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Research and Policy Recommendations for Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale-Gas Extraction

Research and Policy Recommendations for Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale-Gas Extraction

Full Title: Research and Policy Recommendations for Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale-Gas Extraction
Author(s): Robert B. Jackson, Brooks Rainey Pearson, Stephen G. Osborn, Nathaniel R. Warner, and Avner Vengosh
Publisher(s): Union of Concerned Scientists
Publication Date: May 1, 2011
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Description (excerpt):

The extraction of natural gas from shale formations is one of the fastest growing trends in American on-shore domestic oil and gas. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that the United States has 2,119 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas, about 60% of which is “unconventional gas” stored in low permeability formations such as shale, coalbeds, and tight sands.

 

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