Digital Splashdown: The industry looks to harness the cloud to help manage its water needs more efficiently

摘要

The shale gale that rocketed out of the Barnett over a decade ago triggered a near instantaneous chain reaction of too many questions and too few answers. For the petroleum industry, keeping up with the demands for the iron, sand, water and manpower necessary to free the deeply trapped oil and gas resources were significant. The loudly voiced cries from the public for more transparency in hydraulic fracturing intensified the challenge.