Making Natural Gas More Economical to Produce and Transport

Article appeared on Stockwatch website By Ms Jumana Sharanik* and Dr Constantinos Hadjistassou# The discovery of large accumulations of natural gas in block 6, about 160km offshore Cyprus, calls for a better understanding of the mechanisms of natural gas production and storage. At the EU, decision-makers have made it clear that the bloc needs new gas supplies this decade so […]

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Investigating Natural Gas Production from Shales at the Microscale

The Student Chapters of SPE/AAPG cordially invites you to the following event: Investigating Natural Gas Production from Shales at the Microscale Abstract In the past, shales were generally treated as non-porous formations while resources encountered in such tight formations were deemed uneconomical to produce. Recent advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have shifted this perspective reducing flow resistance from […]

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