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A Message from Craig A. Kasper, PECEO, Hull & Associates, Inc.

Hull & Associates, Inc. is a project development, energy and engineering consulting firm specializing in the alternative energy, brownfields, environmental, shale oil and gas and waste management markets. This firm helps clients tackle complex challenges related to land, energy and the environment by developing innovative,

sustainable solutions for premier projects nationwide. Hull offers a comprehensive and integrated suite of engineering, scientific and strategic planning services.

With approximately 170 professionals employed in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic and seven offices strategically located in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana, Hull & Associates develops renewable energy projects using solar, biomass, landfill gas, cogeneration, waste heat, CNG, water and wind technologies. As project development experts, Hull is uniquely positioned to manage energy projects from concept through operation. With more than 25 years of experience in brownfields redevelopment, Hull excels at successfully securing and leveraging funding for brownfield assessment, cleanup and redevelopment projects. Hull is a pioneer in the provision of engineering and environmental services to the rapidly unfolding shale oil and gas market. Hull has also made a long-term investment to provide engineering and environmental services to clients in the shale oil and gas industry while establishing strong working relationships with regulatory agencies.

Craig Kasper, Chief Executive Officer, Hull & Associates, Inc., is responsible for all strategic business decisions in the firm’s five market areas mentioned above. In addition to his role as CEO, he has provided leadership on the development of many key real estate and alternative energy assets. A Registered Professional Engineer, Kasper has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Ohio Northern University.Kasper routinely lectures at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Harvard Business School on firm management, urban redevelopment and energy. He is currently leading the firm’s strategic approach to the growth of the shale industry supply chain in Ohio, Pennsylvania and

West Virginia. Since joining Hull in 1989, the firm has continued to grow and gain national recognition under Kasper’s leadership.

With five of their seven offices in Ohio, Hull & Associates is proud to have their main base in a state that boasts some of the toughest regulations in the country for the shale oil and gas industry. One of its main services and market concentrations are on brownfields; land that may previously have been contaminated but once cleaned up, can become industrial, commercial or retail acreage. Brownfields are pertinent to urban planning and Hull & Associates have a seasoned team of scientists, engineers and experts who understand the brownfield market and how it impacts the surrounding communities. To achieve regulated environmental cleanups, support property transactions and help clients engage in ambitious

redevelopment efforts, Hull offers an integrated suite of brownfield services. Hull has investigated and designed remediation systems for abandoned properties, landfills, National Priorities List (Superfund) sites, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) facilities, aboveground and underground storage tank (UST) sites, industrial facilities and other properties.

Being present in Ohio and Pennsylvania, Hull & Associates is present in the heart of the shale plays happening in the Appalachian Basin. Hull is committed to helping producers, drillers and service companies overcome the complex technological, environmental and regulatory challenges posed by the rapidly unfolding shale oil and gas market. Our innovative engineering and environmental services help clients manage costs, protect the environment and proactively manage regulatory compliance.

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ARTICLESTHE ONG SPOTLIGHT: Craig A. Kasper, PE CEO, Hull & Associates Inc. .................................... 3

WATER MANAGEMENT: Modular Above Ground Tank: The Next Generation AST........................... 6-7

HEALTH & SAFETY: The Undeniable Value of Safety in the Oil & Gas Industry .......................... 8-9

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: Protecting Sensitive Wildlife and Plants in Oil .................. 10-11

INDUSTRY INSIGHT:Shale Plays: From Established to Emerging .... 12-13

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Enviro-Guard ........... 16-17

LEGAL & REGULATORY: Mitigating Noise - Meeting Regulations and Being Good ............. 22-23

ALTERNATIVE FUELS: CNG: The Next Big Game Changer .......................................................... 26-27

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By: Melissa Pagen, Assistant VP, Investor Relations, Green Hunter Water

Water arguably plays a bigger role in the energy industry than oil and gas. Fluids management is a continuous and dynamic task for producers – there are fresh water needs, flowback water needs, produced water, high-solids water, water treatment, water disposal, water storage, and water testing needs. Water has to be trucked, stored, transferred, pumped, stored again, filtered, trucked again, treated, stored again, and ultimately injected or reused.

