New Frontiers in Oil and Gas Exploration
This contributed volume presents a multi-perspective collection of the latest research findings on oil and gas exploration and imparts insight that can greatly assist in understanding field behavior, design of test programs, and design of field
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New Frontiers in Oil and Gas Exploration
Congrui Jin • Gianluca Cusatis Editors
New Frontiers in Oil and Gas Exploration
Editors Congrui Jin Department of Mechanical Engineering Binghamton University State University of New York Binghamton, NY, USA
Gianluca Cusatis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Northwestern University Evanston, IL, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-40122-5 ISBN 978-3-319-40124-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40124-9
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Preface
The United States has seen a resurgence in petroleum production, especially when new discoveries of unconventional oil and gas sources have dramatically reshaped both the energy outlook and the future of chemicals production in this country. They have the potential to positively influence our overall trade balance and future economic growth rate for decades to come. Gas shale production sites throughout the United States are replacing coal power plant operations with environmental benefits associated with lower levels of life-cycle carbon dioxide emissions. However, production of gas from low permeability shale involves hydraulic fracturing of shale into a sufficiently dense system of cracks, and thus establishing fracture/ joint connectivity to facilitate fluid and gas flow. Unfortunately, these procedures are not without adverse environmental consequences, such as potential contamination of fresh water resources, seismic activities resulting from the stimulation of the rock formation (induced seismicity), and the disposal of flow-back and production water (triggered seismicity). It is clear that mitigation of the environmental impact of unconventional resource development needs to be
