LEADER 04379nam 22007333u 450 001 9910140515603321 005 20240410000804.0 010 $a9781782623014 010 $a1782623019 010 $a9781782620556 010 $a1782620559 035 $a(CKB)2670000000567755 035 $a(EBL)2012208 035 $a(OCoLC)895009428 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001379361 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11752445 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001379361 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11356553 035 $a(PQKB)10878298 035 $a(PPN)198478062 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7422735 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2012208 035 $a(Perlego)786504 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000567755 100 $a20151012d2014|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFracking 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge $cRSC$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (247 p.) 225 1 $aIssues in Environmental Science and Technology ;$vv.39 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781849739207 311 08$a184973920X 327 $aIntroduction and overview : the role of shale gas in securing our energy future / Peter Hardy -- Shale gas boom, trade and environmental policies : global economic and environmental analyses in a multidisciplinary modeling framework / Farzad Taheripour, Wallace E. Tyner and Kemal Sarica -- Exploration for unconventional hydrocarbons : shale gas and shale oil / Iain C. Scotchman -- Climate change impacts of shale gas production / John Broderick and Ruth Wood -- The hydrogeological aspects of shale gas extraction in the UK / Robert S. Ward, Marianne E. Stuart and John P. Bloomfield -- Coal seam gas recovery in Australia : economic, environmental and policy issues / Alan Randall -- Prospects for shale gas development in China / Shu Jiang -- Unconventional and unburnable : why going all out for shale gas is the wrong direction for the UK's energy policy / Tony Bosworth. 330 $a"Fracking has the potential to extract hydrocarbons from previously inaccessible sources of gas and oil, but is regularly in the news because of environmental concerns surrounding the process. First used commercially in the mid-20th Century, only recently has fracking been deployed on a large scale, revolutionising the energy industry in the USA. As more nations seek to adopt or ban fracking, do the economic benefits outweigh the environmental costs? Presenting both sides of the debate, this latest volume of Issues in Environmental Science and Technology draws on a wealth of international expertise, ranging from the oil and gas industry to Friends of the Earth. The technology of fracking is examined in detail, as well as the associated economic, societal and global climate change considerations. Individual chapters focus on exploration for unconventional hydrocarbons, the hydrogeological aspects and risks of water contamination, coal seam gas extraction in Australia and current developments in China. Anyone wishing to gain a balanced view of hydraulic fracturing will benefit from reading this book, which is aimed at researchers in academia and industry, policy makers, environmental science students and the interested layman."--Page 4 of cover. 410 0$aIssues in Environmental Science and Technology 606 $aGas well drilling -- Environmental aspects 606 $aHydraulic fracturing -- Environmental aspects 606 $aHydraulic fracturing -- Government policy -- United States 606 $aHydraulic fracturing$xEnvironmental aspects$zGreat Britain 606 $aHydraulic fracturing 606 $aNatural gas reserves 615 4$aGas well drilling -- Environmental aspects. 615 4$aHydraulic fracturing -- Environmental aspects. 615 4$aHydraulic fracturing -- Government policy -- United States. 615 0$aHydraulic fracturing$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aHydraulic fracturing. 615 0$aNatural gas reserves. 676 $a622.24 676 $a622/.2 700 $aHester$b R E$0900828 701 $aHarrison$b Roy M.$f1948-$015997 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910140515603321 996 $aFracking$92287163 997 $aUNINA