Key questions, approaches, and challenges to energy today

Catalysis Today

Volumn 236, Issue PART B, 2014, Pages 171-181

  Armor, John N ^a  

^a GlobalCatalysiscom LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Natural gas; Perspectives; Renewables; Shale gas; Solar

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; SHALE; SHALE GAS;

AVAILABLE ENERGY; COMPETITIVE PRICES; ENERGY; GLOBAL ENERGY; MARKET DYNAMICS; PERSPECTIVES; RENEWABLES; SOLAR;

ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84906779363     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2013.12.029     Document Type: Review

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