Shelton, J.L.K., Blondes, M.S., Saraswathula, V., Barnhart, E.P., Doolan, C.A., McKinley, J.C., and Morrissey, E.A., 2021, Microbiology of the Utica Shale: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92RJOJS.
Summary
In order to determine the innate microbial community of shale gas reservoirs and how they are impacted by hydraulic fracturing, this study analyzed biomass collected from produced water and rock from hydraulically fractured wells in the Utica Shale. The samples include rock chips from a drill core from one Utica well, produced water from that same Utica well, and produced water from 12 different Utica wells that had been in production between 1-5 years, spanning the oil and gas windows of SE Ohio. The samples were filtered for biomass, extracted, amplified, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed on the Illumina MiSeq platform.
Summary
In order to determine the innate microbial community of shale gas reservoirs and how they are impacted by hydraulic fracturing, this study analyzed biomass collected from produced water and rock from hydraulically fractured wells in the Utica Shale. The samples include rock chips from a drill core from one Utica well, produced water from that same Utica well, and produced water from 12 different Utica wells that had been in production between 1-5 years, spanning the oil and gas windows of SE Ohio. The samples were filtered for biomass, extracted, amplified, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed on the Illumina MiSeq platform.
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Purpose
The data were collected because minimal data exist for the microbiology of the Utica Shale. We also wanted to determine if there were microbiological differences between formation rock and formation water, as well as determine if any changes to microbial community composition could occur over time.
