Risks and Risk Governance in Shale Gas Development: Summary of Two Workshops

by Board on Environmental Change and Society, National Research Council, Paul C. Stern

Natural gas in deep shale formations, which can be developed by hydraulic fracturing and associated technologies (often collectively referred to as fracking) is dramatically increasing production of natural gas in the United States, where significant gas deposits exist in formations that underlie many states. Major deposits of shale gas exist in many other countries as well. Proponents of shale gas development point to several kinds of benefits,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309312574
• ISBN13: 9780309312578
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"