The successful development of gas and oil resources from shales in North America

DJ Soeder - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The hydrocarbon resources of shale gas and tight oil have made a significant impact on
North American energy reserves over the past decade. The production of so-called …

The environmental costs and benefits of fracking

RB Jackson, A Vengosh, JW Carey… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Unconventional oil and natural gas extraction enabled by horizontal drilling and hydraulic
fracturing (fracking) is driving an economic boom, with consequences described from …

Identification and characterization of high methane-emitting abandoned oil and gas wells

M Kang, S Christian, MA Celia… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Recent measurements of methane emissions from abandoned oil/gas wells show that these
wells can be a substantial source of methane to the atmosphere, particularly from a small …

Welfare and distributional implications of shale gas

C Hausman, R Kellogg - 2015 - nber.org
Technological innovations in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have enabled
tremendous amounts of natural gas to be extracted profitably from underground shale …

[HTML][HTML] Air concentrations of volatile compounds near oil and gas production: a community-based exploratory study

GP Macey, R Breech, M Chernaik, C Cox, D Larson… - Environmental …, 2014 - Springer
Background Horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and other drilling and well stimulation
technologies are now used widely in the United States and increasingly in other countries …

Complex fluids and hydraulic fracturing

AC Barbati, J Desroches, A Robisson… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Nearly 70 years old, hydraulic fracturing is a core technique for stimulating hydrocarbon
production in a majority of oil and gas reservoirs. Complex fluids are implemented in nearly …

Recent advances in polymers as additives for wellbore cementing applications: A review

S Davoodi, M Al-Shargabi, DA Wood… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, more deep and ultra-deep gas and oil wells have been drilled. The high-
temperature and high-pressure (HPHT) conditions encountered in such wells frequently …

A review on risk assessment techniques for hydraulic fracturing water and produced water management implemented in onshore unconventional oil and gas …

L Torres, OP Yadav, E Khan - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to review different risk assessment techniques applicable to
onshore unconventional oil and gas production to determine the risks to water quantity and …

天然裂缝对页岩气水平井压裂的影响及工艺调整

周小金, 雍锐, 范宇, 曾波, 宋毅, 郭兴午, 周拿云… - 中国石油勘探, 2020 - cped.cn
缝网压裂是页岩气“缝控储量” 开发模式的具体体现, 天然裂缝是影响水力裂缝扩展及压裂后效果
的重要因素, 国内外学者多采用数值模拟进行研究. 基于矿场实践与数据统计分析 …

Mobility and persistence of methane in groundwater in a controlled-release field experiment

AG Cahill, CM Steelman, O Forde, O Kuloyo… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Expansion of shale gas extraction has fuelled global concern about the potential impact of
fugitive methane on groundwater and climate. Although methane leakage from wells is well …