The Potential of Unconventional Gas - Energy bridge to the future (with a review of European unconventional gas activities)

Bulletin fuer Angewandte Geologie

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 3-55

  Burri, Peter ^a   Chew, Ken ^b   Jung, Reinhard ^c   Neumann, Volkmar ^d  

^a Burri Oil and Gas Consulting   (Switzerland)

^b Morenish Mews   (United Kingdom)

^c Jung Geotherm   (Germany)

^d Gazprom Germania GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coal seam gas; European gas; Gas reserves; Global gas resources; Horizontal drilling; Hydraulic fracturing; Methane; Reach of gas resources; Russia; Shale gas; Tight gas; Unconventional gas; Unconventional hydrocarbons; Waste zones

Indexed keywords

COAL BED METHANE; COAL DEPOSITS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCES; FUEL CELLS; GASES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INDUCED SEISMICITY; METHANE; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROVEN RESERVES; SHALE; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS; WATER POLLUTION; WELL DRILLING;

GAS RESERVES; GAS RESOURCE; RUSSIA; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS; UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBONS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 85016251385     PISSN: 14206846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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