Shale Energy

Developing a Natural Resource

The need for a clean, reliable, and secure energy supply continues to be a growing national concern. SAIC's shale-gas team works with clients across the country to help responsibly develop shale gas reserves and provide innovative energy solutions. SAIC leverages a deep bench of talent in hydrogeology, environmental sciences, and engineering to support the needs of organizations dedicated to the development of wells and infrastructure in shale gas basins. We combine a long-standing involvement in the natural gas industry with a commitment to clean energy alternatives, advancing the shale gas frontier in a responsible, defensible, and technically reliable manner.

Success Stratified

Focused Customer Approach

Maximizing Value Through Integrated Services

Responsible development of the United States' shale gas reserves requires science, engineering, and regulatory compliance expertise. SAIC combines environmental capabilities and technical knowledge of regional geology, water resources, engineering requirements, and regulatory permitting and compliance to provide innovative solutions to exploration and production firms, midstream firms, and natural gas service providers nationwide. Click on a shale gas service below to learn more.

• Upstream services

  SAIC's offerings span the full upstream spectrum of shale gas exploration, development, and production. Our relevant expertise covers industrial facilities, water reservoirs, treatment plants, and pipelines. Services include:

  • Water sourcing and management
  • Comprehensive permitting services
  • Wetland evaluation and mitigation
  • Archeological services
  • Site survey and layout
  • Pad/impoundment design
  • Baseline water testing
  • Spill release characterization and remediation
  • Stray gas assessment and mitigation
  • Compliance auditing
  • Financial due diligence
  • Gathering systems
  • Construction oversight and management
  • Multi-media chemical and isotopic sampling and analysis
  • Air quality services
  • Pavement repair design and testing
  • Geographic information systems (GISs) and data management
  • Regulatory liaison, negotiation and expert testimony
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Pennsylvania Act 65 monitoring and reporting

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• Midstream services

  SAIC's offerings span the full midstream continuum of gathering, compression, treating, blending, processing, storing, and transporting of shale gas. SAIC provides full engineering, design, and design-build services for new facilities as well as modifications, expansions, and upgrades of existing facilities. Services include:

  • Wetland evaluation and mitigation
  • Archeological services
  • Comprehensive permitting services
  • Air quality services
  • Multimedia modeling
  • Spill release characterization and remediation
  • Stray gas assessment and mitigation
  • Compliance auditing
  • Financial due diligence
  • DesignBuild^SM project delivery.
  • Gas separation and fractionation system design
  • Pipeline design
  • Design, construction, and construction
  • management of compressor stations
  • Treatment of dehydration fluids
  • Geographic information systems (GISs) and data management

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• Specialized and crosscutting services

  SAIC solves our shale gas customers' most complex needs with innovative applications of technology and expertise. Services include:

  • Baseline environmental surveys prior to property acquisition and divestiture
  • Geophysical surveys of drilling pads, well bores, and water wells
  • Wetlands delineations
  • Rare and endangered species evaluations
  • Cultural and historical resource surveys
  • Traffic studies and highway occupancy permits
  • Road construction oversight and pavement testing
  • Geotechnical evaluations
  • Compaction testing
  • Spill prevention countermeasure control (SPCC) plans
  • Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) surveys
  • Environmental, safety and health support
  • Public relations and communications services
  • Regulatory review and analysis
  • Financial and environmental due diligence and auditing
  • Stray gas investigations and mitigation

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