Ewen, C. and Borchardt, D. and Richter, S. and Hammerbacher, R. (2012) Study concerning the safety and environmental compatibility of hydrofracking for natural gas production from unconventional reservoirs (executive summary). Konflikt- und Prozessmanagement, Darmstadt. ISBN 978-3-00-038263-5
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Hydrofracking has been coming into increasing use in recent years – in Germany, primarily in order to allow for full exploitation of “conventional” natural gas reservoirs. However, since 2010, oil companies such as ExxonMobil have been laying plans to explore and exploit, likewise in Germany, “unconventional” reservoirs that in many cases would have been completely inaccessible without hydrofracking because the natural gas is trapped in dense rock. Hydrofracking is widely practiced in various regions of the US. Media reports concerning earthquakes, contaminated waterbodies and groundwater, and flammable methane in drinking water wells are worrisome and have raised concerns among German citizens, politicians, and water companies that hydrofracking may be harmful to natural resources and in particular to drinking water. These evolutions prompted us, a panel of outside experts, to conduct a year-long scientific analysis and assessment (from April 2011 to April 2012, within the framework of ExxonMobil’s hydrofracking dialogue and information dissemination process) concerning the health and environmental aspects of hydrofracking as used for natural gas production from unconventional natural gas reservoirs. Our investigations centered around whether and under which circumstances hydrofracking is compatible with the exigencies of public health and environmental safety.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | Methodology > Other-additional study Inducing technology > Unconventional hydrocarbon extraction |
| Project: | SHEER project |