Water Availability for Shale Gas Development in Sichuan Basin, China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2837-2845

  Yu, Mengjun ^a   Weinthal, Erika ^a   Patiño Echeverri, Dalia ^a   Deshusses, Marc A ^b   Zou, Caineng ^c   Ni, Yunyan ^c   Vengosh, Avner ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INFORMATION USE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SHALE GAS;

DOMESTIC SECTOR; DOMESTIC WATER USE; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; GAS DEVELOPMENT; SICHUAN BASIN; TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER UTILIZATION;

SHALE;

NATURAL GAS; MINERAL; WASTE WATER; WATER;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GAS WELL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LIMITING FACTOR; NATURAL GAS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SHALE GAS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FRACKING; GAS FIELD; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; CHEMISTRY; OIL AND GAS FIELD; OIL INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

CHINA; MINERALS; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER; WATER;

EID: 84961773854     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04669     Document Type: Article

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