Scriptum 23: Shale gas and flue gas. Potentials and risks of exploring unconventional natural gas deposits in North Rhine-Westphalia from a geoscientific perspective — PDF

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Issue No. 23 from the series “scriptum — Work Results from the Geological Service North Rhine-Westphalia” deals with the question of the potential and risks of the extraction of natural gas from unconventional deposits. It includes an evaluation of numerous reports on this topic, a critical consideration of the regional geological findings in North Rhine-Westphalia and the current international literature. The importance of unconventional natural gas reserves in NRW is discussed with a view to the issue of security of supply. In addition, the various occurrences of shale and flue gas are described and an initial estimate of the potential is carried out. [2016. 128 pp., 42 Fig., 8 tab.; ISSN 1430-5267]

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