Wastewater and Shale Formation Development: Risks, Mitigation, and Regulation

Book Overview

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

The number of tight oil and shale gas wells continues to rise primarily in the US, but also worldwide. The US has vast reserves of oil and natural gas, which now are commercially reachable as a result of advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies. But as hydraulic fracturing is increasingly used, concerns have been raised about potential stress on surface...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1774635666
• ISBN13: 9781774635667
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Apple Academic Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"