Unconventional Gas Development: Updates from Brazil
Article from: OGEL 3 (2014), in Unconventional Oil and Gas
Summary
Data gathered for this study has shown how governments worldwide are eager to diversify their energy mix, gain energy autonomy and drive down fuel bills. This has become a viable option now that recent advances in technology allow for relatively easy access to unconventional gas reserves. Here, one takes a closer look at Brazil, which, late in 2013, saw the Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP) issuing Regulation for the exploration of shale gas in land basins across the country. The authors examine how this regulation caused ...