As GreenHunter Water (NYSE: GRH) has continued to build its oilfield services offering, with an initial and primary focus on disposal, transport, treatment, and environmental solutions, the issue of storage has been a recurring theme. Methods are certainly in place, but all come with drawbacks. After careful observation and research, GreenHunter Water has found a method that addresses the issues without a benefit trade-off – The MAG Tank™, its new propriety product.

Frac tanks have a reasonable day rate, and are a familiar mode that operators are all accustomed to, but they have such limited volume capacity, the frac tank farm that is needed, requires expansive space on a drilling pad. This is due to the significantly larger frac jobs being conducted today from the shale revolution. Upwards of 80 frac tanks are required to store 40,000 bbls of water, and the trucking costs to haul them all individually is exorbitant. The same volume capacity is safely achieved with 1 MAG Tank™, which can be hauled in 8 truckloads.

Earthen Impoundments have attractive volume capacity, but the time required for

the engineering, permitting, and construction of each individual impoundment is prohibitive to schedule, as is the remediation of earthen impoundments, with both incurring ongoing cost and elicit anxious eyes from regulatory overseers.

Like most other processes that have evolving ‘mousetraps’, the trend leads toward efficiency and some measure of standardization in order to facilitate that efficiency – and in the oilfield, as all of us who are a part of it know, the one thing that trumps efficiency (and everything else, for that matter) is environmental, health, and safety standards. The goal then, is to hit as many efficiency marks as possible while meeting the highest standards for EHS.

GreenHunter was not the only company to contemplate the needs and trends for water storage. Companies have been coming out of the woodwork with their answer to efficient and standardized water storage. In this answer, was the Aboveground Storage Tank. Although it shares the same name, the style of tank that is an alternative to a frac tank or earthen impoundment, is not the same style of tank used by the chemical company that received so much press back in January 2014. Rather, the first round of Aboveground Storage Tanks to hold freshwater for frac stages for oilfield operations resemble above ground swimming pools, and are generally temporary.

GreenHunter Water was still not satisfied. The first generation of Aboveground Storage Tanks rely on hoop stress, which results in certain capacity limitations (typically about 40,000 bbls), and an inherent reliance of each segment to the segment it’s bolted to. This incited our goal to design and construct a tank that would not rely on hoop stress, where each segment (panel) would independently hold weight, could be stacked for shipping, have unlimited capacity, and its modularity would

MODULAR ABOVE GROUND TANKTHE NEXT GENERATION AST

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allow for a flexible footprint that could adapt from one drilling pad to the next – sometimes adapting one big tank into two smaller if necessary m based upon surface geography.

Enter MAG Tank™ - GreenHunter Water’s patent-pending AST was designed with EHS standards as a guiding light, it has addressed and met efficiency needs, all while maintaining a price point that competes with the earlier generation of ASTs that are widely used. Now that the MAG Tank™ has been field-tested on several deployments, we have stocked our shelves with panels and are running promotional deals with producers in order to introduce them to this next generation AST.

MAG Tank™ employs reusable, portable, stackable, invertible, corrosive resistant, stainless steel panels with SSPC-SP6 commercial blast cleaning w/4-6 mill Epoxy coating - suitable for submersion application, high acid resistance, moisture resistance and salt/fog resistance. Modular panels enable quick assembly and disassembly. A disposable impermeable liner and geotextile substrate provides water containment and a puncture resistant ground covering. After site preparation, a MAG Tank™ is typically installed in one to two days.

MAG Tank™ is capable of holding 10,000 bbls to over 280,000 bbls.

GreenHunter Water, LLC aspires to lead and change the industry of oilfield fluids management and environmental services. Our MAG Tank™ represents the evolution in above-ground fluid containment. We continually work to cultivate and enhance our business relationships with E&P companies, large and small, by identifying need, careful design of a solution, and efficient execution. Our high standards are recognized by our customers and the communities in which we provide our services.

In spite of the large role water plays in oil and gas production and the billions of barrels of water associated with drilling and production processes, the producer should be able to focus on producing oil and gas. GreenHunter will handle the water.

