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Table 1: Assumed heavy truck trips used for the construction and operation of a single well in Pennsylvania
High Range Number of Heavy Truck Trips for Early Well Pad Development 45 95 45 45 50 20 5 175 500 23 100 45 1,148
Low Range Number of Heavy Truck Trips for Peak Well Pad Development 45 95 45 45 50 20 5 175 60 23 17 45 625
Drill pad construction Rig mobilization Drilling fluids Non-rig drilling equipment Drilling (rig crew, etc.) Completion chemicals Completion equipment Hydraulic fracturing equipment (trucks and tanks) Hydraulic fracturing water hauling Hydraulic fracturing sand Produced water disposal Final pad prep Miscellaneous Total One-Way, Loaded Heavy Truck Trips Per Well
Source: Data from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2011).
Table 2: Characteristics of Roads Assumed to Be Used for Construction and Operation of Shale Gas Wells in Pennsylvania
PennDOT Road Maintenance Class Assumed Description Design Pavement Life in ESALs Lane Mile Reconstruction Costs ($2012) Average Distribution of Shale Gas Activity VMT
A
Interstate
B
NHS
C
NHS
D
Non-NHS >2000 ADT
E
Non-NHS <2000 ADT
65,000,000
25,000,000
25,000,000
21,000,000
6,000,000
$3,175,182
$2,684,367
$2,684,367
$2,571,398
$2,333,664
2%
2%
22%
46%
28%
Table 3: Estimated Consumptive Road Use and Costs per Lane Mile Driven by Trucks Used for Construction and Operation of Shale Gas Wells in Pennsylvania
Road Class
Low Truck Trip Range
Total
Consumptive roadway use per well Damage Costs per lane mile for each well
0.0001%
0.0001%
0.0015%
0.0036%
0.0077%
$2
$3
$40
$92
$180
$315
Consumptive roadway use per well Damage Costs per lane mile for each well
0.0001%
0.0002%
0.0027%
0.0066%
0.0142%
$3
$5
$72
$168
$331
$580