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income generation (higher wages); and disturbance to land and/or other economic activity, potentially resulting in compensation. Following these primary direct effects, the following secondary effects occur: in-migration (to meet labour demand), attracting temporary and/or permanent residents, Increased demand for goods and services; leading to increased indirect employment. The latter two of these can fuel each other in a circular relationship during boom conditions (i.e. increased demand for goods and services creates employment which increase demand for goods and services). These increases place strain on existing infrastructure. These conditions lead to tertiary socio-economic effects in the form of increased housing values; increased rental costs; construction of new dwellings (which may take time to be completed); demographic and cultural changes as new types of people move to the host region; changes to income distribution; potential for conflict; potential for increased substance abuse; and provision of new types of services. The reverse of these effects occurs over bust conditions, with a decline in primary effects leading to a decline in secondary effects and so on. However, the bust period of unconventional extraction may not be as severe as from conventional energy extraction. Due to the dispersed nature of the industry and ability to adjust drilling rates, there is debate in the literature as to how intense the bust phase is and how host communities can maintain social resilience during downturns.
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warming potential. The authors concluded that, in line with most of the published studies for other regions, that shale gas in the United Kingdom would have a global warming potential "broadly similar" to that of conventional North Sea gas, although shale gas has the potential to be higher if fugitive methane emissions are not controlled, or if per-well ultimate recoveries in the UK are small. For the other parameters, the highlighted conclusions were that, for shale gas in the United Kingdom in comparison with coal, conventional and liquefied gas, nuclear, wind and solar (PV).
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deaths. Coal mining is one of the most dangerous professions in the United States, resulting in between 20 and 40 deaths annually, compared to between 10 and 20 for oil and gas extraction. Worker accident risk is also far higher with coal than gas. In the United States, the oil and gas extraction industry is associated with one to two injuries per 100 workers each year. Coal mining, on the other hand, contributes to four injuries per 100 workers each year. Coal mines collapse, and can take down roads, water and gas lines, buildings and many lives with them.
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is present for just 30 days instead of 20–30 years. Between 7 and 15 weeks are spent setting up the drill pad and completing the actual hydraulic fracture. At that point, the drill pad is removed, leaving behind a single garage-sized wellhead that remains for the lifetime of the well. A study published in 2015 on the Fayetteville Shale found that a mature gas field impacted about 2% of the land area and substantially increased edge habitat creation. Average land impact per well was 3 hectares (about 7 acres)
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local water bodies. Sulfates, calcium, carbonates and bicarbonates – the typical runoff products of coalmine waste materials – make water unusable for industry or agriculture and undrinkable for humans. Acid mine wastewater can drain into groundwater, causing significant contamination. Explosive blasting in a mine can cause groundwater to seep to lower-than-normal depths or connect two aquifers that were previously distinct, exposing both to contamination by mercury, lead, and other toxic heavy metals.
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on the type of power plant: plants either use evaporative cooling towers to release excess heat or discharge water to nearby rivers. Natural gas combined-cycle power (NGCC), which captures the exhaust heat generated by combusting natural gas to power a steam generator, are considered the most efficient large-scale thermal power plants. One study found that the life-cycle demand for water from coal power in Texas could be more than halved by switching the fleet to NGCC.
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Gas Exploration had indicated levels of arsenic, barium or manganese in well water at five homes at levels that could present a health concern. In response, water treatment systems that can reduce concentrations of those hazardous substances to acceptable levels at the tap were installed at affected homes. Based on the outcome of sampling after the treatment systems were installed, the EPA concluded that additional action by the Agency was not required.
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Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO testified that "About 35,000 hydraulically fractured shale gas wells exist in the United States. Only one case of felt seismicity in the United States has been described in which hydraulic fracturing for shale gas development is suspected, but not confirmed. Globally only one case of felt induced seismicity at Blackpool, England has been confirmed as being caused by hydraulic fracturing for shale gas development."
