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Company Information:

Name: Frac Biologics, Inc.
Address: 225 Rosss Street
Sixth Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2024
Located in HUBZone: No
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
URL: N/A
Phone: N/A

Award Totals:

Program/Phase Award Amount ($) Number of Awards
STTR Phase I $100,000.00 1

Award List:

Biofilm Remediation of Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback Water in the Marcellus Shale

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2011 / STTR / Phase I
Agency: DOE
Research Institution: The Allegheny-Singer Research Institute
Principal Investigator: John W. Costerton, Dr.
Award Amount: $100,000.00
RI Contact:
Abstract:
Frac fluids are viscous solutions that are pumped under high pressure to fracture subsurface formations for recovery of natural gas. As it is pumped to the surface, the flowback water picks up large quantities of various contaminants that make it difficult to dispose or recycle. Though this water… More