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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION

“FRACKING” TASK FORCE

Presented By Task Force Co-Chairs

Adam Feig & Connie Beck

Mission

The Horizontal Drilling “Fracking” Task Force at the University of Illinois Extension seeks to facilitate the dissemination of unbiased, scientific-based, information resulting in improved and informed decision making for

• ur local stakeholders and clientele.

PRO CON

Task Force Team Members

• Adam Feig, Extension Director, Co-Chair
• Connie Beck, Extension Director, Co-Chair
• Susan Odum, Extension Educator, CED
• Zachary Kennedy, Extension Educator, CED
• Matt Rush, Program Coordinator, ANR
• Nathan Johanning, Extension Educator, ANR
• Jason Haupt, Extension Educator, ANR
• Dr. Dale Law, Regional Director
• Dr. Mike Gray, Professor/Assistant Dean, ANR

Goals of the Task Force

• Increasing awareness and understanding of the long term impacts
• f the leasing, implementation, recovery, and restoration efforts

associated with “Fracking”.

• Improving the quality of life and economic viability of rural

clientele, stakeholders, and local communities.

• Ensuring long-term environmental quality and sustainability.
• Improving social and economic conditions in our communities.
• Preparing our communities to prevent and respond to emergencies.

Background

• Task Force was created in March

2012 when leasing efforts became prevalent in Wayne County.

• Hosted 10+ informational sessions

throughout Southern Illinois on leasing, current issues, legislative updates, and provided audiences with opportunities to have questions answered.

Background

• Conducted a site visit to

southeastern Ohio in December

• f 2012 in partnership with

representatives of Ohio State University Extension.

• Visited numerous well sites in

Ohio and spoke with local landowners and community leaders.

Background

Services

• Presentations/Informational Meetings
• Fact Sheets
• Gathering Unbiased Research
• Review of Best Practices
• Money Management Programs
• Informational Website (Under Development)
• Staying Abreast of Issues & Developments

Audiences

• Landowners/Mineral Rights Owners
• Local Governments (Various Levels)
• Community Leaders
• Local Business Owners
• Environmental Groups
• Special Interest Groups
• Local Media

The Illinois Basin

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Illinois Oil & Gas Resources

Effingham Jasper Crawford Saline Wabash Gallatin White Hamilton Fayette Marion Jefferson Franklin Williamson Wayne Lawrence Edwards Clay Richland

http://moulin.isgs.uiuc.edu/ILOIL/webapp/ILOIL.html

What We Have Learned

Source: Illinois Issues, a publication of the University of Illinois Springfield, May 2012

Hydraulic fracturing, which is commonly referred to as fracking, is nothing

• new. Hydraulic fracturing is achieved by pumping water mixed with sand

and chemicals through a well into rock that holds a carbon fuel, such as oil

• r natural gas.

The water creates pressure, which fractures the rock or opens up pre- existing cracks. The sand holds the cracks open so the gas and/or oil can be extracted.

A Graphic of the Process from the Marcellus Shale Region

What We Have Learned

Source: Illinois Issues, a publication of the University of Illinois Springfield, May 2012

The combination of the two technologies has some thinking that there is a chance to reach oil and natural gas in Illinois that was previously too difficult

• r not economically viable

to go after. What is new about recent fracking projects is their scale. Fracking coupled with horizontal drilling allows gas and oil companies to drill down into the earth and then permeate rock along a horizontal line, which is sometimes miles long.

A Graphic of the Process from the Marcellus Shale Region

What We Have Learned

Source: Illinois Issues, a publication of the University of Illinois Springfield, May 2012

“It’s sometimes portrayed as some new technology. That really misses the mark,” says Brad Richards, executive vice president of the Illinois Oil & Gas Association. “It is bigger, and it is different.” David Morse, senior petroleum geologist and head of the Coal and Petroleum Geology Section at the Illinois State Geological Survey, agrees. “We’ve certainly fracked oil wells for the last 60 years in Illinois. What makes this fracking different is definitely the scale.” Morse said that while previously fracked wells may have had about 100,000 gallons of fluids pumped down them, new larger wells could potentially have 1 million to 5 million gallons pumped into them.

What We Have Learned

Source: Illinois e-News Summaries [e-Subscription@illinois.gov]