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investigation of industrial emails and internal documents found that the financial benefits of unconventional shale gas extraction may be less than previously thought, due to companies intentionally overstating the productivity of their wells and the size of their reserves. The article was criticized
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Drilling depths of 1,000 to 3,000 m, then injection of a fluid composed of water, sand and detergents under pressure (600 bar), are required to fracture the rock and release the gas. These operations have already caused groundwater contaminations across the Atlantic, mainly as a result of hydrocarbon
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A comprehensive review of the public health effects of energy fuel cycles in Europe finds that coal causes 6 to 98 deaths per TWh (average 25 deaths per TWh), compared to natural gas’ 1 to 11 deaths per TWh (average 3 deaths per TWh). These numbers include both accidental deaths and pollution-related
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On 19 June 2012, the United States Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a hearing entitled, "Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies." Dr. Murray Hitzman, the Charles F. Fogarty Professor of Economic Geology in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at the
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In a report dated 25 July 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it had completed its testing of private drinking water wells in Dimock, Pennsylvania. Data previously supplied to the agency by residents, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and Cabot Oil and
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Coal-fired power plants consume two to five times as much water as natural gas plants. Where 520–1040 gallons of water are required per MWh of coal, gas-fired combined cycle power requires 130–500 gallons per MWh. The environmental impact of water consumption at the point of power generation depends
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The impact of natural gas on landscapes is even less and shorter in duration than the impact of wind turbines. The footprint of a shale gas derrick (3–5 acres) is only a little larger than the land area necessary for a single wind turbine. But it requires less concrete, stands one-third as tall, and
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and venting impacts are included, the life-cycle greenhouse gas footprint of shale gas is far worse than those of coal and fuel oil when viewed for the integrated 20-year period after emission. On the 100-year integrated time frame, this analysis claims shale gas is comparable to coal and worse than
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cautioned against a national policy of developing shale gas without a more certain scientific basis for the policy. This umbrella organization that represents 1.4 million scientists noted that shale gas development "may have greater GHG emissions and environmental costs than previously appreciated."
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during extraction, and the pollution caused by the improper processing of natural gas . A challenge to preventing pollution is that shale gas extractions varies widely in this regard, even between different wells in the same project; the processes that reduce pollution sufficiently in one extraction
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One of the byproducts of shale gas exploration is the opening up of deep underground shale deposits to "tight oil" or shale oil production. By 2035, shale oil production could "boost the world economy by up to $ 2.7 trillion, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report says. It has the potential to reach
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of the United States, the wells were often marginally economic. Advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal completions have made shale-gas wells more profitable. Improvements in moving drilling rigs between nearby locations, and the use of single well pads for multiple wells have increased the
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In most cases, the life-cycle water intensity and pollution associated with coal production and combustion far outweigh those related to shale gas production. Coal resource production requires at least twice as much water per million British thermal units compared to shale gas production. And while
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With coal mining, waste materials are piled at the surface of the mine, creating aboveground runoff that pollutes and alters the flow of regional streams. As rain percolates through waste piles, soluble components are dissolved in the runoff and cause elevated total dissolved solids (TDS) levels in
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called the EPA draft report "scientifically questionable" and stressed the need for additional testing. The Casper Star-Tribune also reported on 27 December 2011, that the EPA's sampling and testing procedures "didn’t follow their own protocol" according to Mike Purcell, the director of the Wyoming
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noted that most studies of the subject have estimated that life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shale gas are similar to those of conventional natural gas, and are much less than those from coal, usually about half the greenhouse gas emissions of coal; the noted exception was a 2011 study
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concluded that "The environmental impacts of shale development are challenging but manageable." The study addressed groundwater contamination, noting "There has been concern that these fractures can also penetrate shallow freshwater zones and contaminate them with fracturing fluid, but there is no
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may be the result of fracking in the area. The EPA stated that the finding was specific to the Pavillion area, where the fracking techniques differ from those used in other parts of the U.S. Doug Hock, a spokesman for the company which owns the Pavillion gas field, said that it is unclear whether
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A 2014 study from Manchester University presented the "First full life cycle assessment of shale gas used for electricity generation." By full life cycle assessment, the authors explained that they mean the evaluation of nine environmental factors beyond the commonly performed evaluation of global
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In April 2013 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lowered its estimate of how much methane leaks from wells, pipelines and other facilities during production and delivery of natural gas by 20 percent. The EPA report on greenhouse emissions credited tighter pollution controls instituted by the
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Dang, Wei; Zhang, Jinchuan; Nie, Haikuan; Wang, Fengqin; Tang, Xuan; Wu, Nan; Chen, Qian; Wei, Xiaoliang; Wang, Ruijing (2020). "Isotherms, thermodynamics and kinetics of methane-shale adsorption pair under supercritical condition: implications for understanding the nature of shale gas adsorption
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Surface installations must be based on concrete or paved soils connected to the road network. A gas pipeline is also required to evacuate production. In total, each farm would occupy an average area of 3.6 ha. However, the gas fields are relatively small. Exploitation of shale gas could therefore
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Coal mining radically alters whole mountain and forest landscapes. Beyond the coal removed from the earth, large areas of forest are turned inside out and blackened with toxic and radioactive chemicals. There have been reclamation successes, but hundreds of thousands of acres of abandoned surface
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Where coal exploration requires altering landscapes far beyond the area where the coal is, aboveground natural gas equipment takes up just one percent of the total surface land area from where gas will be extracted. The environmental impact of gas drilling has changed radically in recent years.
