shale gas well News
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Infocast`s Optimizing Shale Oil & Gas Wells Conference
Infocast brings the first ever Optimizing Shale Oil & Gas Wells conference from June 27-29, 2011 to the Renaissance Denver Hotel in Denver, CO. This groundbreaking meeting will feature nine real world case studies of cutting-edge completion strategies from today's hottest plays -- Bakken, Eagle Ford and Marcellus. This meeting is essential for all players who want to boost their current ...
By Infocast
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Effects of shale gas development on water quality: experiences from the Marcellus Shale
The impact of shale gas development on surface water quality has been explored in a recent study. Focusing on the Pennsylvania portion of the Marcellus Shale formation (which stretches from West Virginia to the Canadian border), the researchers conclude that shale gas wells and the treatment of shale gas extraction waste have measurable impacts on downstream surface water quality. The ...
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Hydraulic fracturing consumes the largest share of water in shale gas production
An average shale gas well in the Marcellus formation will use around 20 000 m3 of freshwater over its life cycle, new research suggests. In total, 65% of this is directly consumed at the well site and 35% is consumed further along the supply chain The extent of shale gas developments is expected to increase across the globe in the coming decades. In the US alone, the shale share of dry gas ...
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Shale Gas and Hydraulic Fracturing – Framing the Water Issue
SIWI Report no. 24 “Shale Gas and Hydraulic Fracturing – Framing the Water Issue” by Andreas Lindström, SIWI, Prof. Allan Hoffman, US Department of Energy, and Prof. Gustaf Olsson, Lund University. The emergence of shale gas and shale oil has quickly changed the landscape of opportunities for energy provision and security in different regions of the world. Difficulties in ...
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IEA sets out the `Golden Rules` needed to usher in a Golden Age of Gas
Exploiting the world's vast resources of unconventional natural gas holds the key to a golden age of gas, but for that to happen governments, industry and other stakeholders must work together to address legitimate public concerns about the associated environmental and social impacts. A special World Energy Outlook report on unconventional gas, Golden Rules for a Golden Age of ...
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Nearly half of U.S. Fracking sites overlap with water-stressed regions
A new report from CERES draws a connection between water risk and hydraulic fracturing in the United States. The report adds an important dimension to the conversation about how energy use and water stress will play out in the years ahead. The report, Hydraulic Fracturing & Water Stress: Growing Competitive Pressures for Water, brings together Aqueduct’s high-resolution water stress ...
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Major investors warn energy companies of business risks in flaring gas at shale oil wells
With escalating shale oil production putting the US on track to become the world’s largest oil producer, investors are challenging an increasingly common industry practice – burning off or ‘flaring’ associated natural gas from shale oil wells – as environmentally damaging, economically wasteful and a threat to the industry’s bottom line. “We are ...
By Ceres
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What Shale Gas in China means for the United States
Today I testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission during a hearing on China’s Global Quest for Resources and Implications for the United States. In my testimony, I described the prospects for shale gas in China and its implications for the United States. Considering the speed with which shale gas has shifted the U.S. energy outlook, this is an important moment ...
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