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1 online resource (xxiii, 168 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed June 3, 2024). |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"'Shale Gas: Exploration and Environmental and Economic Impacts explores the shale gas exploration and production activities that are increasing globally, also presenting a basic understanding on the geological, geochemical, and geophysical aspects. The book is a key reference that is useful for researchers, the oil and gas industry, and policymakers in gas producing and prospective countries. Users will find chapters on hydraulic fracturing and shale gas drilling, as well as the environmental and economic impacts of these activities. Further chapters include case studies on the shale gas revolution in the United States and other producing countries around the world. 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."--ProQuest Ebook Central website. |
| Contents |
Shale / A.M. Dayal -- Deposition and diagenesis / A.M. Dayal -- Organic matter in gas shales : origin, evolution, and characterization / D. Mani, M.S. Kalpana, D.J. Patil, A.M. Dayal -- Basin structure, tectonics, and stratigraphy / A.M. Dayal -- Exploration technique. Shallow seismic / A.M. Dayal ; Geochemical exploration / A.M. Dayal ; Petrophysics / A.M. Dayal ; Shale mineralogy / A.K. Varma -- Hydraulic fracturing / A.M. Dayal -- Case studies. Producing countries ; Prospective countries -- Environmental concerns of shale gas production / A.M. Dayal -- Economics of the hydrocarbon industry with a volatile market / A.M. Dayal -- Role of nonconventional shale gas energy in the next century / A.M. Dayal. |
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Shale gas.
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Shale gas industry.
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Gaz de schiste.
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Gaz de schiste -- Industrie.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- Fossil Fuels.
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| Added Author |
Dayal, Anurodh Mohan, editor.
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Mani, Devleena, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shale gas. Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2017] 9780128095737 (DLC) 2017931475 (OCoLC)959033466 |
| ISBN |
9780128095355 (electronic bk.) |
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0128095350 (electronic bk.) |
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9780128095737 (print) |
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0128095733 (print) |
| Standard No. |
CHBIS 011069468 |
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CHVBK 499783603 |
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GBVCP 879422742 |
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