So eventually, [future tech on a distributed scale] the similar processes which occur within a refinery stack, can occur within the downbore of the fracked shale, so long as the right heat/pressure and ratios can be maintained. So just like in an oil refinery, it stops working if it gets cold, or the pressures go out of range, etc. By keeping the down hole temp and pressure in the right zone, then the stuff removed can be separated either at the wellhead or at a processing plant (midstream) nearby; and the undersired fractions not sent to market or further processing (downstream); will be sent back down and reinjected into the formation (after desulfurization and removal of any other bad stuff).
So currently most wells produce what is the range of products based on what's in the geology currently. i.e. a wet well has larger amounts of liquid fractions of natural gas (eg propane), where a dry well doesn't have much liquid fractions it's mostly methane. The geology formation can vary from coal seams, to tight shale. There are gas wells and oil wells which are fracked, produce some variety of ratios of fractions of oil/gas. (too complex to put the data here, but they come in all kinds and varieties).
So in the future, the undesired fractions [based on market conditions, location, etc.] like say pure methane or bunker oil, can be reinjected, while stripping off the desired fractions like propane, natural gasoline, etc. The fractions desired can have some further processing(midstream or downstream), or go straight to market. Overall the costs and profits make sense, as wellhead processing technology advances.
Yes so with complete combustion, Hydrocarbons produce ideally just H20 & CO2.
To balance out the Hydrogen and Carbon ratios downwell desired to produce, more Hydrogen (often in the form of water) and Carbon (often in the form of CO2) can be put downbore, thus completing the Hydro-Carbon Cycle at the well head; and turning "fossil fuels" into "renewable energy". Some of the O2 can be stripped at the wellhead before sending the other parts downbore.
[Redpilled Climate Change Warning for any TDS sufferers] The net BTU energy required can come from any other sources, it's not really the constraint (muh global warming :) has spare BTUs to put downbore, and besides we don't want to cool the earth's core; bc that's the real climate disaster if we lose our magnetic field. Increased insulation of greenhouse warming is the best way, by keeping in our radiant heat the earth emits. But now even the BTUs can be recycled by being put downbore to the geologic formation acting like a mini-refinery stack.
So eventually, [future tech on a distributed scale] the similar processes which occur within a refinery stack, can occur within the downbore of the fracked shale, so long as the right heat/pressure and ratios can be maintained. So just like in an oil refinery, it stops working if it gets cold, or the pressures go out of range, etc. By keeping the down hole temp and pressure in the right zone, then the stuff removed can be separated either at the wellhead or at a processing plant (midstream) nearby; and the undersired fractions not sent to market or further processing (downstream); will be sent back down and reinjected into the formation (after desulfurization and removal of any other bad stuff).
So currently most wells produce what is the range of products based on what's in the geology currently. i.e. a wet well has larger amounts of liquid fractions of natural gas (eg propane), where a dry well doesn't have much liquid fractions it's mostly methane. The geology formation can vary from coal seams, to tight shale. There are gas wells and oil wells which are fracked, produce some variety of ratios of fractions of oil/gas. (too complex to put the data here, but they come in all kinds and varieties).
So in the future, the undesired fractions [based on market conditions, location, etc.] like say pure methane or bunker oil, can be reinjected, while stripping off the desired fractions like propane, natural gasoline, etc. The fractions desired can have some further processing(midstream or downstream), or go straight to market. Overall the costs and profits make sense, as wellhead processing technology advances.
Yes so with complete combustion, Hydrocarbons produce ideally just H20 & CO2.
To balance out the Hydrogen and Carbon ratios downwell desired to produce, more Hydrogen (often in the form of water) and Carbon (often in the form of CO2) can be put downbore, thus completing the Hydro-Carbon Cycle at the well head; and turning "fossil fuels" into "renewable energy". Some of the O2 can be stripped at the wellhead before sending the other parts downbore.
[Redpilled Climate Change Warning for any TDS sufferers] The net BTU energy required can come from any other sources, it's not really the constraint (muh global warming :) has spare BTUs to put downbore, and besides we don't want to cool the earth's core; bc that's the real climate disaster if we lose our magnetic field. Increased insulation of greenhouse warming is the best way, by keeping in our radiant heat the earth emits. But now even the BTUs can be recycled by being put downbore to the geologic formation acting like a mini-refinery stack.