eprintid: 1890 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 6 dir: disk0/00/00/18/90 datestamp: 2017-09-20 05:07:36 lastmod: 2017-09-20 08:53:22 status_changed: 2017-09-20 05:07:36 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Jackson, Robert B. creators_name: Vengosh, Avner creators_name: Carey, J. William creators_name: Davies, Richard J. creators_name: Darrah, Thomas H. creators_name: O'Sullivan, Francis creators_name: Pétron, Gabrielle creators_id: richard.davies@dur.ac.uk corp_creators: School of Earth Sciences, Woods Institute for the Environment, and Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University,Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, corp_creators: Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, corp_creators: Earth & Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, corp_creators: School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Cassie Building, Newcastle University, corp_creators: School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, corp_creators: MIT Energy Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, corp_creators: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and University of Colorado, Boulder, title: The Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking subjects: O subjects: SHU divisions: SHEER full_text_status: none keywords: horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, induced seismicity, shale gas, water resources, air quality, well integrity abstract: 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. date: 2014-08-11 date_type: published publication: Annual Review of Environment and Resources volume: 39 publisher: Annual Reviews pagerange: 327-362 id_number: 10.1146/annurev-environ-031113-144051 issn: 1543-5938 access_IS-EPOS: limited owner: Publisher citation: Jackson, Robert B. and Vengosh, Avner and Carey, J. William and Davies, Richard J. and Darrah, Thomas H. and O'Sullivan, Francis and Pétron, Gabrielle (2014) The Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 39. pp. 327-362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-031113-144051