For more information on MAG Tank™contact:Melissa M. PagenGreenHunter Resources, Inc.28407 St. Rt. 7Marietta, OH 45750740-373-4599 ext. 16Cell: [email protected]

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By: Ray Pader, CEO, Shale Markets, LLC Contribution by: Raul Garzan, Director of Business Development, Safety Services

Over the last couple years, a growing number of contracting companies working in the Oil and Gas industry in the Northeast have been presented with the requirement of safety standards that may not have been a part of their business practice in the past. Many of the major operators are requiring that their contracting companies maintain a near perfect score in ISNetworld®. Even though a company is maintaining a high score, if they are not

implementing or practicing these standards, they are still at risk, as is the operator. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Oil and Gas deaths reached a high in 2012. They jumped 23% from 112 in 2011 to 138 in 2012. Many industry experts feel that this is a result of lack of implementation of the proper safety procedures.

In order to assure that contracting companies are implementing safety standards, many companies are now being notified that they will have to submit to an audit from the customers they work for. Usually, these audits are for all contractors across the board whose type of work increases the risk for the operators. Whether you have an excellent safety record or whether you are still working on improving, you could still be notified and chosen to be audited. For companies working in the

oil and gas industry, there is no substitute for a comprehensive, well-implemented safety program. Building a strong safety culture whereby your company’s operations are based upon a specific set of defined criteria and there is verifiable evidence of compliance with current health, safety and environmental requirements is no easy task. However, the consequences of not making safety the priority could be monumental.

Consider the following:For every $1 spent on direct costs related to an accident, there are another $3 to $5 worth of indirect costs. Actual costs of an accident that had compensation costs of $15,000 equals between $45,000 and $75,000. Most executives state that for every

$1 their company spent on workplace safety, they saved at least $3. In a recent poll of financial decision makers the participants perceived that on average for every $1 spent improving workplace safety, $4.41 would be returned. Indirect costs of injuries may be 20 times the direct costs. Indirect costs also impact companies on a social level resulting in poor customer and community relations. (Resource: ASSE)

Examples of indirect costs include: re-training, hiring new productive employees, accident investigation and implementation of corrective measures, lost productivity, repairs of damaged equipment, property costs and lower employee morale and absenteeism. The estimated direct U.S. workers compensation costs for the most disabling workplace injuries and illnesses in 2006 were $48.6 billion. (Resource: Liberty Mutual). Lost productivity from workplace injuries and illnesses costs companies $60 billion each year. (Resource: OSHA). Total economic costs of occupational deaths and injuries were an estimated $142.2 billion and a total of 120 million days were lost due to occupational deaths and injuries. (Resource: National Safety Council NSC). Businesses spend $170 billion a year on costs associated with occupational illnesses and injuries. (Resource: American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)).

The takeaway here is that early and continual investment in safety yields positive returns. The same is true for having your programs and operations audited before there are problems or incidents. On-site audits usually benefit employers by identifying gaps in the program or systems, outlining non-conformance areas, providing recommendations, identifying required policies, forms and checklists, identifying requisite training and interval training. In short an on-site pre-audit can help your company become “future ready” when it comes to its safety compliance. Also, safety audits put on by the operators should not be taken lightly. Failing an audit can, in many cases, cost a company their contract with the operator. Safety is of utmost importance to the operators and should be to contractors as well. Any contracting company who is about to be audited will find that investment in pre-audit services are a great investment that pays results.

Shale Markets, LLC. (www.ShaleMarkets.com) is a partner of Safety Services Company focusing on the Northeastern US. Shale Markets, LLC., together with Safety Services Company performs pre-audits (audit prep) throughout the US and Canada. To contact the author: Ray Pader, ShaleMarkets ([email protected]) and Safety Services Company, Raul Garza ([email protected])

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By: Merlin Benner, Wildlife Specialists, LLC

People love wild animals and plants. Even if they don’t personally experience them, just knowing that they are out there and being protected has value for many people. For this reason, most organizations place a high value on ensuring that impacts to sensitive species is minimized. Our natural resource agencies have been charged with the conservation of various species for this reason. Natural gas and oil developments potentially could impact wildlife either through direct disturbance or habitat modification, so conservation efforts are typically focused on these areas.

