Factsheets
OESG and its members have decades of experience in the scientific and operational disciplines that make onshore oil and gas possible. Our factsheets are intended to help policymakers and public stakeholders understand the processes of extracting energy, along with the risks, the safeguards employed to protect against these risks, and the regulatory framework within which oil and gas extraction takes place.
Shale gas FAB facts
FAB Facts 01 – Shale gas as a fuel
FAB Facts 02 – 3D seismic imaging
FAB Facts 03 – Planning Permission
FAB Facts 04 – Environmental Permitting
FAB Facts 05 – Baseline Monitoring
FAB Facts 06 – Multi-well pad drilling
FAB Facts 07 – Horizontal wells
FAB Facts 09 – Triple well casing
FAB Facts 10 – Drilling fluids
FAB Facts 11 – Wireline logging
FAB Facts 12 – Cuttings and muds recycling
FAB Facts 13 – Hydraulic Fracturing
FAB Facts 14 – Seismic monitoring
FAB Facts 15 – Reuse of Flowback
FAB Facts 16 – Treatment of residual Flowback
FAB Facts 17 – Flaring surplus gas