SMi's 5th Shale Gas Environmental Summit, 27-28 Oct, provides the ideal platform for industry experts to discuss the impacts during extraction & production

LONDON, SOUTHWARK, UNITED KINGDOM, October 13, 2014 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Geological, economic, and social obstacles have made it tricky for other countries to replicate US's shale gas boom. Regulations are being put in place to try and manage this. In England, fracking companies wanting to use groundwater will have to get a license from the Environment Agency. A licence will only be granted if the water can be taken in a way that "doesn't harm the environment or other users", the agency says.
(Source: The Carbon Brief, Is there enough water to frack?, 2014)

Following on from this, the Environment Agency will be speaking at this year's Shale Gas Environmental Summit to provide an exclusive session on Environmental Risk and Regulation of shale gas exploration by Onshore Oil & Gas Programme Executive, Mark Ellis-Jones. Highlights from the presentation will include:

• Overview of the environmental risks of shale gas
• Environmental regulations and permits
• Streamlining regulation

This year's event will provide the ideal platform for various industry representatives including operators, environmentalists, campaigners, NGOs, academics and researchers to come together and discuss the environmental aspects of shale gas extraction and production to discuss and debate the current developments of shale gas. Other speakers will include the The National Physical Laboratory, RSPB, British Geological Survey, Plexus Energy, Water UK, Bath and North East Somerset Council, No Hot Air, UK Onshore Operations Group, MWH Global plus many more.

Benefits of Attending
• Understand the environmental risks and regulation of shale gas exploration
• Examine the global impact of natural gas in reducing carbon via coal and oil to gas substitution
• Evaluate the risks that shale gas poses to the natural environment
• Analyse the strategies for waste water disposal from shale gas drilling
• Review the impact of shale gas on the water industry
• Discuss the supply chain of shale gas in the UK

Network with: Jogmec, IASS-Potsdam, Technip, Schlumberger, Secretariat of Vru, Parliament of Western Australia, Zyda Law, Arthur Cox Solicitors, R Elliott Associates, Petrobras (tbc) and more at this year's event.

There is currently a £300 reduced rate through online registrations, using the following code: SMI3A7A.

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For more information please visit:

5th annual Shale Gas Environmental Summit
27-38 October, 2014
Holiday Inn Regents Park Hotel, London, UK
http://www.shalegassummit.co.uk

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