In most cases, conservation measures are employed when a project is located within a buffer around a known occurrence of the sensitive species. These occurrence records are housed in a natural heritage database administered by the state conservation agencies, like the PNDI (Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory) in Pennsylvania’s case. A “hit” in the database triggers communication between the developer and the agencies to determine the potential impact of the project. Often, when the potential for negative impact exists, the developers will be required to conduct surveys for either the habitat of the species in question (Phase I survey), or, if the habitat is present, then sign of the physical occurrence of the species onsite (Phase II survey). Surveys must be conducted by qualified biologists who have documented expertise with the particular species.

Phase I surveys usually involve biologists walking through the project area conducting a visual search, and documenting with GPS and photographs any potential habitat observed. Phase II surveys vary greatly by the species in question, and may need to be conducted during times when that species is known to be active and observable. For bats, acoustic recordings of their calls or netting to capture and identify the species may be appropriate. Biologists watch and listen for breeding birds to identify the species present. For rattlesnakes, potential critical habitats are searched for either denning or gestating snakes, and with the Allegheny woodrat the primary clues to their presence are either food caches or latrine sites. Sometimes live traps are set or remotely triggered cameras installed to document particularly shy or cryptic species. Others, like many flowers, are simply walked up on, keyed out, and photographed during the season of blooming.

Should the surveys reveal that the species is unlikely to occur onsite, a report is written documenting the lack of evidence, and the project continues as planned.

If the sensitive species is found, one or more of several options can be employed to conserve the species onsite. Usually, the qualified expert who conducted the survey makes management recommendations in their report to the conservation agency, which negotiates a management action. The most preferred alternative

is usually avoidance, particularly if it can be done without a major reroute. With certain species, especially birds or bats that are highly mobile, avoidance might be a seasonal restriction to avoid the breeding season. Sometimes, when impact can’t be avoided, but where providing replacement habitat will work to conserve the species on the site, mitigation may be the answer. This includes creation of wetlands or other sensitive habitats, plantings of cover or forage species, moving and replanting of plants, or other procedures. Another alternative might be construction monitoring, where monitors work on the site during the construction process and actively move the species out of harm’s way. This is often used for reptiles or amphibians.

A few issues should be considered when planning a project that may encounter sensitive species issues. Timing and expedience is often highly valued in the oil and gas development world - for this reason, the earlier in the planning phase that the developer initiates this process, the better. Many species have limited specific seasons where they can be observed. Also, be sure to use an expert who is qualified with the species in question. These people are very familiar with the constraints of when to conduct surveys, and can also provide advice on the typical management actions that will be approved by the conservation agency. Failure to use a qualified expert can result in significant delays and very likely having to repeat much of the work done on surveys or reports.

In my experience as a consultant, I have seen no instances of projects that were cancelled because of sensitive species conflicts. There is a cost of conservation which our society has grown to accept to ensure the future of the resources we care about.

Author Contact Information:Merlin Benner, President, Wildlife Specialists, LLC2785 Hills Creek RoadWellsboro, PA 16901Office: 570.376.2255Email: [email protected]: www.wildlife-specialists.com

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By: Kristie Kubovic, Director of Communications, Shale Media GroupEdited By: Mindy Gattner, Editor, Shale Media Group

The North American Prospect Expo (NAPE) East Business Conference and Expo was held April 9-11, 2014 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. The event kicked off with a Business Conference on April 9th and then was followed by the Expo on April 10th and 11th. The Business Conference concentrated

on Technology, Policy and Geology: Charting the Best Path Forward in the Appalachian Basin, while the Expo focused on the upstream, exploration and production (E&P), sector of the shale oil and gas industry.

Overall, the event gave attendees the opportunity to focus on the established Appalachian Basin while

in the heart of that basin in southwestern Pennsylvania. However, participants were also able to explore emerging surrounding basins, such as the Deep River and the Conasauga-Rome Trough, and discuss the political climate of other shale oil and gas rich states from New York to Kentucky.

