Environmental and Health Issues in Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

Environmental and Health Issues in Unconventional Oil and Gas Development offers a unique and unbiased perspective relevant to a variety of stakeholders on the use of directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the oil and gas industry in North America and worldwide. Opinions about its use and potential impacts are varied and polarized, with much of the facts being conveyed, sometimes inaccurately, by popular press. The actual science of potential environmental and health effects is often lost in the debate.

Including such important considerations as air exposure, water exposure, worker safety, ecological health, and seismic impacts, the book presents the issues as written from a broad range of experts in order to present a clear, non-partisan picture of these potential impacts of the process.

• Offers a multi-disciplinary examination of the environmental and health issues related to unconventional oil and shale gas development
• Serves as a collective resource for academics and professionals in the oil and gas industry, environmental, health, safety advisors, environmental scientists, and policymakers
• Features a diverse and expert group of chapter authors from academia, non-governmental organizations, and the oil and gas industry