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Title:
Environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing
Author:
Spellman, Frank R.
ISBN:
9781466514683
Publication Information:
Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
xviii, 459 p. : ill., map.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Shale gas -- 3. Shale gas geology -- 4. Shale gas plays -- 5. Shale gas sources -- 6. Hydraulic fracturing : the process -- 7. Chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing -- 8. Environmental considerations -- 9. Laws and regulations affecting shale gas development and operations.
Abstract:
"Hydraulic fracturing is a well stimulation process used to maximize the extraction of hard-to-reach underground resources. While hydraulic fracturing allows access to previously unobtainable energy supplies, the technology can cause serious damage to environmental media. Public concerns have focused on the impacts of the process used during natural gas production from shale and coalbed methane formations. This book discusses the pros and cons of hydraulic fracturing in a balanced manner. It emphasizes the need for the mining of natural gas to provide future clean energy supplies but also stresses the need for close monitoring of the process, chemicals, and fate of waste products"-- Provided by publisher.
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