The Barnett Shale: From problem formulation to risk management

Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-110

  Ethridge, Shannon ^a   Bredfeldt, Tiffany ^a   Sheedy, Keith ^b   Shirley, Stephanie ^a   Lopez, Glendora ^c   Honeycutt, Michael ^a  

^a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

^b Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

^c Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Region 4   (United States)

Author keywords

Human health; Natural gas; Problem formulation; Risk assessment; Risk management; Shale

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICALS OF CONCERN; HUMAN HEALTH; NATURAL GAS OPERATIONS; OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES; PROBLEM FORMULATION; RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; RULES AND REGULATIONS; TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84937411184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juogr.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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