Dear Reader,
Today we would like to inform you about some of the latest news on SHIP.

Two new expert articles by Prof. Dr. Horst Rueter from HarbourDom Consulting are available on SHIP. The presented articles deal with induced seismicity in the context of shale gas developments:

• Do induced earthquakes occur during hydraulic fracturing after all?
• Can larger earthquakes be related to disposal wells?

The Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS) organized the workshop “Shale Gas in Europe – A Transdisciplinary Approach”. A description of the workshop is available on SHIP:

• Shale Gas in Europe: potential benefits or unpredictable risks?

GeoShale 2014 – The technical program will be announced on 15th July, 2014:

• Announcement of GeoShale 2014 in Warsaw;
• GeoShale 2014 important dates.

The expert article by Gregory et al. about water management options is now also available in German and Polish

• Water management options associated with the production of shale gas by hydraulic fracturing.

As usual, you can find more “News” on our SHIP homepage. 

Your SHIP Team