Shale gas development bottleneck highlights

Thanks to years of technological advances,  shale gas  development in the United States in full swing. However, environmental concerns, competition for water and other problems with people is always accompanied by the development of shale gas.

Shale gas exploration is the core technology of horizontal drilling and  Hydraulic fracturing  method (also known as fracking), the United States more than half of the natural gas obtained through fracking mining. The method is to use "fracturing fluid", ie chemicals mixed with plenty of water, sediment, with high-pressure underground injection wells, fracturing rock formations nearby, the expansion gap, so that gas can flow into the well to collect. However, these activities may have on the environment and human health have a negative impact, including the pollution of air, water and soil. Due to many unfavorable factors, the United States, New York and Delaware Basin has been halted in the area of hydraulic fracturing project. States and the federal government is also developing more stringent regulations, trying to lighten the development of shale gas produced by environmental impacts.fracturing proppant Therefore, the future ability of shale gas revolution as the first decade as "triumph" remains to be seen.