271
Liquefied natural gas (LNG), 3
Liquids-rich shale, 131
Lithostatic pressure gradient, 96
Logging while drilling (LWD), 75
Low-enriched uranium, 230
Lytic biocides, 115
M
Magnetic survey, 99
Man-made caverns, 17
Manufactured ceramic proppants, 35
Marcellus Shale, 31, 193
Mass extinction, 160
Mass migrations, 244
Massive hydraulic fractures, 27
Mathematical models, 87
Matrix stimulation, 18
Maximum principle stress, 9
Maybelline, 48
Measles, 7
Measurement while drilling (MWD), 75
Mechanical DAC, 216
Metagenomic analysis, 115
Metallurgy, 212
Methane emissions, 86
Methane fluxes, 104
Methane gas (CH 4 ), 82, 83
Methane migration, 86
Microannulus, 97
Microdarcy (μd), 22
Microseismic monitoring, 9, 30, 95
Mid-Continent region, 49
Middle Eastern policy, 67
Mile-a-day (MAD), 205
Millidarcy (md), 22
Mitchell Energy, 28, 73, 75, 76
Mitigation
environmental damages, 187
externalized cost, 187
remediation, 187
society, 187
Mobil Oil Corporation, 55
Modern drill rigs, 26
Molten salt reactors, 247
Monopoly, 54
Montreal Protocol, 165
Motivated skepticism, 168
Mountain top removal (MTR), 209
MTR coal mining, 210
Multiple shale drill cores, 73
Municipal wastewater treatment plants, 113
Muscular neuralgia, 45
N
Name-brand distribution systems, 63
Nanodarcy (nd), 22
National Energy Technology Laboratory
(NETL), 148
National oil companies, 57
National pipeline distribution system, 49
National Science Foundation, 7
Natural attenuation (NA), 34, 105, 195
Natural climate change, 170
Natural CO 2 sources, 162
Natural gas, 48, 71, 127, 220
associated gas, 127
China, 208
electricity, 204, 205
flaring intensity, 130
fracking, 250
gas-handling infrastructure, 131
India, 208
locations, 126
MCF, 127
methane, 128
NDIC, 129
new markets, 205
non-associated gas, 127
North Dakota, 127
operating metric, 130
petroleum, 128
pipeline specifications, 128
power lines, 129
prices, 126
production, 126
shale gas boom, 127
shortages, 207
U.S. EPA regulation, 129
visible flame, 127
Watford City gas plant, 129
Natural gas liquids (NGL), 72
Natural gas transmission system, 11
Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Material
(NORM), 111
Natural oil seeps, 40
Natural resources, 37
Natural seeps, 38
Natural seismicity, 131
NETL assessment, 149
New energy sources, 204
New markets, 205
New technology, 203
Nitrogen oxides (NOx), 80
air monitoring, 88
emissions, 84, 85
flaring, 84
Index
Liquefied natural gas (LNG), 3
Liquids-rich shale, 131
Lithostatic pressure gradient, 96
Logging while drilling (LWD), 75
Low-enriched uranium, 230
Lytic biocides, 115
M
Magnetic survey, 99
Man-made caverns, 17
Manufactured ceramic proppants, 35
Marcellus Shale, 31, 193
Mass extinction, 160
Mass migrations, 244
Massive hydraulic fractures, 27
Mathematical models, 87
Matrix stimulation, 18
Maximum principle stress, 9
Maybelline, 48
Measles, 7
Measurement while drilling (MWD), 75
Mechanical DAC, 216
Metagenomic analysis, 115
Metallurgy, 212
Methane emissions, 86
Methane fluxes, 104
Methane gas (CH 4 ), 82, 83
Methane migration, 86
Microannulus, 97
Microdarcy (μd), 22
Microseismic monitoring, 9, 30, 95
Mid-Continent region, 49
Middle Eastern policy, 67
Mile-a-day (MAD), 205
Millidarcy (md), 22
Mitchell Energy, 28, 73, 75, 76
Mitigation
environmental damages, 187
externalized cost, 187
remediation, 187
society, 187
Mobil Oil Corporation, 55
Modern drill rigs, 26
Molten salt reactors, 247
Monopoly, 54
Montreal Protocol, 165
Motivated skepticism, 168
Mountain top removal (MTR), 209
MTR coal mining, 210
Multiple shale drill cores, 73
Municipal wastewater treatment plants, 113
Muscular neuralgia, 45
N
Name-brand distribution systems, 63
Nanodarcy (nd), 22
National Energy Technology Laboratory
(NETL), 148
National oil companies, 57
National pipeline distribution system, 49
National Science Foundation, 7
Natural attenuation (NA), 34, 105, 195
Natural climate change, 170
Natural CO 2 sources, 162
Natural gas, 48, 71, 127, 220
associated gas, 127
China, 208
electricity, 204, 205
flaring intensity, 130
fracking, 250
gas-handling infrastructure, 131
India, 208
locations, 126
MCF, 127
methane, 128
NDIC, 129
new markets, 205
non-associated gas, 127
North Dakota, 127
operating metric, 130
petroleum, 128
pipeline specifications, 128
power lines, 129
prices, 126
production, 126
shale gas boom, 127
shortages, 207
U.S. EPA regulation, 129
visible flame, 127
Watford City gas plant, 129
Natural gas liquids (NGL), 72
Natural gas transmission system, 11
Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Material
(NORM), 111
Natural oil seeps, 40
Natural resources, 37
Natural seeps, 38
Natural seismicity, 131
NETL assessment, 149
New energy sources, 204
New markets, 205
New technology, 203
Nitrogen oxides (NOx), 80
air monitoring, 88
emissions, 84, 85
flaring, 84
Index