China shale gas development can not be anxious

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that China  shale gas  reserves in the world, accounting for about 20% of the global total. In March this year, China's shale gas "second five" plan, proposed initially realized in the period 2011-2015 the scale of shale gas commercial production. Experts believe that the development of shale gas is expected to lead China's energy revolution, but to the steady development of its own characteristics, not be so anxious.
Chinese Academy of Engineering,frac proppant China National Petroleum Corporation, deputy director of the Committee of Experts Consulting Center Zhai said China rich hydrocarbon resources, but also more complicated to learn from the experience of U.S. shale gas development, but can not copy, in conjunction with China's special geological conditions to quicken the key shale gas development engineering, technology innovation research.
CNOOC New Energy Company chief scientist, Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow author Xiao Gang said that China can not copy the American model, because the two countries shale gas geological conditions, the development of shale gas technology maturity, land ownership and regulatory framework so there difference. For example, the U.S. shale gas, mostly 200-2000 m depth of burial, while China Sichuan Basin shale gas burial depth of 1500-4000 m and more.
Ministry of Land and Resources Strategic Research Center of Oil and Gas, Dr. Li Yuxi said that shale gas exploration and development of a large initial investment, high development costs, long production cycle, in the early development of shale gas, need financial subsidies, tax breaks and other preferential policies to support.ceramic ball Shale gas production cycle takes about 30 to 50 years, there is no preferential policies to support business investment alone can not be sustained.
Energy Economic Research Center, Xiamen University, Lin Boqiang in an interview, stressed that shale gas development can not be ignored environmental factors, in addition to the face of conventional oil and gas development, the environmental risks, but also may be exposed to new environmental risks and challenges, including excessive water consumption, water pollution,Frac sand air pollution, global warming and other environmental problems.