Shale gas : exploration and environmental and economic impacts /
"Shale Gas: Exploration and Economic and Environmental Impacts is a guide to shale gas exploration for geoscientists, the oil and gas industry, and others with a vested interest in unconventional oil and gas development. Provides wide-ranging coverage of both the environmental and economic impa...
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Elsevier,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam, Netherlands : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128095737 |
Summary: |
"Shale Gas: Exploration and Economic and Environmental Impacts is a guide to shale gas exploration for geoscientists, the oil and gas industry, and others with a vested interest in unconventional oil and gas development. Provides wide-ranging coverage of both the environmental and economic impacts of shale gas exploration; Includes case studies that describe the prolific and potential shale gas systems from both producing and prospective countries; Appeals to both those in academia and those in the unconventional gas exploration industry"--Back cover. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780128095355 0128095350 |
Index Number: | TD195 |
CLC: | TE357.1 |
Contents: | 1. Shale -- 2. Deposition and diagenesis -- 3. Organic matter in shale gases : origin, evolution, and characterization -- 4. Basin structure, tectonics, and stratigraphy -- 5. Exploration technique -- 5.1. Shallow seismic -- 5.2. Geochemical exploration -- 5.3. Petrophysics -- 5.4. Shale mineralogy -- 6. Hydraulic fracturing -- 7. Case studies -- 7.1. Producing countries -- 7.2. Prospective countries -- 8. Environmental concerns of shale gas production -- 9. Economics of the hydrocarbon industry with a volatile market -- 10. Role of nonconventional shale gas energy in the next century. |