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23.10.2013
Operations, Hydraulic Fracturing
Hydraulic fracturing uses water – a lot of water; although the amount of water needed to frack a well is significantly less than the amount needed for some other uses, e.g. production and treatment of coal. Driven in part by the criticism over the[...]read more
16.10.2013
Legislation
New expert article from Anna Alexandra Seuser, University of Trier:On Wednesday, October 9, 2013, the European Parliament examined the question of revising the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (EIA) and formulated a request for a mandatory[...]read more
15.10.2013
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New SHIP expert Thorsten Warneke from the Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, reviews the article “Measurements of methane emissions at natural gas production sites in the United States.” by Allen et al. Read the article[...]read more
15.10.2013
Climate Impact
Author: Dr. Thorsten WarnekeNatural gas used for heat and power generation is generally regarded as climate friendlier than oil or coal. This is definitely true when only carbon dioxide emissions during the burning process are considered; but[...]read more
11.10.2013
Water Protection
This summer the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) launched a web-based European chemical disclosure platform for hydraulic fracturing fluids from shale gas extraction. OGP, an industry group, will provide the public with NGS[...]read more
10.10.2013
Legislation
The European Parliament has proposed that exploration and hydraulic fracturing extraction activities for non-conventional hydrocarbons should be subject to environmental impact studies, in adopting an amendment to existing EU legislation on[...]read more
09.10.2013
Generic
Alexandra Vetter has published an updated SHIP expert article "Shale gas in Germany – the current status". Read the article here.read more
24.09.2013
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Dear reader, today, we would like to inform you about news on SHIP. A scientific article about the public perception of shale gas extraction in the UK was published Study of the public perception of shale gas extraction in the UK The report of[...]read more
09.09.2013
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The research team, led by Professor Sarah O’Hara and Professor Mathew Humphrey, University of Nottingham, studied the public perception of shale gas extraction in the UK over a 16-month period (March 2012 to July 2013) to look at the people’s view[...]read more
09.08.2013
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The German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have now published their joint positions[...]read more
31.07.2013
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Dear reader, today, we would like to inform you about news on SHIP. Video presentations online Videos from the IGSC conference 2013 in Berlin (in English) are now linked on SHIPVideos If you have any suggestions, please let us know. The[...]read more
15.07.2013
Water Protection
In a new study led by Duke University, Durham, USA, scientists analyzed 141 drinking water samples from private water wells across the region of the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania. Overall they have found an increased methane concentration in[...]read more
04.07.2013
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The British Geological Survey (BGS) has studied the quantity of in-place shale gas in the Bowland-Hodder formation in central Britain, under the authority of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Scientists estimate the total volume of[...]read more
27.06.2013
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A conference on the topic “Sustainable fracking?” was hosted by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – German Research Centre for[...]read more
27.06.2013
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On 18th June, 2013, experts from universities and specialist companies presented their results within the framework of the second status report from ExxonMobil, on the implementation of hydrofracking risk assessment.Below is an outline of the main[...]read more
14.06.2013
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The new report of the U.S. Energy Information Agency provides an initial assessment of shale oil resources and updates a prior assessment of shale gas resources issued in April 2011. It assesses 137 shale formations in 41 countries outside the[...]read more
12.06.2013
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The European Commission published the results of the recent public consultation “Unconventional fossil fuels (e.g. shale gas) in Europe” at a meeting on 7 June 2013 in Brussels. Link: Presentation slides of the results. Three main[...]read more
04.06.2013
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The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU), published a statement on 31st May, 2013 titled “Fracking for shale gas production – a contribution to its appraisal in the context of energy and environment policy”. The Council advocates a more[...]read more
03.06.2013
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Dear reader, today, we would like to inform you about new contributions on SHIP. From now on, we will inform you once a month about major new contributions. New expert article A new article was published by Ewa Rutkowska-Subocz from Energy &[...]read more
18.04.2013
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The German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) recently criticized a study on the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing, which was issued by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) in September, 2012.[...]read more
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