Topic: shale gas

In this working paper, WRI proposes a life cycle framework for shale gas. This life cycle spans exploration to well closure/site remediation, and from production to use. Readers may use the life cycle boundary for their own assessments of shale gas impacts.

In addition, WRI compares its life cycle boundary to those in 16 assessments of shale gas production’s environmental impacts. The findings illustrate significant variations in the scope of such studies, which complicate shale gas discussions.

In this testimony, Senior Associate Sarah Forbes describes the state of China’s shale gas industry; governmental policies that will drive its future development in China; the implications of U.S.-China business-to-business partnerships and government-to-government cooperation; and how shale gas development in China and the United States changes the global dynamics of energy security.