Essays about: "unconventional gas development"

Found 4 essays containing the words unconventional gas development.

  1. 1. Fracking : is it worth the risk?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Jonte From; [2017]
    Keywords : fracking; unconventional gas development; shale gas; environmental risks;

    Abstract : This review aims to summarize the current knowledge about the environmental impacts and risks about fracking and to answer the question if, on the whole, it is worth it? Peer-reviewed articles mainly from the database “Web of Science” were used. The world’s fossil fuels are rapidly running out and new sources of energy are required. READ MORE

  3. 2. Frontiers of Fracking : Underground Political Ecology and Unconventional Energy in the Contested Landscapes of North West England

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Joseph Clifford; [2015]
    Keywords : shale gas; fracking; unconventional energy; political ecology; environmental conflict; landscapes; risk;

    Abstract : Gas obtained from previously unexploited shale rock strata has emerged as an economically viable way of sourcing additional fossil fuel energy resources after the so-called ‘shale gas revolution’ in the United States. In the United Kingdom, the incumbent government has committed to the development of its own shale gas resources. READ MORE

  4. 3. Decline Curve Analysis of Shale Oil Production : The Case of Eagle Ford

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling

    Author : Linnea Lund; [2014]
    Keywords : shale oil; unconventional oil; shale; decline curve analysis; DCA; eagle ford;

    Abstract : Production of oil and gas from shale is often described as a revolution to energyproduction in North America. Since the beginning of this century the shale oilproduction has increased from practically zero to currently supply almost half of theU.S. oil production. READ MORE

  5. 4. Strategic Sustainable Investing : Recognizing Value in Transitional Leadership

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Avdelningen för maskinteknik

    Author : Nicholas Blandford; Timothy Nash; André Winter; [2008]
    Keywords : Socially Responsible Investing SRI ; Backcasting; Strategy Analysis; Extra-Financial Research; Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; Environmental Social and Governance ESG Factors;

    Abstract : Institutional Investors own a large share of publicly traded companies, controlling a significant amount of the economy‟s working capital. These investors currently use little or no sustainability-related information to make their decisions, reinforcing a loop of increasingly unsustainable growth. READ MORE