On the eastern side of the country in the Appalachian Basin the Marcellus Shale play in particular is the established powerhouse. Range Resources pioneered with the industry’s first Marcellus well in 2004 and the industry’s first Utica and Upper Devonian Shale wells in 2009.

Even with Pennsylvania’s late 2013 Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that struck down specific provisions of Pennsylvania Act 13, a bill created to increase the regulation of hydraulic fracturing and provide protection for the environment, Pennsylvania is proceeding full speed ahead.

The recoverable gas estimates for the Marcellus Shale and most plays in general tend to increase from year to year. By some estimates the estimated recoverable gas of the Marcellus Shale play is as high as 516 trillion cubic feet (Tcf). “The Marcellus region is arguably the second largest gas supply and maybe even the second largest energy source on the planet right now. There are a lot of opportunities to take advantage of this resource that we have,” explained Bob Beatty, President, “O”Ring CNG Fuel Systems.

In addition to the Marcellus Shale play, the Utica Shale play is quickly growing as well, especially in Ohio, where there is a large influx of capital due to the Utica Shale development. When looking at both the Marcellus and Utica shale plays, Tom Bartos, CFO, ABARTA Energy, pointed out the Utica Shale play is moving faster from information leveraged from the Marcellus Shale play, but cautions the plays are not the same.

In addition, Kenneth Komoroski, Partner, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, stressed the incredible impact the Marcellus, Utica and Upper Devonian Shale plays have had on the economy and pointed that the Marcellus, Utica and Upper Devonian region in doing much better economically than other portions of the country.

Even with these economic advantages, the view of the shale oil and gas industry varies from state to state. Various factors, such as economic, political and environmental components, influence the shale oil and gas industry. For example, some states like New York, have created severe water restrictions that essentially lead to a ban on shale oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to drill for and release natural gas and oil from subterranean rock deep under the earth’s surface, which proved to be a topic of interest. Stephen Flaherty, Director State and Local Government Affairs, Halliburton, expressed, “I’ve not seen a governor with shale oil and gas resources in their state not want them. I’m optimistic drilling will happen in New York as well.” A common opinion among attendees was that after the next election, we’ll start to see some movement in New York.

New York’s neighbor to the north, Ontario, Canada, is promoting the exploration of oil and natural gas, explained exhibitor Hugh Moran, Executive Director, Ontario Petroleum Institute, an industry association representing Ontario’s oil and natural gas producers. In 1858, Oil Springs, Ontario, became the site of

North America’s first commercial oil well, which is still producing oil today. Moran says the majority of Canada’s production is associated with Alberta’s Oil Sands, but points out, “50 percent of the potentially recoverable oil and natural gas reserves are still in Ontario and remain to be developed. With research, we can explore even more of these potential reserves.”

North Carolina is an area that also sees the benefits of the shale oil and gas industry. Both the governor and legislature support research on it. The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources is doing in depth studies on these potential reservoirs of the Deep River and Dan River-Danville Basins, which both lie in the state. Katherine Marciniak, Environmental Senior Specialist, Energy, Mineral and Land Resources, Energy Program, expressed, “We are fortunate to have funding and be supported by the state government, so that we can understand the resources of the state. Currently the State government is working towards having all documents online and one stop shop permitting.”

Hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling became legal in North Carolina in 2012. Revised administrative rules are to be completed by October 2014 by a special commission. The first permits anticipated are to be issued in March 2015. Current rules allow permitted vertical exploration wells but no hydraulic fracturing. “In

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North Carolina there is no current production, but the potential for it is there. With new completion technology, these deposits may become economically viable,” explained Jeff Reid, Senior Geologist, North Carolina Geological Survey, Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NC DENR).

Junior Jenkins, Geologist, ABARTA Energy, echoed a similar sentiment for the Conasauga-Rome Trough play in eastern Kentucky. “The Conasauga-Rome Trough is a play in its infancy. Not a lot is known about the Cambrian age plays. There has been some analysis, which has kicked off interest. In addition, there was some

historic production that opened the door and shows potential. The data is sparse here, but intriguing. Plus the area is fairly friendly to the industry.”

