DOI: 10.1016/ The intensity of emissions produced by generating electricity from shale gas could be 35% higher than those produced in conventional gas generation, according to an investigation of potential shale gas industries in Germany and the UK. A new study published today in Nature Geoscience shows that a combination of high costs for drilling and hydraulic fracturing combined with low natural gas prices has led to a boom in unconventional oil production in recent Although shale use would have a negligible effect on overall emissions of air pollutants nationally, it would have immediate health effects at local and regional level. Low well productivity would have a considerable impact on methane emissions from fracking activity.
The intensity of emissions produced by generating electricity from shale gas could be 35% higher than those produced in conventional gas generation, according to an investigation of potential shale gas industries in Germany and the UK. A new study published today in Nature Geoscience shows that a combination of high costs for drilling and hydraulic fracturing combined with low natural gas prices has led to a boom in unconventional oil production in recent Although shale use would have a negligible effect on overall emissions of air pollutants nationally, it would have immediate health effects at local and regional level. Low well productivity would have a considerable impact on methane emissions from fracking activity.