Shale Gas Development: A Smart Regulation Framework
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- 作者：Katherine E. Konschnik ; Mark K. Boling
- 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
- 出版年：2014
- 出版时间：August 5, 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：48
- 期：15
- 页码：8404-8416
- 全文大小：342K
- ISSN：1520-5851
文摘
Advances in directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing have sparked a natural gas boom from shale formations in the United States. Regulators face a rapidly changing industry comprised of hundreds of players, operating tens of thousands of wells across 30 states. They are often challenged to respond by budget cuts, a brain drain to industry, regulations designed for conventional gas developments, insufficient information, and deeply polarized debates about hydraulic fracturing and its regulation. As a result, shale gas governance remains a halting patchwork of rules, undermining opportunities to effectively characterize and mitigate development risk.
The situation is dynamic, with research and incremental regulatory advances underway. Into this mix, we offer the CO/RE framework鈥攃haracterization of risk, optimization of mitigation strategies, regulation, and enforcement鈥攖o design tailored governance strategies. We then apply CO/RE to three types of shale gas risks, to illustrate its potential utility to regulators.
The situation is dynamic, with research and incremental regulatory advances underway. Into this mix, we offer the CO/RE framework鈥攃haracterization of risk, optimization of mitigation strategies, regulation, and enforcement鈥攖o design tailored governance strategies. We then apply CO/RE to three types of shale gas risks, to illustrate its potential utility to regulators.