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Managing the environmental impacts of shale gas

A consortium of 18 European research institutions dedicated to investigating the impacts of shale gas, including hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking'.

Dates

2015-2017

Sponsors

European Commission’s H2020 Research and Innovation Programme

Partners

• NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK (TNO)

• INSTYTUT NAFTY I GAZU (INIG)

• LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA I.P. (LNEG)

• THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

• UNIWERSYTET IM. ADAMA MICKIEWICZA W POZNANIU

• NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL – BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (NERC – BGS)

• CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

• UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM

• STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND (ECN)

• HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM POTSDAM DEUTSCHES GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM (GFZ)

• GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND (GEUS)

• IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES (IFPEN)

• INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA (IGME)

• KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FÜR TECHNOLOGIE – INSTITUT FÜR TECHNIKFOLGENABSCHÄTZUNG UND SYSTEMANALYSE (KIT – ITAS)

• PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT GEOLOGICZNY – PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY

• SINTEF PETROLEUM AS

• CESKA GEOLOGICKA SLUZBA

• UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE