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CALL FOR COMPETITIVE LOW-CARBON ENERGY · Understanding, preventing and mitigating the potential environmental impacts and risks of shale gas exploration and exploitation

Scope:*Specific challenge:*Gas shales have a very low porosity and permeability, and have to be fractured pervasively to create high-permeability pathways for the gas to migrate towards the wells. The fracturing process is subject to discussion, as it requires the injection of large amounts of wate…