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Record Nr.

UNINA9910688562303321

Autore

Rao Vikram

Titolo

Shale Oil and Gas : The Promise and the Peril, Revised and Updated Second Edition

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Research Triangle Park, NC, : RTI Press/RTI International, 2015

Research Triangle Park, NC : , : RTI International / RTI Press, , 2015

©2015

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages)

Collana

RTI Press Publication

Disciplina

665/.4

Soggetti

BUS070040

TEC031000

SCI024000

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

In the first edition, Shale Gas: The Promise and the Peril, Vikram Rao explained that shale gas has the potential to transform the U.S. energy-based economy in the electricity, transportation, and chemical sectors. Since then, shale oil burst into the national consciousness even more rapidly than did shale gas. In the second edition, Rao does more justice to the shale oil–related issues, including the consequences of unpreparedness of infrastructure to deliver fluids to market. Six new chapters discuss issues such as chemicals disclosure and challenges to the orthodoxy in the production of fuels and chemicals. Both the first and second editions are intended to inform both sides of the fracturing debate, where currently rhetoric is overtaking understanding. Tailored for a nontechnical audience—with technical chemistry and geology information couched in sidebars—the second edition culminates in suggestions for research and guidance for policy making.