Greg Floerke, Senior Vice President, NE Region, MarkWest Energy Partners, also spoke of Kentucky

and talked about a vertical well drilled in Ashland, Kentucky in 1985 with a vast reserve. However, more test wells are needed for additional information. The state is hopeful that in the next decade development will grow into that area. A benefit of this area for potential produces is that regulations tend to be easier in Kentucky; however, there isn’t much of the needed infrastructure there.

NAPE East gave its participants the opportunity to discuss various shale oil and gas issues ranging from the current operating environment of the Appalachian Basin and surrounding basins to political, environmental and regulatory issues facing operators. The future growth and outlook of the industry were also discussed along with topics like the business climate. Also, in terms of growth, Floerke sees more growth in the Appalachian Basin in the future, maybe not the exponential growth we’ve seen so far, but more growth. Essentially, the shale oil and gas industry may experience some hurdles along the way, but has established itself as a thriving industry and looks to remain as one.

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As Utica Shale activities transform many of the Northeastern Ohio Counties, we are often asked how construction projects will affect the peace and tranquility of the small and medium sized towns centered within the fast moving wet gas regions of the Utica. Headquartered just across the border in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Steel Nation was instrumental in designing super-quiet buildings back in 2006 when the Marcellus Shale was in its infancy. Specializing in sound mitigation of large scale compressor stations and gas processing plants, Steel Nation hopes to share our expertise for our neighbors in Ohio that are experiencing the boom towns of the Utica.

Similar to the small towns of Eastern Ohio, the towns around Washington, Pennsylvania are home to the earliest Marcellus wells, and in fact, the very first well was at the Renz farm near Houston, PA, which was drilled in 2004. You have to understand that most of the O&G drilling companies are from Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, where wells may be located in the middle of nowhere, often within ranches that make up thousands of acres.

In the early years, these Western states drilling companies did not fully understand how our rolling hills and tight valleys would be different from the wide open spaces of the American West. Located a mere 23 miles south of Pittsburgh, many of the early Marcellus sites in Washington county were truly rural in nature, but as the suburbs expand, smart operators realized they needed to build quiet stations in order to mitigate the sound, mainly from compressor engines and processing plants.

While the Noise Control Act of 1972 establishes a national policy for noise control, regulations regarding noise control are primarily set by state and most importantly, local governments. Noise control ordinances put in place vary due to the area’s population and existing ambient sounds, but smart towns and townships have set fairly stringent noise limitations, and for good reason. Most mid to large model compressor engines exceed 100 dBA and the cooler fans can approach 90 dBA. In comparison, being front row at a music concert can reach 105 dBA or more, and a typical jet engine produces around 127 dBA. A majority of local and state government codes do not allow compressor station sites to exceed 60 dBA or less,

usually measured in certain distances to the site property line, or distances to receptors homes, schools, businesses, parks and churches. At Steel Nation, our goal is to build quiet compressor stations that are well below 50 dBA at any receptor location.

Sound studies are performed at many stages of design, building and commissioning the compressor stations as well as levels at different distances. Steel Nation uses the studies to determine the best way to mitigate the sound and the company offers five distinct phases of sound mitigation techniques based on local ordinances and codes in the Marcellus and Utica Shales.

Steel Nation is presently building stations throughout the Utica, in both Ohio and West Virginia, including projects near Carrolton, Seneca Lake, Cadiz and Scio, Ohio. Most of these projects are for the top 5 Midsteam companies, and the buildings are all top notch, fully sound attenuated structures. You will quickly find that the best companies have usually performed their sound studies, have hired strong companies to build quiet stations, and truly want to ensure that neighbors’ lifestyles do not change a bit!

So, what can we, as an industry, do to make these stations as quiet as possible? Let’s look at a few of the basic principles of designing and building super quiet stations:

1. When possible, locate sites as far away as possible from residents and businesses

2. Use hills and existing bunkers to create a natural obstruction; always face open coolers away from receptors and hills

3. Open coolers are very loud in the low decibel ranges, and travel further distances than high pitched sounds. If natural bunkers are not available, always use sound walls or modular enclosures to attenuate cooler sounds

4. Try to place all header racks behind buildings, away from receptors. Pipe pinging can be annoying to nearby neighbors.

