How is "unconventional gas" produced?
Non-conventional gases
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How is "unconventional gas" produced?
Non-conventional gases

Authors : Didier FAVREAU, Thierry ROUAUD

Publication date: April 10, 2012 | Lire en français

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2. How is "unconventional gas" produced?

Exploiting unconventional hydrocarbon sources is fraught with technical and economic problems.

2.1 Producing shale or tight gas

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2.1.1 Extraction techniques

What shale gas has in common with gas from compact reservoirs is that it is trapped in rock with very low permeability. They are therefore difficult to extract because, compared with gas from conventional reservoirs, the rock holding them has to be drained and given an artificial permeability.

When these gases are...

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