilling cuttings, flow back water, produced water, scale and sludge....

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• Radionuclides activity and effective doses referred to geological formations

  Publication

  • A. Mykowska
  • J. Hupka

  - Journal of Industrial and Intelligent Information - Year 2014

  Naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) are present in Earth’s crust and they caused natural background radiation, variable in different regions. Liquid, gas and solid radionuclides emit three types of radiation – alpha, beta and gamma. Fluctuations of natural radioactivity in different geological formations in the world and in Poland were compared in relation to radiological hazard. Also drilling cuttings from boreholes...

Year 2013

• Zużyty płyn wiertniczy - odpad czy ściek?

  Publication

  • A. Małachowska
  • K. Piszcz-Karaś
  • Z. Lustig
  • A. Mykowska
  • J. Hupka

  - Year 2013

  Płuczka wiertnicza wywiera znaczący wpływ na wszystkie operacje podczas procesu technologicznego jakim jest wiercenie górotworu. Odpowiedni skład płuczki wpływa na ilość jak i jakość pozyskiwania ropy naftowej i gazu ziemnego, dlatego powinien spełniać zadania mające związek z jego określonymi właściwościami. Jednym z najważniejszych zadań płuczki jest oczyszczanie dna otworu ze zwiercin, a następnie ich transport na powierzchnie...