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Shale gas development leads to a series of tiered socio-economic effects during boom conditions. These include both positive and negative aspects. Along with other forms of unconventional energy, shale oil and gas extraction has three direct initial aspects: increased labour demand (employment);
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The US EIA had made an earlier estimate of total recoverable shale gas in various countries in 2011, which for some countries differed significantly from the 2013 estimates. The total recoverable shale gas in the United States, which was estimated at 862 trillion cubic feet in 2011, was revised
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A recent academic paper on the economic impacts of shale gas development in the US finds that natural gas prices have dropped dramatically in places with shale deposits with active exploration. Natural gas for industrial use has become cheaper by around 30% compared to the rest of the US. This
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levels in the sediment at the discharge point are around 200 times the amount upstream of the facility. The radium levels are "above regulated levels" and present the "danger of slow bio-accumulation" eventually in fish. The Duke study "is the first to use isotope hydrology to connect the dots
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What is happening is the direct result of a lack of any regulation. If the Clean Water Act was applied in 2005 when the shale gas boom started this would have been prevented. In the UK, if shale gas is going to develop, it should not follow the American example and should impose environmental
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Although the shale gas potential of many nations is being studied, as of 2013, only the US, Canada, and China produce shale gas in commercial quantities, and only the US and Canada have significant shale gas production. While China has ambitious plans to dramatically increase its shale gas
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Although the Eastern Gas Shales Project had increased gas production in the Appalachian and Michigan basins, shale gas was still widely seen as marginal to uneconomic without tax credits, and shale gas provided only 1.6% of US gas production in 2000, when the federal tax credits expired.
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Contamination of surface waterways and groundwater with fracking fluids is problematic. Shale gas deposits are generally several thousand feet below ground. There have been instances of methane migration, improper treatment of recovered wastewater, and pollution via reinjection wells.
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represent the volumes of oil and natural gas that could be produced with current technology, regardless of oil and natural gas prices and production costs. Technically recoverable resources are determined by multiplying the risked in-place oil or natural gas by a recovery factor."
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Vertical wells into conventional formations used to take up one-fifth of the surface area above the resource, a twenty-fold higher impact than current horizontal drilling requires. A six-acre horizontal drill pad can thus extract gas from an underground area 1,000 acres in size.
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events much too small to be detected except by sensitive instruments. These microseismic events are often used to map the horizontal and vertical extent of the fracturing. However, as of late 2012, there have been three known instances worldwide of hydraulic fracturing, through
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0.4–3.9) were detected during January 2011 to February 2012 in the Youngstown, Ohio area, where there were no known earthquakes in the past. These shocks were close to a deep fluid injection well. The 14 month seismicity included six felt earthquakes and culminated with a
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productivity of drilling shale gas wells. As of June 2011, the validity of the claims of economic viability of these wells has begun to be publicly questioned. Shale gas tends to cost more to produce than gas from conventional wells, because of the expense of the massive
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fuel oil. However, other studies have pointed out flaws with the paper and come to different conclusions. Among those are assessments by experts at the U.S. Department of Energy, peer-reviewed studies by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Maryland, and the
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onto the shale matrix. Further, the adsorption of gas is a process of physisorption, exothermic and spontaneous. The gas in the fractures is produced immediately; the gas adsorbed onto organic material is released as the formation pressure is drawn down by the well.
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and the short residence time of methane in the atmosphere." The author of that response, Lawrence Cathles, wrote that "shale gas has a GHG footprint that is half and perhaps a third that of coal," based upon "more reasonable leakage rates and bases of comparison."
