«Equipment and technologies for oil and gas complex»

Dynamics of global shale gas production

UDC: 622.279
DOI: 10.33285/1999-6934-2023-4(136)-41-44

Authors:

¹ KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
² National University of Oil and Gas "Gubkin University", Moscow, Russia

Keywords: natural gas, shale gas, unconventional resources, production, drilling, hydraulic fracturing of a formation, geological resources, recoverable reserves

Annotation:

At the current technological stage of development, the energy industry, to a certain extent, depends on the extraction and consumption of organic fuels, which include natural gas, oil and coal. At the same time, the share of natural gas, as the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly organic fuel, is significantly increasing in the global energy balance. In addition to traditional natural gas resources, there exist unconventional natural gas resources in the world, among which one of the main resources is shale gas. Despite the problems associated with the development of shale gas plays, its production is growing rapidly. Currently, it is extracted mainly in the United States, but several countries are getting ready to begin commercial development of shale gas plays. It is expected that by 2040 the daily production of shale gas will increase to 3,74 billion cubic meters, thus making more than 30 % of the total natural gas production.

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