Recent economic and community impact of unconventional oil and gas exploration and production on South Texas counties in the Eagle Ford Shale area

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-92

  Tunstall, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS FIELD; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OIL FIELD; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939508194     PISSN: 10904999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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