
Shale Gas
Exploration and Environmental and Economic Impacts
Description
Key Features
- Provides wide-ranging coverage of both the environmental and economic impacts of shale gas exploration
- Includes case studies that describe the prolific and potential shale gas systems from both producing and prospective countries
- Appeals to both those in academia and those in the unconventional gas exploration industry
Readership
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Shale
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Shale Composition
- 1.3. Environments of Shale Deposition
- 1.4. Physical Properties of Shale
- 1.5. Shale Gas
- 1.6. Geochemistry of Shale Gas
Chapter 2. Deposition and Diagenesis
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Physical Properties of Shale
- 2.3. Organic Sedimentary Rocks
- 2.4. Diagenesis: Underground Changes
- 2.5. Diagenesis
- 2.6. Diagenesis of Fine-Grained Sediments
- 2.7. The Role of Diagenesis in Hydrocarbon Generation
- 2.8. Various Phases of Diagenesis
- 2.9. Zone of Fermentation
Chapter 3. Organic Matter in Gas Shales: Origin, Evolution, and Characterization
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Organic Matter in Gas Shales: Quality
- 3.3. Organic Matter in Gas Shales: Quantitative Approach
- 3.4. Geochemical Characterization of Organic Matter
- 3.5. Discussion
- 3.6. Summary
Chapter 4. Basin Structure, Tectonics, and Stratigraphy
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Plate Motion
- 4.3. Rift Basins
- 4.4. Rift Development
- 4.5. Geological Environments Associated With Tectonics
- 4.6. Sequence Stratigraphy
- 4.7. Formation of Basin and Economic Importance
Chapter 5. Exploration Technique
- Chapter 5.1. Shallow Seismic
- Chapter 5.2. Geochemical Exploration
- Chapter 5.3. Petrophysics
- Chapter 5.4. Shale Mineralogy
Chapter 6. Hydraulic Fracturing
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Hydraulic Fracturing
- 6.3. Hazards
- 6.4. Fracturing Fluid
- 6.5. Water Management
- 6.6. Transportation
- 6.7. Fluid Disposal
- 6.8. Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing
- 6.9. Induced Earthquakes
- 6.10. Hazard Management
- 6.11. Waste Water Disposal
Chapter 7. Case Studies
- Chapter 7.1. Producing Countries
- Chapter 7.2. Prospective Countries
Chapter 8. Environmental Concerns of Shale Gas Production
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Induced Seismicity
- 8.3. Ground Water Contamination
- 8.4. Atmospheric Emissions
- 8.5. Shale Gas Exploitation and Health Hazard
- 8.6. Impact on Water and Environment
- 8.7. Noise Pollution
- 8.8. Environmental Impact of Blowout
- 8.9. Guidelines for Shale Gas Development
- 8.10. Site Disposal After the Completion of Shale Gas Exploitation
- 8.11. Regulations for Shale Gas Exploration and Exploitation
Chapter 9. Economics of the Hydrocarbon Industry With a Volatile Market
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Oil Economy
- 9.3. Greenhouse Gas and Shale Gas Economy
- 9.4. Global Shale Gas Development
- 9.5. Impact From Shale Gas Exploitation
- 9.6. Conclusion
Chapter 10. Role of Nonconventional Shale Gas Energy in the Next Century
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Development of Shale Gas
- 10.3. Shale Gas Reserves
- 10.4. Economics of Shale Gas
- 10.5. Impact of Developing Shale Gas
- 10.6. Shale Gas Reserve and Production
- 10.7. Conclusion
Product details
- No. of pages: 192
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2017
- Published: January 23, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128095737
- eBook ISBN: 9780128095355