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5 - Risks and Opportunities of Unconventional Natural Gas: Australia and the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

By
Ian Cronshaw  and
R. Quentin Grafton
Edited by
R. Quentin Grafton ,
Ian G. Cronshaw  and
Michal C. Moore
R. Quentin Grafton
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Ian G. Cronshaw
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Michal C. Moore
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
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Risks, Rewards and Regulation of Unconventional Gas
A Global Perspective
 , pp. 92 - 110
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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