Sentences with phrase «assessment of shale»

This report provides an initial assessment of shale oil resources and updates a prior assessment of shale gas resources issued in April 2011.

If volume measurements show that leaked gas makes up most of the «unaccounted - for pile», it will provide direct evidence that Howarth's critical assessment of shale gas's green credentials was valid.

«Assuming that technology will allow ever more shale gas production at low prices — and betting energy policy and the future energy security of the country on it — is risky business,» says geologist David Hughes, who retired from the Canadian Geological Survey and is now doing assessments of shale gas and oil for the nonprofit Post Carbon Institute, a California - based environmental think tank.

Not exact matches

«According to the most recent assessment, the steady oil price recovery since summer 2017 and renewed interest in growth opportunities has led to oil majors catching up in terms of exploration activity this year, both in the shale industry and offshore deep water,» OPEC said.

Global shale resources are vast enough to cover more than a decade of oil consumption, according to the first - ever U.S. assessment of reserves from Russia to Argentina.

In their comparative study, called a lifecycle impact assessment, the researchers used Pennsylvania as the point of origin for both shale gas and coal, since both energy sources are abundant in the state.

He points out, however, that the EIA's most recent assessments of the total amount of gas that can be recovered from major shale gas areas, formations such as Marcellus and Texas's Barnett, have fallen rather than risen.

Added Vengosh: «Our new study, which integrates data from multiple government and industry sources, provides the first comprehensive assessment of fracking's total water footprint, both nationally and for each of the 10 major U.S. shale gas or tight oil basins.»

The report covers the most prospective shale formations in a group of 41 countries that demonstrate some level of relatively near - term promise and that have a sufficient amount of geologic data for a resource assessment.

Tar Sands Environmental Destruction Not Worth It At the risk of sounding flippant, sounds like too little too late: I'll stand by the WWF's assessment that the economic and environmental costs of continuing to develop tar sands and oil shales — in energy speak «unconventional fuels» — are simply unthinkable.

The Energy Information Administration has released «World Shale Gas Resources,» an important commissioned report providing an assessment of how much natural gas is locked in shale deposits in 14 regions around the world.

From their PR release: The Committee's year - end 2012 assessment of 2,384 Tcf includes 2,226 Tcf of gas potentially recoverable from «Traditional» reservoirs (conventional, tight sands and carbonates, and shales) and 158 Tcf in coalbed reservoirs.

A study commissioned by EIA to assess shale oil resources in 41 countries outside the United States, taken in conjunction with EIA's own assessment of resources within the United States, indicate worldwide technically recoverable resources of 345 billion barrels of shale oil resources.

This series of reports provides an initial assessment of world shale oil and shale gas resources.

As shown in Table 1, estimates in the updated report taken in conjunction with EIA's own assessment of resources within the United States indicate technically recoverable resources of 345 billion barrels of world shale oil resources and 7,299 trillion cubic feet of world shale gas resources.

Another thing, it's the assessment of what the production and use of shale gas and so - called unconventional oil can mean for the climate.