Wednesday, September 14, 2011

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has assembled the first complete catalog of gas drilling chemicals being used in the state. The department counts more than 80 chemicals being used by the rapidly growing drilling industry in a process called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," as it pursues the rich Marcellus Shale reserve. The list includes: — 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene — 1,3,5 Trimethybenzene — 2,2-Dibromo-3-Nitrilopropionamide — 2.2-Dibromo-3-Nitrilopropionamide — 2-butoxyethanol — 2-Ethylhexanol — 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one — 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazotin-3-one — Acetic Acid — Acetic Anhydride — Acie Pensurf — Alchohol Ethoxylated — Alphatic Acid — Alphatic Alcohol Polyglycol Ether — Aluminum Oxide — Ammonia Bifluoride — Ammonia Bisulfite — Ammonium chloride — Ammonium Salt — Ammonia Persulfate — Aromatic Hydrocarbon — Aromatic Ketones — Boric Acid — Boric Oxide — Butan-1-01 — Citric Acid — Crystalline Silica: Cristobalite — Crystalline Silica: Quartz — Dazomet — Diatomaceus Earth — Diethylbenzene — Doclecylbenzene Sulfonic Acid — E B Butyl Cellosolve — Ethane-1,2-diol — Ethoxlated Alcohol — Ethoxylated Alcohol — Ethoxylated Octylphenol — Ethylbenzene — Ethylene Glycol — Ethylhexanol — Ferrous Sulfate Heptahydrate — Formaldehyde — Glutaraldehyde — Glycol Ethers — Guar Gum — Hemicellulase Enzyme — Hydrochloric Acid — Hydrotreated light Distillate — Hydrotreated Light Distilled — Iron Oxide — Isopropanol — Isopropyl Alcohol — Kerosine — Magnesium Nitrate — Mesh Sand (Crystalline Silica) — Methanol — Mineral Spirits — Monoethanolamine — Naphthalene — Nitrilotriacetamide — Oil Mist — Petroleum Distillate Blend — Petroleum Distillates — Petroleum Naphtha — Polyethoxylated Alkanol (1) — Polyethoxylated Alkanol (2) — Polyethylene Glycol Mixture — Polysaccharide — Potassium Carbonate — Potassium Chloride — Potassium Hydroxide — Prop-2-yn-1-01 — Propan-2-01 — Propargyl Alcohol — Propylene — Sodium Ash — Sodium Bicarbonate — Sodium Chloride — Sodium Hydroxide — Sucrose — Tetramethylammonium Chloride — Titanium Oxide — Toluene — Xylene Source: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

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