The Marcellus Shale Gas Resource: Development and Water Issues - Couverture rigide

Richardson, Clark D

 
9781624177590: The Marcellus Shale Gas Resource: Development and Water Issues
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 162417759X ISBN 13 : 9781624177590
Editeur : Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2013

Synopsis

Until relatively recently, natural gas-rich shale formations throughout the United States were not considered to have significant resource value because no technologies existed to economically recover the gas. Development and deployment of advanced drilling and reservoir stimulation methods have dramatically increased the gas production from these "unconventional gas shales". The Marcellus Shale formation potentially represents one of the largest unconventional natural gas resources in the United States, underlying much of West Virginia and Pennsylvania, southern New York, eastern Ohio, western Maryland, and Western Virginia. Directional drilling and "hydraulic fracturing" are essential to exploiting these low permeability shale gas resources. Although oil and gas developers have applied these technologies in conventional oil and natural gas fields for some time, recent improvements in both technologies have allowed them to be applied effectively to unconventional gas shales on an industrial scale. This book reviews the Marcellus Shale resource, development processes, and related surface water and groundwater issues.

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Éditeur
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
162417759X
ISBN 13 
9781624177590
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
112
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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