eprintid: 2203 rev_number: 9 eprint_status: archive userid: 6 dir: disk0/00/00/22/03 datestamp: 2019-04-08 13:53:09 lastmod: 2019-04-08 13:53:09 status_changed: 2019-04-08 13:53:09 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Capuano, Paolo corp_creators: Department of Physics “E.R Caianiello”University of SalernoFiscianoItaly title: Preface to “Environmental footprints induced by geo-energy exploitation: the shale gas case” subjects: SG subjects: SHC subjects: SHU divisions: SHEER full_text_status: none abstract: In the middle of the first decade of this century, new technological innovations enabled the extraction of natural gas through the use of hydraulic fracturing within gas-bearing shale and other unconventional energy reserves. As a consequence, many places, often in economically lagging rural areas, saw dramatic change as they were socially and economically transformed through rapid natural resource development. The rapid growth of unconventional oil and gas in recent years, particularly from shale formations, involves infrastructure development (well pads, roads and pipelines), well drilling (directional drilling) and stimulation (hydraulic fracturing), and production; all of which has caused concern having the potential to affect the surrounding environment, human health and public safety. date: 2019 publication: Acta Geophysica volume: 67 number: 1 publisher: Versita, Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg pagerange: 277-278 id_number: doi:10.1007/s11600-019-00263-9 issn: 1895-6572 official_url: http://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-019-00263-9 access_IS-EPOS: limited owner: Publisher acknowledgments2: SHEER_project citation: Capuano, Paolo (2019) Preface to “Environmental footprints induced by geo-energy exploitation: the shale gas case”. Acta Geophysica, 67 (1). pp. 277-278. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-019-00263-9