A Comprehensive Guide to Different Fracturing Technologies: A Review

M. S. Liew, Kamaluddeen Usman Danyaro and Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi
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M. S. Liew: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Kamaluddeen Usman Danyaro: Offshore Engineering Centre, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-20

Abstract: Hydraulic fracturing has made the production of gas more economical. Shale gas possesses the potential to arise as a main natural gas source worldwide. It has been assessed that the top 42 countries, including the U.S., are predicted to own 7299 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of technically recoverable shale gas resources. The main goal of this paper is to serve as a guide of different shale gas extraction methods. The significance of these methods and possible pros and cons are determined. Each technique was explained with the support of literature review. Specifically, this paper revealed that some fracking methods such as pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharges (PAED), plasma stimulation and fracturing technology (PSF), thermal (cryogenic) fracturing, enhanced bacterial methanogenesis, and heating of rock mass are at the concept stage for conventional and other unconventional resources. Thus, these found to be significant for stimulating natural gas wells, which provides very good production results. This paper also discovered that fracking remains the recommended technique used by the oil and gas industries.

Keywords: guide to different fracturing technologies; shale gas extraction technologies; different hydraulic fracturing; natural gas extraction technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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