Environmental and Health Issues in Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

Offers a unique, non-partisan perspective relevant to the use of directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing, presenting clear and frank discussions on implications for a variety of stakeholders involved in unconventional oil and shale gas development

Debra A Kaden (Edited by), Tracie L. Rose (Edited by)

9780128041116

Paperback / softback, published 15 December 2015

286 pages
23.4 x 19 x 1.9 cm, 0.59 kg

Environmental and Health Issues in Unconventional Oil and Gas Development offers a series of authoritative perspectives from varied viewpoints on key issues relevant in the use of directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing, providing a timely presentation of requisite information on the implications of these technologies for those connected to unconventional oil and shale gas development.

Introduction 1. The Unconventional Oil and Gas Process and an Introduction to Exposure Pathways 2. Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas: Economic Rewards and Risks 3. Methane Emissions from the Natural Gas Supply Chain 4. A Review of Drinking Water Contamination Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing 5. Water Use and Wastewater Management: Interrelated Issues with Unique Problems and Solutions 6. A Primer on Litigation That Involves Alleged Water Well Contamination 7. Occupational Health and Safety Aspects of Oil and Gas Extraction 8. Public Health, Risk Perception & Risk Communication: Unconventional Shale Gas in the United States and the European Union 9. Transportation of Shale Gas and Oil Resources 10. An Evaluation of the Hydraulic Fracturing Literature for the Determination of Cause-Effect Relationships and the Analysis of Environmental Risk and Sustainability 11. Induced Seismicity 12. State and Federal Oil and Gas Regulations 13. The International Perspective of Challenges and Constraints in Shale Gas Extraction

Subject Areas: Geology & the lithosphere [RBG], Environmental factors [MBNH2]