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Federal price controls on natural gas led to shortages in the 1970s. Faced with declining natural gas production, the federal government invested in many supply alternatives, including the Eastern Gas Shales Project, which lasted from 1976 to 1992, and the annual
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article, generating electricity by burning natural gas is cheaper than burning coal if the price of gas remains below US$ 3 per million British thermal units ($ 10/MWh) or about $ 3 per 1000 cubic feet. Also in 2013, Ken Medlock, Senior Director of the
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The cost of extracting offshore shale gas in the UK were estimated to be more than $ 200 per barrel of oil equivalent (UK North Sea oil prices were about $ 120 per barrel in April 2012). However, no cost figures were made public for onshore shale gas.
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permeability, and so gas production in commercial quantities requires fractures to provide permeability. Shale gas has been produced for years from shales with natural fractures; the shale gas boom in recent years has been due to modern technology in
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Some 2011 studies pointed to high rates of decline of some shale gas wells as an indication that shale gas production may ultimately be much lower than is currently projected. But shale-gas discoveries are also opening up substantial new resources of
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regions like Pennsylvania have experienced an absolute increase in water demand for energy production thanks to the shale boom, shale wells actually produce less than half the wastewater per unit of energy compared to conventional natural gas.
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evidence that this is occurring". This study blames known instances of methane contamination on a small number of sub-standard operations, and encourages the use of industry best practices to prevent such events from recurring.
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annually from 1990 through 2010, a reduction of more than 850 million metric tons overall. The Associated Press noted that "The EPA revisions came even though natural gas production has grown by nearly 40 percent since 1990."
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Chemicals are added to the water to facilitate the underground fracturing process that releases natural gas. Fracturing fluid is primarily water and approximately 0.5% chemical additives (friction reducer, agents countering
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Measham, Thomas G.; Walton, Andrea; Graham, Paul; Fleming-Muñoz, David A. (1 October 2019). "Living with resource booms and busts: Employment scenarios and resilience to unconventional gas cyclical effects in Australia".
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between shale gas waste, treatment sites and discharge into drinking water supplies." The study recommended "independent monitoring and regulation" in the United States due to perceived deficiencies in self-regulation.
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All told, shale gas development in the United States represents less than half a percent of total domestic freshwater consumption, although this portion can reach as high as 25 percent in particularly arid regions.
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For the United States, EIA estimated (2013) a total "wet natural gas" resource of 2,431 tcf, including both shale and conventional gas. Shale gas was estimated to be 27% of the total resource. "Wet natural gas" is
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Marcos–Martinez, Raymundo; Measham, Thomas G.; Fleming-Muñoz, David A. (2019). "Economic impacts of early unconventional gas mining: Lessons from the coal seam gas industry in New South Wales, Australia".
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As of 2013, the US, Canada, and China are the only countries producing shale gas in commercial quantities. The US and Canada are the only countries where shale gas is a significant part of the gas supply.
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leakage along the casings. In addition, between 2% and 8% of the extracted fuel would be released to the atmosphere at wells (still in the United States). However, it is mainly composed of methane (CH
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Several studies which have estimated lifecycle methane leakage from shale gas development and production have found a wide range of leakage rates, from less than 1% of total production to nearly 8%.
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Shale gas has become an increasingly important source of natural gas in the United States since the start of this century, and interest has spread to potential gas shales in the rest of the world.
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Warner, Nathaniel R.; Christie, Cidney A.; Robert B., Jackson; Avner, Vengosh (2 October 2013). "Impacts of Shale Gas Wastewater Disposal on Water Quality in Western Pennsylvania".
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Using data from the Environmental Protection Agency's 2013 Greenhouse Gas Inventory yields a methane leakage rate of about 1.4%, down from 2.3% from the EPA's previous Inventory.
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in the thermogenic gas window, where high heat and pressure have converted petroleum to natural gas. They are sufficiently brittle and rigid enough to maintain open fractures.
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is often used with shale gas wells, with lateral lengths up to 10,000 feet (3,000 m) within the shale, to create maximum borehole surface area in contact with the shale.
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from coal plants create annual damages of $ 156 million per plant compared to $ 1.5 million per gas plant. Coal-fired power plants in the United States emit 17–40 times more
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Timothy J. Skone, "Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Analysis of Natural Gas Extraction & Delivery in the United States." National Energy Technology Laboratory, 12 May 2011
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by Paolo Farah and Riccardo Tremolada. This is a paper presented at the Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship 2013 hosted by Vermont Law School (11 October 2013)
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up to 12 percent of the world’s total oil production — touching 14 million barrels a day — "revolutionizing" the global energy markets over the next few decades."
