Unconventional oil and natural gas : emerging resources and select environmental issues / Mikael Jantunen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mikael Jantunen, editor.

Series:

Energy science, engineering and technology series.

Energy Science, Engineering and Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum reserves--United States.

Petroleum reserves.

Gas reservoirs--United States.

Gas reservoirs.

Oil well drilling--Environmental aspects--United States.

Oil well drilling.

Gas well drilling--Environmental aspects--United States.

Gas well drilling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States has seen a resurgence in petroleum production, mainly driven by technology improvements (hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling) developed for natural gas production from shale formations. Application of both of these technologies enabled natural gas to be economically produced from shale and other unconventional formations, and contributed to the United States becoming the world's largest natural gas producer in 2009. Use of these technologies has also contributed to the rise in U.S. oil production over the last few years. In 2009, annual oil production increased over

Contents:

""UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND NATURAL GAS. EMERGING RESOURCES AND SELECT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES""; ""UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND NATURAL GAS. EMERGING RESOURCES AND SELECT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: AN OVERVIEW OF UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND NATURAL GAS: RESOURCES AND FEDERAL ACTIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION: CHANGE IS AFOOT""; ""GEOLOGY IS WHAT MAKES A RESOURCE UNCONVENTIONAL""; ""PRICE DRIVES INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION""; ""TECHNOLOGIES STIMULATE SHALE GAS PRODUCTION FIRST""

""INCREASED TIGHT OIL PRODUCTION RAISES INDEPENDENCE POSSIBILITY""""ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND RESPONSES""; ""CONCLUSION: ABOVE- AND BELOW-GROUND ISSUES A CONCERN""; ""APPENDIX. SELECTED FEDERAL INITIATIVES RELATED TO UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 2: THE BAKKEN FORMATION: AN EMERGING UNCONVENTIONAL OIL RESOURCE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MARKET CONSIDERATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS""; ""WATER SUPPLY AND QUALITY ISSUES""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""APPENDIX A. CONVENTIONAL VS. UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES""; ""APPENDIX B. DRILLING AND COMPLETION TECHNIQUES""

""Chapter 3: MARCELLUS SHALE GAS: DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND LAWS""""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE MARCELLUS SHALE AS A U.S. NATURAL GAS PROVINCE""; ""NATURAL GAS RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE MARCELLUS SHALE""; ""SHALE GAS WELL DRILLING AND STIMULATION""; ""FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING MARCELLUS SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT""; ""CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 11, 2014).

ISBN:

1-62948-085-1

OCLC:

889271147