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Questerre publishes hydraulic fracturing fluid additives
Questerre publishes hydraulic fracturing fluid additives
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n Sep. 15, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- \n\n#ReleaseContent TABLE\n{\n BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse\n}\nTR.cnwUnderlinedCell TD\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid\n}\nTR.cnwDoubleUnderlinedCell TD\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double\n}\nTR.cnwBoldUnderlinedCell TD\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px solid\n}\nTD.cnwUnderlinedCell\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid\n}\nTD.cnwDoubleUnderlinedCell\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double\n}\nTD.cnwBoldUnderlinedCell\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px solid\n}\n#ReleaseContent TABLE.cnwBorderedTable TD\n{\n BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid;\n PADDING-RIGHT: 2px;\n BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid;\n PADDING-LEFT: 2px;\n PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px;\n BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid;\n PADDING-TOP: 2px;\n BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid;\n BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse\n}\n#ReleaseContent TABLE TD\n{\n PADDING-RIGHT: 2px;\n PADDING-LEFT: 2px;\n PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px;\n PADDING-TOP: 2px\n}\n\n\n /NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION ON U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION\n IN THE UNITED STATES/\n \n\n CALGARY, Sept. 15 /CNW Telbec/ - Questerre Energy Corporation\n ("Questerre" or the "Company") (TSX,OSE:QEC) is the first company in\n Québec to publicly disclose the additives that it uses in its hydraulic\n fracturing operations.\n \n\n The information includes the typical concentration of the additive, the\n main compounds in the additives and the specific and common uses of the\n compounds. On average, Questerre has used nine of these highly diluted\n additives that amount to 0.12% of the total fluid used with the\n remaining 99.88% made up of water and sand. This is less than typical\n industry concentrations of 0.5%. The information is available on the\n Company's website at www.questerre.com.\n \n\n "Questerre is committed to operating in an environmentally responsible\n and socially acceptable manner," said Michael Binnion, President and\n Chief Executive Officer of Questerre Energy.  "Making the composition of\n our frac fluids available to the public is just one of the ways we are\n working to respect the social acceptability of shale gas development in\n Quebec." \n \n\n Hydraulic fracturing operations in the Utica shale are conducted at a\n minimum depth of 1000 metres below the fresh water zones in Quebec. This\n fresh water is separated from the ...