unconventional gas

Now the shale boom is beginning to spread to Europe, which also boasts large reserves of unconventional gas.

In June, China National Petroleum formed a joint venture with a Canadian company, Encana, to develop unconventional gas projects in Canada.

Another danger is that unconventional gas will push aside not just a swathe of coal-fired power stations, but promising renewables, too.

The IEA says that over the next 25 years, 40% of the growth in total gas production will come from unconventional gas.

Exxon had been gradually building up its reserves of such "unconventional" gas.

As an unconventional gas reservoir, the calculation method of shale gas differs from conventional gas reservoirs.

However, it warns that unconventional gas in China is at least a decade away.

Chesapeake, however, was dependent on liquid capital markets and strong energy prices to make its bet work on unconventional gas resources.

"China does not need to invest in unconventional gas until the easy conventional gas is gone, " the report notes.

"Unconventional gas is a dream come true for China's energy policymakers, " notes a recent report from Jefferies, an investment bank.

China's unconventional gas resources are thought to be significant, but questions remain over how quickly they can be accessed.

With the world's growing demand for energy, unconventional gas resources and its use arouse more attention.

The current boom in "unconventional" gas (see article) seems likely to provide good news on both fronts.

As an unconventional gas, water-soluble gas is the combustible gas dissolved in the water.

The extent of such "unconventional" gas reserves in Europe is unknown.

Imports of LNG will fall after 2020 as a result of unconventional gas development, the report says.

Simply helping China and India realise their indigenous unconventional gas supplies could do a lot to encourage them to switch fuels.

AMERICA'S "unconventional" gas boom continues to amaze.

has been pursuing deals overseas in shale gas and other types of unconventional gas supplies.

Unconventional gas development and utilization, the same can not be the usual perspective, need unconventional thinking, need to plan ahead.

It now includes areas such as unconventional gas, nuclear energy, the smart grid and even electric vehicles, Chinese media report.

Sinopec aims to produce 2. 5bn cubic meters of unconventional gas annually in 2015.

In addition to renewables such as wind, solar and hydro, China is also including areas such as unconventional gas in the stimulus package.

Indeed, the rush for shale assets in Europe has been led by many of the big firms that at first overlooked unconventional gas in America.

Last year, unconventional gas accounted for only about 1 per cent of China's total production.

Chinese energy companies have been investing in unconventional gas overseas to study how to develop their own reserves back home.

Development feature of unconventional gas field

Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas CSUG

Remarks on Unconventional Gas Exploration in China