The boom in tight oil and shale gas in the last two decades,
fueled by a combination of directional drilling and staged hydraulic fracturing,
has revolutionized the energy industry, revitalized reserves once thought
depleted, changed the global energy market and raised environmental
concerns.
In the new book, “The Fossil Fuel
Revolution: Shale Gas and Tight Oil,” authors Daniel Soeder and Scyller
Borglum, Ph.D., delve into these issues and describe the remarkable energy
resources now being recovered from shales and other tight formations that have
opened up substantial new energy reserves for the 21st Century.
The book includes the history of
shale gas development, the technology used to economically recover hydrocarbons
and descriptions of the 10 primary shale gas resources of the United States.
The book also addresses international shale resources, environmental concerns
and policy issues. Soeder is the director of the Energy
Resources Initiative at the South Dakota
School of Mines & Technology. Borglum co-authored the book while
completing her doctorate degree in geology and geological engineering at SD
Mines.
This book is intended as a
reference on shale gas and tight oil for industry members, engineers,
geoscientists and college students. It provides a ...