Bureau of Economic Geology: understanding the shale boom

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Published:
December 17, 2015

Four years into its study of the potential of U.S. shale production, researchers at the Jackson School of Geosciences’ Bureau of Economic Geology are collaborating to produce what is widely considered the most comprehensive group of multi-disciplinary studies of six of the country’s prominent shale plays. Bureau Director and Principal Investigator Dr. Scott W. Tinker and Energy Economist and Co-Principal Investigator Svetlana Ikonnikova lead the research. Read more.