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will not be mandatory for shale gas exploration activities and shale gas extraction activities will be subject to the same terms as other gas extraction projects.
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Shales that host economic quantities of gas have a number of common properties. They are rich in organic material (0.5% to 25%), and are usually mature petroleum
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downward to 665 trillion cubic feet in 2013. Recoverable shale gas in Canada, which was estimated to be 388 TCF in 2011, was revised upward to 573 TCF in 2013.
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A Comparison between Shale Gas in China and Unconventional Fuel Development in the United States: Water, Environmental Protection, and Sustainable Development
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by, among others, the New York Times' own Public Editor for lack of balance in omitting facts and viewpoints favorable to shale gas production and economics.
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Yes. Natural gas drilling can result in discharges to surface waters. The discharge of this water is subject to requirements under the Clean Water Act (CWA)."
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The extraction and use of shale gas can affect the environment through the leaking of extraction chemicals and waste into water supplies, the leaking of
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lead to fragmentation of landscapes. Finally, a borehole requires about 20 million liters of water, the daily consumption of about 100,000 inhabitants.
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Some Texas residents think fracking is using too much of their groundwater, but drought and other growing uses are also part of the causes of the
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prices. "Some wells are profitable at $ 2.65 per thousand cubic feet, others need $ 8.10…the median is $ 4.85," Medlock said. Energy consultant
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A Comparison between Shale Gas in China and Unconventional Fuel Development in the United States: Health, Water and Environmental Risks
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mines in the United States have not been reclaimed, and reclamation of certain terrain (including steep terrain) is nearly impossible.
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benefits from shale gas, by displacing harmful air pollution from coal, far outweigh its environmental costs. In a 2013 report for the
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to allow significant fluid flow to a wellbore, most shales are not commercial sources of natural gas. Shale gas is one of a number of
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stimulates local energy intensive manufacturing growth, but brings the lack of adequate pipeline capacity in the US in sharp relief.
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According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Water Act applies to surface stream discharges from shale gas wells:
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Weber, Jeremy G. (1 September 2012). "The effects of a natural gas boom on employment and income in Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming".
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In late 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a report which concluded that shale gas emits larger amounts of
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Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption. October 2009
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has made large volumes of shale gas more economical to produce, and some analysts expect that shale gas will greatly expand
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by Christopher Gascoyne and Alexis Aik. This is a working paper written for the 2011 Pacific Energy Summit hosted by the
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A study published in May 2011 concluded that shale gas wells have seriously contaminated shallow groundwater supplies in
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Barack Obama's administration had sometimes promoted shale gas, in part because of its belief that it releases fewer
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The air quality advantages of natural gas over coal have been borne out in Pennsylvania, according to studies by the
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Dan Lashof, "Natural Gas Needs Tighter Production Practices to Reduce Global Warming Pollution," 12 April 2011
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2011: Annex II: Methodology. In IPCC: Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
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Dr James Verdon has published a critique of the data produced, and the variables that may affect the results.
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Gao, Jiyao; You, Fengqi (2018). "Integrated Hybrid Life Cycle Assessment and Optimization of Shale Gas".
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Besides using water and industrial chemicals, it is also possible to frack shale gas with only liquified
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In 2000 shale gas provided only 1% of U.S. natural gas production; by 2010 it was over 20% and the U.S.
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Shindell, D. T.; Faluvegi, G.; Koch, D. M.; Schmidt, G. A.; Unger, N.; Bauer, S. E. (30 October 2009).
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Average damages from coal pollutants are two orders of magnitude larger than damages from natural gas.
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David Hughes (May 2011). "Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21st Century?" Post Carbon Institute,
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Jeffrey Logan, Garvin Heath, and Jordan Macknick, Elizabeth Paranhos, William Boyd, and Ken Carlson,
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North America has been the leader in developing and producing shale gas. The economic success of the
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1.8 were detected by regional network and accurately relocated, whereas 97 small earthquakes (0.4<
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production, these efforts have been checked by inadequate access to technology, water, and land.
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is regarded as the father of the shale gas industry, since he made it commercially viable in the
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US Department of Energy, "Modern shale gas development in the United States," April 2009, p.17.
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predicted that by 2035, 46% of the United States' natural gas supply will come from shale gas.
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research report calculated the 2011 worth of the global shale-gas market as $ 26.66 billion.