5. Remember that anytime you have an opening in a building, sound can quickly escape. Use heavy duty STC Rated Man Doors and Roll-Up Doors to ensure sound stays attenuated within the building. Pay close attention to sealing up all pipe penetrations.

6. Buildings must be cooled, so make sure all air handling components (Fans, Ventilators, Louvers) all have acoustical silencers

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7. Never build a tin can! The building must be insulated, the panels should be at least 22 gauge and interior panels should always be perforated in order to absorb interior sound

8. Engine exhausts can be very loud, and must be insulated and sound attenuated

9. Combustion air intakes are also very loud. Never use PVC plastic, as PVC acts as a megaphone (and is extremely flammable too!). Always add acoustical silencers to the outside end of air intakes

10. Be a great neighbor! There are many other actions owners can take to make their stations super quiet. Sometimes it may get expensive, but at the end of the day, we need to treat our neighbors, businesses, schools and places of worship exactly like we do in our own backyards.

Utica exploration has huge economic benefits for the citizens, towns and counties throughout Eastern Ohio, but it has to be a Win/Win for all parties involved. Smart O&G owners realize this, and as an entire industry, it is in our best interest to design and build super quiet and safe stations on every project that we manage.

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Just as electricity lit up America and revolutionized the world, compressed natural gas (CNG) has the power to fuel America and have one of the biggest impacts on human history, especially American history, in the quest to become energy secure. In order for this to occur education is key in dispelling some of the myths and misinformation concerning CNG.

Bob Beatty, President, “O”Ring CNG Fuel Systems, expressed, “Misinformation like ‘CNG is not safe’ is not true and still being tossed around.” Beatty related it to the Industrial Revolution between Rockefeller, Tesla and Westinghouse stating, “Back then, it was said that electricity was dangerous and shouldn’t be used. It is

the same territory, just a different era with CNG.” Just as Edison needed to earn public trust for the safety of electricity in the late 1800s, the CNG community is answering safety questions that surround CNG today.

Is CNG safe?“Natural gas is safe. One reason for this is that it is lighter than air,” stated Beatty. For example, it isn’t a spill hazard since it doesn’t pool and mixes harmlessly and quickly with air, unlike gasoline, which is more volatile, since it collects and pools. Thus, CNG won’t leak into the water supply. Plus, it is also safe to handle and “is non-toxic, non-corrosive and non-carcinogenic and presents no threat to soil, surface water or groundwater,” expressed Rick Price, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities.

In addition, CNG is stored in vehicles in highly engineered aluminum composite reinforced cylinders, which the United States Department of Transportation (US

DOT) and the Canadian Transport Commission (CTC) rigorously test. Time after time these cylinders perform above and beyond US DOT and CTC regulations. Tests operated by Authorized Testing Inc. displayed the safety of the CNG fuel system through drop tests, bonfire tests,

dynamite tests and gunfire tests and showed that CNG cylinders can withstand substantial collisions, fire, explosions and a bullet.

Will my vehicle explode if I’m in a collision?This is misnomer #1. Some folks are concerned about the safety of a CNG vehicle in a collision. In order to test a vehicle’s ability to withstand a substantial collision, Authorized Testing Inc. tested cars with CNG cylinders by dropping them from various heights at different pressurizations. The first test involved dropping a car from 30 feet, which represented a crash speed of 30 mph on impact and produced no damage to the CNG fuel system. This is also the maximum speed required to test the integrity of conventional gasoline tanks. The tests proceeded up to dropping the car from 90 feet, which signified a crash speed of 52 mph. There was still no damage to the cylinder at that speed. The CNG cylinders survived the crash and were still functional; however, the gas tank was destroyed by the crash.

