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Frac Water Chemicals Chemical Components (From MSDS)

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You can look these chemicals up in the MSDS database.

UPDATE: You can read what these chemicals do to you here. (Thank you, Barbara!)

WARNING: not for the faint of heart!

As time allows, I’ll be looking these up and linking them to my findings.

2.2-Dibromo-3-Nitrilopropionamide
2-butoxyethanol
2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one
5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazotin-3-one
Acetic Acid
Acetic Anhydride
Alphatic Acid
Alphatic Alcohol Polyglycol Ether
Ammonia Persulfate
Aromatic Hydrocarbon (benzene, toluene, xylene)
Aromatic Ketones
Boric Acid
Boric Oxide
Butan-1-01
Citric Acid
Crystalline Silica: Cristobalite
Crystalline Silica: Quartz
Dazomet
Diatomaceus Earth
Diesel (use discontinued)
Ethane-1,2-diol
Ethoxlated Alcohol
Ethoxylated Alcohol
Ethoxylated Octylphenol
Ethylene Glycol
Ethylhexanol
Ferrous Sulfate Heptahydrate
Formaldehyde
Glutaraldehyde
Glycol Ethers
Guar gum
Hemicellulase Enzyme
Hydrochloric Acid
Hydrotreated light distillate
Hydrotreated Light Distilled
Isopropanol
Isopropyl Alcohol
Magnesium Nitrate
Mesh Sand (Crystalline Silica)
Methanol
Mineral Spirits
Monoethanolamine
Petroleum Distallate Blend
Petroleum Distillates
Polyethoxylated Alkanol (1)
Polyethoxylated Alkanol (2)
Polyethylene Glycol Mixture
Polysaccharide
Potassium Carbonate
Potassium Hydroxide
Prop-2-yn-1-01
Propan-2-01
Propargyl Alcohol
Propylene
Sodium Bicarbonate
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Hydroxide
Sucrose
Tetramethylammonium Chloride
Frac Stage #1
Hydrochloric Acid
Propargyl Alcohol
Methanol
Acetic Acid
Acetic Anhydride
Frac Stage #2
Methanol
Boric Oxide
Petroleum Distallate Blend = Diesel
Polysaccharide
Potassium Carbonate
Sodium Chloride
Potassium Hydroxide
Ethylene Glycol
Boric Acid
Sodium Bicarbonate
Monoethanolamine
Frac Stage #3
Hydrotreated light distillate
Ethoxylated Alcohol
Glutaraldehyde
Dazomet This is a pesticide.
Sodium Hydroxide
Methanol
Diesel (use discontinued) So they claim but Petroleum Distillate Blend = Diesel

Subd. 14. Diesel fuel oil. “Diesel fuel oil” means a petroleum distillate or blend of
petroleum distillate and residual fuels that is intended for use as a motor fuel in internal
combustion diesel engines and that meets ASTM specification D975-06b D975-07b.

2,2-Dibromo-3-Nitrilopropionamide
Polyethylene Glycol Mixture
Mesh Sand (Crystalline Silica

Here’s a link to a list

Oh! And, since pesticides are listed, how does that work with the whole land-farming scam deal? The story about land-farming is that in a few months the organisms will eat all the harmful chemicals left in the drilling mud/flow-back gunk. Wouldn’t the pesticides kill the organisms?

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Comments

  1. WhosPlayin says

    The “Aromatic Hydrocarbons” – That’s just a less scary way of saying Benzene, Toluene, and Xylene.

  2. d.owen says

    Not in defense of service or oil companies, but the chemical names disclosed on MSDS reports are always cryptic. But on the other hand go to your pantry and pick up a bottle of 409 cleaner, or any industrial chemical product and look whats inside. Many of those same cryptic names are there yet we use them without regard in our homes around our families.

  3. TXsharon says

    To d. owenThere is no defense of this industry!

    The big difference in 409 cleaner and hydraulic fracture fluid is that most people don’t pour themselves a glass of 409 and drink it up. I hardly ever drink anti freeze or Drain-O. Both are found in hydraulic fracture fluid.

  4. Anonymous says

    TXsharon do you often pour yourself a glass of hydraulic fracture fluid? Me neither. I doubt you have a big problem with surface discharging 409 or drano from your own home though…

  5. TXsharon says

    Dear Anonymous Encana employee:

    I never use 409 or drano but even if I did, I would have to discharge about 5,000 pounds in order to compare to the frack chemicals from one frack job. Even people who use that stuff don't normally use 5,000 pounds in a whole lifetime.

    Besides that, unlike your company, I am very careful about anything I discharge on this earth.

  6. Jaime Long says

    He sure talks big for being "anonymous". At least we use our names. No I don't use 409 or Drano or many other products thanks to your industry Mr. Anonymous. Come live the common persons life by something the oil and gas industry is doing and I hope that you feel the way alot of us feel, like each step could be our last and pray the air is clean enough to breath.
    jaime

  7. WENDEE HOLTCAMP says

    That says Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC)- I don't think that is the same as Fracking fluid… that is fungicides sorted by mode of action.

  10. TXsharon says

    Frack fluid has fungicides in it. I think that's what I was getting at.

    Let me know when it's up.

  11. Anonymous says

    Some companies will NOT give you the ingredients of fracking fluid, even IF your life depends upon it:

    http://www.newsweek.com/id/154394/page/2

    "The chemical that was allegedly on Marshall… …was ZetaFlow, a chemical made by Weatherford. In a copy of its Material Safety Data Sheet—which details ingredients, health warnings, fire hazards and more—ZetaFlow contains methanol and two undisclosed "proprietary" compounds. The document also warned that ZetaFlow can be an "immediate" and "chronic" health hazard. Prolonged exposure can cause kidney and liver damage, irritate lung tissue, decrease blood pressure, and result in dizziness and vomiting—all symptoms Behr experienced according to her medical records. Her physician wrote that her symptoms were "entirely consistent with exposure [to ZetaFlow] from all the information we were able to gather." As for ZetaFlow's impact on the environment, according to its data sheet, "no product information is available." "

    Also, I understand some fracking fluids contain organophosphates, which are toxic pesticides.

  13. Anonymous says

    Ever heard of a term "concentration"? Without concentration defined, you cannot assume anything. You can't claim chronic health problems if the concentration isn't high enough to cause it. I'm not saying that frac fluid isn't bad but come on people! Why don't you learn a little more about what you are talking about before going off the handle. Whoever wrote this article is using you and only providing half the story.

  14. Anonymous says

    Texas Sahron,

    I can see why you are pro-gas. You have finacial self interest. However, before I bought my property in Pennsylvania, I had a gas well on it, and I was approach and offered a chunk of money if an gas develper could drill 4 wells on my land. Sure the money would be good, but I am not going to be greety at the expense of the beauty of my property. Good job for thinking green Sharon. You have a wide basis of knowledge. If your going to defend the oil and gas industry…i suggest that you get your facts straight.

    Thanks,

    Cory

  16. Jaime Long Chimner says

    I was diagnosed with aspergillis after my 1 st of 4 nasal surgeries while living in the great smells. They were surprised to find that up in Michigan but it was one of the funguses found in the oil and gas industry. What a coincidence, apparently not.
    jaime

  17. Robert Harris says

    Well all the chemicals you have listed are for household use, example ethylin glycol, should we stop using anti freeze in our cars? Boric acid you can buy at the drug store to kill roaches. Do you really understand what you put out to the public? This list would ban almost every household cleaning solution people use. Really, are you really relying on people being this stupid? Is Fear your only tactic? What ever happened to common sense? Apparently common sense has left your thought processes.