Hydraulic fracturing fluid (hydraulic fluid production - for geological stimulation)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product "hydraulic fracturing fluid" is a chemical product. It is modelled with water content of 98% - 99.5% and chemical additives 0.5-2%. The process includes water consumption chemical additives inputs and emissions to air and water. It is used to perform a a hydraulic fracturing by injecting only pure water at high pressure into the rock as often done for Enhanced Geothermal Systems. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.