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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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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Dayal, Anurodh Mohan; Mani, Devleena
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Shale gas.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Fossil Fuels. > Fossil Fuels.
Electronic books.
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.

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