SHale gas Exploration and Exploitation induced Risks
Programme: Horizon 2020 – Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy
Grant Agreement: 640896
Duration: 1 May 2015 – 30 April 2018
Coordinator: GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Total cost: €2.68 million
EU contribution: approximately €2.60 million
CORDIS: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/640896
Project website: CORDIS records a historical project website, although it warns that it may no longer be available or retain the original content.
SHEER investigated the environmental risks associated with shale-gas exploration and exploitation, combining field monitoring, modelling and probabilistic risk assessment.
Its research covered:
Induced Seismicity
Groundwater Contamination
Air Pollution
Fluid And Gas Migration
Subsurface Permeability
Resilience
Environmental Monitoring
Multi-Risk Assessment
The project sought to develop improved approaches for assessing and mitigating both short- and long-term environmental impacts of shale-gas operations.
Key themes: Environmental Risk · Induced Seismicity · Groundwater · Air Quality · Geo-resources · Monitoring · Multi-risk