Dr. Mark Zoback, the Benjamin M. Page Professor of Geophysics at Stanford University and the Director of the Stanford Natural Gas Initiative will give a talk entitled “Opportunities and Challenges of Shale Gas Production” for the University of Connecticut’s Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series on Nature and the Environment. The talk will take place on April 21, 4 pm at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, Konover Auditorium, at UConn. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The proven ability to produce large quantities of natural gas from organic-rich shale formations is changing the energy picture in many parts of the world. Dr. Mark Zoback will discuss steps that can be taken to assure such resources are developed in an optimally efficient and environmentally responsible manner. Responsible development of shale gas resources has the potential to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the near term and significantly reduce air pollution and benefit public health. Dr. Zoback will also discuss several on-going research projects investigating the wide variety of factors affecting the successful gas production from these extremely low permeability formations and procedures for managing the risks of earthquakes triggered by injection of hydraulic fracturing waste water.
The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series brings leading scholars and scientists to the University of Connecticut to present public lectures on nature and the environment. The lectures are open to the public and do not require registration. For additional information please call 860.486.4460 or visit http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/events/teale/teale.htm.
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