Shale Gas (Strategic Imperative for India)

Biren Gandhi

Petroleum System

Shale Gas

Shale Gas means natural gas

generated in-situ and retained in

Shale matrix storage, adsorbed onto organic particles, or within fractures in shales of source rock origin and obtained there form

through boreholes.

Why?

Prospective Basins - India

Schlumberger identified reserves in range of 6002000 TCF EIAs latest forecast suggest recoverable reserves in Range of 63 TCF

Fracking Hydraulic Fracturing

Shale Gas Game Changer for USA

Issues - India
1)

Water Management
1)

Require large volume of water~3-4 million gallons per well (11000 to 15000 cubic metres of water required for drilling / hydro fracturing depending upon the well type and Shale characteristics).
high content of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Treatment of water required

2)

Ground Water Pollution

1) 2)

3) Land Acquisition 4) Co- Development of Block

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