Marcellus Shale Gas Resource

Development & Water Issues

Clark D Richardson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

112 Seiten

2013
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62417-759-0 (ISBN)

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Until relatively recently, natural gas-rich shale formations throughout the United States were not considered to have significant resource value because no technologies existed to economically recover the gas. Development and deployment of advanced drilling and reservoir stimulation methods have dramatically increased the gas production from these "unconventional gas shales". The Marcellus Shale formation potentially represents one of the largest unconventional natural gas resources in the United States, underlying much of West Virginia and Pennsylvania, southern New York, eastern Ohio, western Maryland, and Western Virginia. Directional drilling and "hydraulic fracturing" are essential to exploiting these low permeability shale gas resources. Although oil and gas developers have applied these technologies in conventional oil and natural gas fields for some time, recent improvements in both technologies have allowed them to be applied effectively to unconventional gas shales on an industrial scale. This book reviews the Marcellus Shale resource, development processes, and related surface water and groundwater issues.

Preface; Marcellus Shale Gas: Development Potential & Water Management Issues & Laws; Hydraulic Fracturing & Safe Drinking Water Act Issues; Natural Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale: NPDES Program Frequently Asked Questions; Assessment of Undiscovered Oil & Gas Resources of the Devonian Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin Province, 2011; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	348 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Bergbau
Themenwelt	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	1-62417-759-X / 162417759X
ISBN-13	978-1-62417-759-0 / 9781624177590
Zustand	Neuware