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Hydraulic Fracturing versus Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining: Comparing Environmental Impacts
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emissions from coal plants are 1.8-2.3 times greater (per KWh) than natural gas emissions.
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US Energy Information Administration, Analysis and Projections, Retrieved 26 August 2012
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World Shale Gas Resources: An Initial Assessment of 14 Regions Outside the United States
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Some of the gas produced is held in natural fractures, some in pore spaces, and some is
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The Shale Gas Boom: The global implications of the rise of unconventional fossil energy
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claimed that the production of electricity using shale gas may lead to as much or more
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Natural Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale, NPDES Program Frequently Asked Questions
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emissions per MWh than natural gas, and 1–17 times as much NOx per MWh. Lifecycle CO
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Shale gas a sound environmental option only if accompanied by stringent regulation.
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Is the Recent Increase in Felt Earthquakes in the Central U.S. Natural or Manmade?
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It has higher photochemical smog and terrestrial toxicity than the other options.
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Shale gas worse than coal for three impacts and better than renewables for four.
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Potential Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Shale Gas Extraction and Use
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estimates that, for the US, "minimum costs in the range $ 4 to $ 6 / mcf. ."
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in particular has spurred the search for other sources of shale gas across the
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Trembath, Alex; Luke, Max; Shellenberger, Michael; Nordhaus, Ted (June 2013).
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GWP than electricity generated with oil or coal. In the peer-reviewed paper,
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Europe has a shale gas resource estimate of 639 trillion cubic feet (18.1
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Energy Policy Act of 2005. Pub. L. 109-58, TITLE III, Subtitle C, SEC. 322.
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3.9 shock on 31 December 2011. Among the 109 shocks, 12 events greater than
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Derrick and platform of drilling gas wells in Marcellus Shale – Pennsylvania
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Mielke, Erik; Diaz Anadon, Laura; Narayanamurti, Venkatesh (October 2010).
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Total natural gas rig count in the US (including conventional gas drilling)
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Hydraulic fracturing was exempted from the Safe Drinking Water Act in the
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The Shale Dilemma: A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development
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Natural Gas and the Transformation of the U.S. Energy Sector: Electricity
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Grubert, Emily A.; Beach, Fred C.; Webber, Michael E. (8 October 2012).
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Moomaw, W., P. Burgherr, G. Heath, M. Lenzen, J. Nyboer, A. Verbruggen,
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Howarth, Robert; Sontaro, Renee; Ingraffea, Anthony (12 November 2010).
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scientists have been investigating the recent increase in the number of
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Registry will Help Study Health Impact from Living Near Shale Gas Wells
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The World's Water Volume 8: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
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For the rest of the world (excluding US), EIA estimated (2013) a total
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Measham, Thomas G.; Fleming, David A.; Schandl, Heinz (January 2016).
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treatments required to produce shale gas, and of horizontal drilling.
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considerably. The method was invented by GasFrac, of Alberta, Canada.
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contaminating the local water supply above-ground have been reported.
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the contamination came from the fracking process. Wyoming's Governor
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An illustration of shale gas compared to other types of gas deposits.
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Friday Energy Facts: How Much Water Does Fracking for Shale Consume?
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A Retrospective Review of Shale Gas Development in the United States
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Although shale gas has been produced for more than 100 years in the
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believed that increased shale gas development would help reduce
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is estimated to have the world's largest shale gas reserves.
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How is hydraulic fracturing related to earthquakes and tremors?
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industry for cutting an average of 41.6 million metric tons of
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than other fossil fuels. In a 2010 letter to President Obama,
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from 1980–2000. Microseismic imaging, a crucial input to both
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Gloyston, Henning and Johnstone, Christopher (17 April 2012)
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Pad drilling and rig mobility lead to more efficient drilling
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Life cycle comparison for more than global warming potential
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Exclusive – UK has vast shale gas reserves, geologists say
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Why Every Serious Environmentalist Should Favour Fracking
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Suzanne Goldenberg in Barnhart, Texas (11 August 2013).
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North America leads the world in production of shale gas
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regulation to prevent this kind of radioactive buildup.
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Unconventional Gas and Implications for the LNG Market
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Statement on U.S.-China shale gas resource initiative"
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In first quarter 2012, the United States imported 840
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with shale gas and oil, in 39 countries, per the U.S.
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Schneider, Conrad; Banks, Jonathan (September 2010).
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Map of Assessed Shale Gas in the United States, 2012
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
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