What if my vehicle catches on fire?Misnomer #2 deals with the idea that a CNG-equipped vehicle may catch on fire during a crash. To alleviate these concerns, bonfire tests were conducted to simulate a possible vehicle fire. First off, the CNG fuel tanks have a double redundant safety design for high temperature situations. For example, aluminum has a melting point of 1200° F, while the composite reinforcement doubles the strength of the cylinder against internal bursting. It also maintains a maximum stress of about 1200° F as well. Plus, aluminum has a high thermal conductivity, which distributes the heat. In addition, the ignition temperature of natural gas is about 600 degrees higher than gasoline. For example, diesel has an auto ignition temperature of 420° F, while gasoline’s sits at 475° F; however, the auto ignition temperature of natural gas soars to 1070° F. Therefore, the CNG cylinders escaped the bonfire tests primarily unscathed.

What if there is an explosion?On to misnomer #3 which asks if the CNG cylinder will be affected if there is an explosion. For these tests, dynamite was used. At first, a half stick of dynamite, yielding 350,000 foot-pounds of energy, was used to explode a 24-inch diameter boulder as an example. The boulder fragmented into every direction. On a positive note, aluminum is not as likely to fragment like a boulder. First off, a quarter stick of dynamite will generate around 175,000 foot-pounds of energy. After being set off near the cylinder, the dynamite created a dent a metal equivalent to the thickness of five sheets of paper. After a half stick of dynamite, which is comparable to a car impacting a wall at 40 mph, the blast only created a dent less than one-sixteenth inch. Essentially there was no damage to the cylinders after they were exposed to the dynamite. Afterwards, a full stick of dynamite, which is equivalent to a car driving into a wall at around 89 mph, was tested. In this case, gas did vent through the valve and release device; however, there was no ignition due to the fact that natural gas vents safely into the atmosphere. If, for some chance it was ignited, the only area affected would be the periphery area, since 100% natural gas can’t burn. After these tests were demonstrated at ambient temperatures, they were then tested at extremely low temperatures of around -100° F. Aluminum increases its strength while remaining a solid at low temperatures whereas carbon steel becomes very brittle around -65° F, which is a concern for vehicles operating in northern latitudes such as Canada and Alaska. Even with the extremely cold conditions and a full stick dynamite, the cylinder remained intact and did not vent.

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What if my vehicle is hit by a stray bullet?Finally, we’re taking a look at misnomer #4, the stray bullet, which is a concern for law enforcement if they are fired upon by a suspect near a CNG vehicle. The gunfire test looked to answer how the CNG cylinders would hold up and, if pierced, how they would behave. First, the test was employed with a standard police issue load .357 Magnum from about 25 feet away. There was no severe damage to the cylinder, which performed well within design limits. Next up, an AR-15 military assault rifle with an armor-piercing bullet was shot at the cylinder. It did breakdown, but the breakdown was safe as there was no natural gas ignition. In addition, it subsided in less than one minute.

Yes, CNG is safe!Overwhelmingly, the answer to these questions is that CNG is not only safe, but also clean, affordable, abundant and right under American soil. With the goal of educating people about alternative fuels and technology, Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities (PRCC) is one of over 87 coalitions in partnership with the Department of Energy

working for petroleum based reductions and clean air. Price pointed out, “We work on the education side. There are a lot of misnomers about alternative fuel, like CNG. I like to give the facts.”

The promotion of alternative fuels and CNG education

are revolutionizing the transportation industry one vehicle at a time. CNG has the power to safely fuel America and have one of the biggest impacts on human history, especially American history, in our quest for energy security.

Shale Media Group (SMG) is a news, information, education and mapping resource dedicated to the shale oil and gas industries by messaging across video, Internet, publications, events and radio. For more, check out ShaleMediaGroup.com to access all platforms, including: TheMarcellusShale.com, The UticaShale.com, TheShaleAcademy.com, ShaleAdvantage.com and ShaleEnergyNow.com. In addition, join us on May 29th for our next Elite Energy Event in front of the Holiday Inn Express in Bentleyville, PA from 6-9pm. Register or find more details at ShaleMediaGroup.com. Kristie Kubovic is the Director of Communications at Shale Media Group. Contact her at [email protected].

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