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Unconventional oil and gas development : environmental and public health requirements, risks and size of shale resources / Margaret Jackson, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Energy science, engineering and technology series.
- Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)
- Energy Science, Engineering and Technology
- Environmental health - physical, chemical and biological factors
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oil-shale industry--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Oil-shale industry.
- Oil shale reserves--United States.
- Oil shale reserves.
- Hydraulic fracturing--Environmental aspects.
- Hydraulic fracturing.
- Natural gas reserves--United States.
- Natural gas reserves.
- Shale gas industry--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Shale gas industry.
- Shale gas industry--Health aspects--United States.
- Oil-shale industry--Health aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2013]
- Summary:
- New applications of horizontal drilling techniques and hydraulic fracturing, in which water, sand, and chemical additives are injected under high pressure to create and maintain fractures in underground formations, allow oil and natural gas from shale formations to be developed. As exploration and development of shale oil and gas have increased, including in areas of the country without a history of oil and natural gas development, questions have been raised about the estimates of the size of these resources, as well as the processes used to extract them. This book examines the environmental and public health requirements, risks, and size of shale resources of unconventional oil and gas development.
- Contents:
- Unconventional oil and gas development : key environmental and public health requirements / United States Government Accountability Office
- Oil and gas : information on shale resources, development, and environmental and public health risks / United States Government Accountability Office.
- Notes:
- Reprints of reports from the United States Government Accountability Office.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62417-440-X
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