Environmental and Health Issues in Unconventional Oil and Gas Development
- ISBN-10
- 0128041110
- ISBN-13
- 9780128041116
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-12-01
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Author
- Debra Kaden
Description
Environmental and Health Issues in Unconventional Oil and Gas Development offers a unique and bipartisan perspective relevant to a variety of stakeholders on the use of directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the oil and gas industry in North America and worldwide. Including such important considerations as air exposure, water exposure, worker safety, ecological health, and seismic impacts, the book presents the issues as written from a broad range of experts in order to present a clear, non-partisan picture of these potential impacts of the process. Utilizing expertise from a range of contributors in academia, non-governmental organizations, and the oil and gas industry, Environmental and Health Issues in Unconventional Oil and Gas Development is an essential resource for academics and professionals in the oil and gas, environmental, and health and safety industries as well as for policy makers. Offers a multi-disciplinary examination of the environmental and health issues related to unconventional oil and shale gas development Serves as a collective resource for academics and professionals in the oil and gas, environmental, health, and safety industries, as well as environmental scientists and policymakers Features a diverse and expert group of chapter authors from academia, non-governmental organizations, and the oil and gas industry
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- 2015-12-07
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