%A Robert B. Jackson
%A Avner Vengosh
%A J. William Carey
%A Richard J. Davies
%A Thomas H. Darrah
%A Francis O'Sullivan
%A Gabrielle Pétron
%J Annual Review of Environment and Resources
%T The Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking
%X Unconventional oil and natural gas extraction enabled by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is driving an economic boom, with consequences described from“revolutionary”to“disastrous.”Reality lies somewhere in between.Unconventional energy generates income and,donewell, canreduce air pollution and even water use compared with other fossilfuels.
%K horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, induced seismicity, shale gas, water resources, air quality, well integrity
%P 327-362
%V 39
%D 2014
%R 10.1146/annurev-environ-031113-144051
%I Annual Reviews
%L epos1890