Shale Gas to the Rescue?

The Shale Revolution s Global Footprint

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The Bowland Shale, which lies beneath Lancashire and Yorkshire, contains 50 more gas than the combined reserves of two of the largest fields in the United States, the Barnett Shale and the Marcellus Shale.

Despite the hype about the shale gas revolution, the extraction cost of (onshore) conventional gas remains below that of shale gas.

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America s shale gas industry grew by 45 annually from 2005 to 2010, and the share of shale gas in America s overall gas production grew from 4 to 24 .

Shale gas wells deplete far more rapidly than conventional fields do.

In Europe, shale energy resources have largely remained in the ground.

Meanwhile, acreage used for poppy and marijuana production has risen, according to the US government, to 6,900 and 8,900 hectares, respectively.

In 2013, it was announced that Japan would be importing shale natural gas.

This increase has occurred despite a 15 percent decline in acreage devoted to farming during the period, and water supply suffering from chronic instability.

Even the much heralded shale gas revolution is a lot of hype 160 similar to the gold rushes and stock bubbles of the past. Shale gas wells deplete far more rapidly than conventional fields do.

Even so, the shale revolution across the Atlantic has been felt in diverse ways.

The shale energy revolution that started in the US is thus causing sweeping changes worldwide.

PRAGUE In late June, the British Geological Survey announced the world s largest shale gas field.

Shale gas could thus reduce dependency on OPEC oil and gas while reducing carbon emission.

Shale gas is abundant in Europe and North America, in contrast to oil and gas.

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However, the rise of fracking should be viewed with caution Poorly managed fracking facilities can leak methane, a potent greenhouse gas and shale oil, to which many frackers are turning, is much more emissions intensive than shale gas.

With respect to climate change, however, the effects of greater reliance on shale gas are mixed.

It s as if we reacted to Fukushima by better handling gas emissions in oil shale projects.

The big news in energy these days is the revolution in technology for tapping shale gas.

By 2035, shale gas is projected to account for roughly one half of total US energy production.

Jorma Ollila, Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, described the global map of major shale oil and gas deposits.

Shale gas could cut the cost of reducing CO2 seven times more while actually helping Europe s ailing economy.

The country has large oil shale and limestone deposits, along with forests that cover 48 of the land.

The most promising breakthrough may well be the discovery of huge reserves of shale gas all over the planet.

More intense agriculture on an ever increasing acreage resulted in a shift from animal products, like meat and dairy, to various grains and vegetables as the staple of the majority population.

The plan highlights the need to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by shale gas and newly discovered oil reserves.

Annual growth in shale gas production has increased from 17 between 2000 and 2006 to 48 between 2006 and 2010.

Of course, technological advances, like hydraulic fracturing ( fracking ) in the shale gas industry, could increase supply and therefore lower prices.

Moreover, growing urbanization and other non agricultural uses of land have reduced acreage available for food production, while agricultural land is increasingly used to produce commodities other than food, such as bio fuels.

Maybe Europe will become a leader in advanced fracking when the shale gas deposits in the US have already been exhausted.

It would enhance US economic competitiveness, especially relative to Europe, given the lower costs involved in the extraction of shale gas.

Within the past six years, shale gas alone has doubled potential gas resources in the United States and halved the price.

The oil shale based mining industry, which is also concentrated in East Estonia, produces around 90 of the entire country's electricity.

For example, with increasing temperature and pressure the first minerals to form from a shale are micas, particularly chlorite and biotite.

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Since 2012, an invasive weed known as the water hyacinth has been subsuming tens of thousands of acreage of the surface of Lake Tana, as well as adjacent wetlands and ranches surrounding the lake.

The boom in this so called shale gas production has allowed the United States to become almost self sufficient in natural gas.

A strong and dynamic US economy, reinvigorated by cheap shale gas and accelerating innovation, would rejuvenate the global economy as a whole.

There is a huge difference between potential deposits hidden somewhere in large shale formations and recoverable reserves that can actually be produced economically.