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type: book
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creators_name: Ewen, C.
creators_name: Borchardt, D.
creators_name: Richter, S.
creators_name: Hammerbacher, R.
corp_creators: Aquatic Ecosystems Analysis and Management, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
title: Study concerning the safety and environmental compatibility of  hydrofracking for natural gas production from unconventional reservoirs (executive summary).
subjects: O
subjects: SHU
divisions: SHEER
full_text_status: none
monograph_type: technical_report
abstract: Hydrofracking has been coming into increasing use in recent years – in Germany, primarily in order to allow for full exploitation of “conventional” natural gas reservoirs. However, since 2010, oil companies such as ExxonMobil have been laying plans to explore and exploit, likewise in Germany, “unconventional” reservoirs that in many cases would have been completely inaccessible without hydrofracking because the natural gas is trapped in dense rock.
Hydrofracking is widely practiced in various regions of the US. Media reports concerning earthquakes, contaminated waterbodies and groundwater, and flammable methane in drinking water wells are worrisome and have raised concerns among German citizens, politicians, and water companies that hydrofracking may be harmful to natural resources and in particular to drinking water.
These evolutions prompted us, a panel of outside experts, to conduct a year-long scientific analysis and assessment (from April 2011 to April 2012, within the framework of ExxonMobil’s hydrofracking dialogue and information dissemination process) concerning the health and environmental aspects of hydrofracking as used for natural gas production from unconventional natural gas reservoirs. Our investigations centered around whether and under which circumstances hydrofracking is compatible with the exigencies of public health and environmental safety.
date: 2012-04
date_type: published
publisher: Konflikt- und Prozessmanagement
place_of_pub: Darmstadt
pages: 75
isbn: 978-3-00-038263-5
editors_name: Ewen, Christoph
official_url: http://www.davidsmythe.org/fracking/Fracking%20risk%20assessment%20executive%20summary%20english.pdf
access_IS-EPOS: limited
owner: Publisher
citation:   Ewen, C. and Borchardt, D. and Richter, S. and Hammerbacher, R.  (2012) Study concerning the safety and environmental compatibility of hydrofracking for natural gas production from unconventional reservoirs (executive summary).    Konflikt- und Prozessmanagement, Darmstadt.  ISBN 978-3-00-038263-5