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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"unconventional natural gas"”.
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Techno-economic analysis of water management options for unconventional natural gas developments in the Marcellus Shale
… shale reservoirs has revolutionized the oil and gas sector, and hydraulic fracturing has been the key enabler of this advancement. As a result, the need for water treatment has increased significantly and became a major cost driver for producers. What to do with the flowback water in light of …
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Unconventional Natural Gas Development as a Reasonable Alternative for Energy Strategy and Policy: Implications for the People's Republic of China
This research argues that development of unconventional natural gas is a reasonable alternative for energy future of the People's Republic of China. Four major factors, including economic growth, social development, environmental constraints, and technological breakthroughs and foreign energy …
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Natural Gas Development in Western Canada: A Gap Analysis
The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of conventional and unconventional natural gas are primarily methane and carbon dioxide that are released in natural gas development activities. Addressing these emissions have gained attention because of recent climate commitments. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can …
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A study of natural gas extraction in Marcellus shale
… that has been used in the United States is natural gas. However, with the increased use of natural gas, conventional sources are being depleted rapidly. Due to the strong use of conventional gas sources people have turned to unconventional gas sources. Unconventional gas sources are deemed …
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Integration of Nano CT and SEM in the Characterization of Marcellus Shale
Shale has proven to be a major unconventional natural gas play. However, due to its complex bedding orientations, comparatively high clay content and its complex heterogeneity, producing and optimising production is often hindered by its challenging complexities. It is now imperative to critically …
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Simulating gas production from hydraulic fracture networks : a case study of the Barnett shale
… Barnett shale has become an extremely successful unconventional natural gas development, mainly due to the optimization of hydraulic fracturing treatments. The ideal stimulation job for the Barnett is a slickwater treatment with low proppant concentrations, because this type of waterfrac is …
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Mathematical Modeling of Fluid Spills in Hydraulically Fractured Well Sites
… to the rapid pace at which the exploitation of unconventional natural gas is taking place across the United States. As a natural gas well is being drilled, reserve pits are constructed to hold the drilling fluids and other materials returned from the drilling process. These reserve pits can …
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Economic implications of natural gas vehicle technology in U.S. private automobile transportation
… imported. With significant domestic conventional gas resources, optimistic projections of unconventional natural gas resources, and the growing international liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, gas prices are expected to remain lower than oil. While natural gas currently provides approximately 24 …
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Flow Mechanisms and Transient Pressure Analysis Study For Multi-Stage Fractured Horizontal Wells In Shale Gas Reservoirs
Compared with conventional natural gas resources, shale gas reservoir, as a typical unconventional natural gas resource, has the characteristics of low porosity and low permeability. Therefore, the fractured horizontal well technology has been widely used in shale gas reservoir development. At the …
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The Water-Energy Nexus for Hydraulic Fracturing
… waste generation and disposal. The rapid rise of unconventional natural gas and oil production through the combined processes of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have shifted the energy dynamic in the United States. Concurrently, the rising utilization of unconventional gas and oil …
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Partitioning Biological and Anthropogenic Methane Sources
<p>Methane is an important greenhouse gas, and an ideal target for greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Unlike carbon dioxide, methane has a relatively short atmospheric lifetime, so reductions in methane emissions could have large and immediate impacts on anthropogenic radiative forcing. A more …