Research and Markets: Shale Gas: Possibilities in India: Q4 2010

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/143f89/shale_gas_possibi) has announced the addition of the "Shale Gas: Possibilities in India: Q4 2010" report to their offering.

“Shale Gas: Possibilities in India: Q4 2010”

Natural gas has moved to the centre of the current debate on energy, security and climate. Natural gas fits in well with the targets to reduce carbon emissions because it causes lower carbon emissions than other fossil fuels. It can be seen as a bridge between oil and coal, and renewable fuels, and unconventional gas could indeed drive a transformation in the energy sector. Another important energy issue, is security of supply. If shale gas reserves proved to be wide and their extraction cost-effective, shale gas could really turn out to be a game changer.

So far India's relentless efforts during the last 25 years to build pipelines to bring gas from Turkmenistan, Iran, Qatar, Bangladesh and Myanmar have remained pipe dreams. Renewable energy sources like ethanol and bio diesel, wind and solar are high on the national agenda. Thanks to Indo-US nuclear pact, India may succeed in increasing the contribution of nuclear energy. But a recent phenomenon of shale gas which has brought about seismic changes in the natural gas scene has not been given the importance it deserves.

Energy economists all over the world have started to admire with awe the great achievement of oil companies in the US in developing shale gas resources on a large scale during the last decade. As recently as three years back conventional wisdom was that US will have a huge gas deficit and it has to import increasing quantity of LNG. In less than two years, the US supply has changed from one of deficit to surplus. Many Indian companies like Oil India, RIL, BPCL, HPCL and other are making a bee-line and have either started scouting or have acquired shale gas assets in foreign destinations like U.S and Australia.

Key Topics Covered:

• 1. Preamble
• 2. Shale - a sedimentary rock and Repository of Organic material
• 3. Shale Gas - Its Generation & Accumulation
• 4. Micropore to Well Head
• 5. Geological setup of Indian Sub Continent
• 6. Sedimentary Basins in India - Basin Evolution & Stratigraphy
• 7. Potential Shale Gas Basins in India
• 8. Shale Gas Economic Models
• 9. Shale Gas Plays in the USA
• 10. The Shale Gas Conundrum
• 11. Natural Gas Scenario in India
• 12. Initiatives for Shale Gas Exploration by India
• 13. Environmental Impact Assessment and Considerations
• 14. An overview of E & P Industry in India

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