| 摘要 |
Testing water contamination around oil or gas wells. To determine a testing zone around an oil or gas well, multiple variables are received by data processing apparatus. The variables include variables associated with an oil or gas well, variables associated with an entity performing hydraulic fracturing in the oil or gas well, and variables associated with inhabitable regions surrounding the oil or gas well, to name a few. The multiple variables are processed by the data processing apparatus. In response to the processing, a zone around the oil or gas well within which to test for contamination due to the hydraulic fracturing in the oil or gas well is determined. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method to determine a testing zone around an oil or gas well, the method comprising:
receiving, by data processing apparatus, a plurality of first variables associated with an oil or gas well, the plurality of first variables including one or more first variables associated with a location of the oil or gas well and one or more first variables associated with an age of the oil or gas well; receiving, by the data processing apparatus, a plurality of second variables associated with an entity performing hydraulic fracturing in the oil or gas well, the plurality of second variables including one or more second variables associated with a past contamination history of the entity; receiving, by the data processing apparatus, a plurality of third variables associated with inhabitable regions surrounding the oil or gas well, the plurality of third variables including one or more third variables associated with a number of inhabitable regions surrounding the oil or gas well and one or more third variables associated with a distance of the inhabitable regions from the oil or gas well; processing, by the data processing apparatus, the plurality of first variables, the plurality of second variables, and the plurality of third variables; in response to processing the plurality of first variables, the plurality of second variables, and the plurality of third variables, determining, by the data processing apparatus, a zone around the oil or gas well within which to test for contamination due to the hydraulic fracturing in the oil or gas well; and collecting a test sample from within the determined zone to test for contamination due to the hydraulic fracturing in the oil or gas well. |
