Economics and politics of shale gas in Europe

Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-83

  Chyong, Chi Kong ^a   Reiner, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Gas supply options; Production costs; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995976587     PISSN: 21605882     EISSN: 21605890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.4.1.cchy     Document Type: Review

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