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... some experience has been gained in Germany with tight gas exploitation, no concrete experience has been gained in Germany with exploitation of shale gas and coal bed methane. For this reason, we propose that the (site-specific) risk analyses required at the present time be carried out using a combination of various risk-analysis methods (cf. Fig. ...
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... risk is then obtained by considering the relevant pathway(s) (intervention intensity) together with the hazard potential of the pertinent fluids (fra- cking fluids and formation water). As Figure 5 shows, the risk can then be divided into different categories of degree -for example, in a five-part scale. ...
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