The status, obstacles and policy recommendations of shale gas development in china

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2353-2372

  Pi, Guanglin ^a   Dong, Xiucheng ^a   Dong, Cong ^a   Guo, Jie ^a   Ma, Zhengwei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Challenges; China; Policy recommendations; Shale gas development

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS INDUSTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; INNOVATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; REGULATORY APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84926335824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7032353     Document Type: Article

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