Provides comprehensive information about the key exploration, development and optimization concepts required for gas shale reservoirs

• Includes statistics about gas shale resources and countries that have shale gas potential
• Addresses the challenges that oil and gas industries may confront for gas shale reservoir exploration and development
• Introduces petrophysical analysis, rock physics, geomechanics and passive seismic methods for gas shale plays
• Details shale gas environmental issues and challenges, economic consideration for gas shale...