Shale gas refers to natural gas that is trapped within shale rock formations deep underground. It is extracted through a process called hydraulic fracturing, where water, sand, and chemicals are injected at high pressure to break apart the rock and release the gas.
Shale gas has become significant as an alternative energy source, thanks to recent technological advancements in drilling techniques.
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Wearing my academic hat, I'm currently helping * the new Center for Energy Governance and Security at Korea's Hanyang University develop partnerships here to examine how to foster responsible development
of shale gas in China as a near - term path away from coal.
Range, in this case, set up shop
for shale gas production in a «wooded area about a mile from Lipsky's home,» according to the AP.
The deal announced Wednesday will merge Rice Midstream Partners with EQT Midstream Partners, both of which are focused on the Appalachian region, the epicenter of the U.S.
shale gas boom.
the likely ultimate production
from shale gas wells, the resulting conclusions are not significantly
Until now, estimates of
shale gas production have primarily relied on models established for conventional oil and gas wells, which behave differently from the horizontal wells in gas - rich shales.
I got assigned by YLE, this time by their current issue program, to do a balanced story
on shale gas drilling in Pennsylvania.
Ruffalo, who lives near the Delaware River in the upstate New York region that was targeted for
shale gas drilling, is one of many prominent public figures who pressed Cuomo long and hard to ban hydraulic fracturing, popularly known as fracking.
Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens says there's no timeline for a decision on whether fracking of
shale gas wells will be allowed in New York state, but the review will likely continue through the summer.
Science editor David Shukman explains the controversial process of fracking being used by the booming
shale gas industry in America.
The risks to public health from exposure to emissions from
shale gas extraction or fracking are low as long as operations are properly run and regulated, the British government's health agency said on Thursday.
As the United States focuses more on
shale gas reserves, India is expected to become the second largest coal consumer in 2017, ranking only behind China.
As fracking became commercially viable, oil and gas drilling companies entered communities with
shale gas resources, which can have a number of local effects.
Carbon Brief's new poll shows how little support there is for
shale gas fracking in the UK.
The
U.S. shale gas revolution led to more exports of coal from the United States, reducing prices.
«These fears have been heightened at a time when we're talking about
shale gas exploration in the country.
New technologies have opened large tracts of
shale gas deposits for exploitation that had previously been considered as not economical to recover.
Making fracking easier
Extracting shale gas from the ground requires some genuine political courage, because there's deep suspicion across the country about what the process of hydraulic fracturing actually involves.
These stories are not only
about shale gas drilling, they are about energy policy.
Jerry's model indicates that no New York
Marcellus shale gas wells would pay for themselves (break even) at less than $ 8 mcf (which is roughly equivalent to $ 8 per million Btus) To put that price into perspective, coal is forecast to be $ 4 MBtu out until at least 2040.
If you're opposed to fracking for natural gas in the US you well may have enough on your ming that thinking about fracking in other parts of the world would overflow your compassion threshold, but here's a glimpse of the situation in China, which has considerably
more shale gas reserves than exist in the US (1.3 trillion cubic feet versus 862 cubic feet, according to the EIA).
Natural gas production from domestic
shale gas formations began to rapidly increase starting in 2005, which has led to a relatively sustained period of low natural gas prices.
Last week, Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina agreed to jointly
develop shale gas resources in southwestern China's Sichuan province.
Yet since 2005, emissions from oil and gas systems have remained fairly constant, which Höglund - Isaksson says is likely linked to
increasing shale gas production which largely offsets emission reductions from increased gas recovery.
Stevens says
producing shale gas using horizontal «fracking» costs $ 3 or less per million British thermal units whereas it's said that conventional gas drilling cost about $ 10 per million Btu.
President Obama's plan for addressing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions depends heavily on expanded hydraulic fracturing of
domestic shale gas resources, writes Geoffrey Styles.
A presentation on New York
shale gas potential will be held later today at The Foothills Performing Arts Center at 24 Market Street, Oneonta.
China will add almost 700
new shale gas wells by 2020 at three large fields, two of them operated by PetroChina and one by Sinopec, all in northwestern China.
«The
US shale gas revolution, and the push to renewable energy, are also expected to dampen demand for coal in the decades to come.
Schwietzke said it's also important to account for the emissions from all the fossil fuels that are produced in a given
shale gas field because many wells produce oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbons.
Instead, it proposed «minimum principles» — nonbinding environmental guidelines for member states that want to explore and
exploit shale gas reserves using hydraulic fracking methods.
The Yukon, like B.C., is home to some of the
largest shale gas deposits on the planet.
It isn't as
if shale gas wells are constructed only in remote areas — they are sited in the middle of residential areas.
Two big blows to the natural gas industry have come in less than 24 hours, with both the province of Quebec and New York state effectively
banning shale gas extraction over concerns with the process of hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. «fracking»).
The average spot price of gas has been $ 3.77
since shale gas Continue Reading
China's technologically
recoverable shale gas reserves dropped by 6 percent in 2016, the country's Ministry of Land and Resources said on Saturday, with no new finds of the unconventional resource Continue Reading
Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) rock fracturing with pressurized liquid creating cracks in deep - rock formations through
which shale gas, oil, tight gas and brine will flow more freely... major part of the Golden Age of Gas
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Moreover, in a world where fossil fuel resources are shrinking every year, and where the extraction of «residual» sources such as deepwater oil, tar sands and
shale gas come with great environmental and safety risks, bioenergy production can also contribute to national energy security.
BP projects that
shale gas supply will continue to be dominated by North America: the continent produces 99 percent of it today; in 2035, it will still create 70 percent.